Miscellaneous
Illinois now is the lone state that has no spending plan in place for Fiscal Year 2016 after Pennsylvania's governor announced he would allow the Republican-led legislature's budget to become law as of March 28. There are a lot of similarities between Pennsylvania and Illinois, which had been the last two states without budget. But there were some key differences worth discussing as Illinois' budget impasse drags on. In fact, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's action on the Democrats' budget last summer included one component that has allowed the budget deadlock to continue with minimal public outcry. That's our topic on this week's "Only in Illinois."