About Illinois Budget Clock
Why did this happen?
The Illinois state constitution requires the governor and the General Assembly to pass a budget for the state. Since July 1st, 2015, they failed to do that, and we still have no budget.
Republican Gov. Rauner and the Democratically-controlled legislature each presented their own wildly-different budget proposals. The main fight is over Gov. Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda which, among other things, strips collective bargaining rights from unions. Neither side has agreed to a compromise, and each side blames the other for the deadlock.
Gov. Bruce Rauner
House Speaker Madigan
Senate President CullertonRead more about the Illinois budget crisis:
- Illinois Budget Impasse Wikipedia
- The Illinois Budget Disaster, Explained Chicago Magazine - May 23, 2017
- How Illinois became America's failed state Politico - June 10, 2017
What is this website?
Illinois Budget Clock aggregated stories of the impact of the budget impasse in order to impose a greater sense of urgency and pressure Illinois politicians to act.
To stay posted, follow ILBudgetClock on Twitter and Facebook.
Team
This is a volunteer, open-source project at Chi Hack Night.
Contributors:
- Cathy Deng
- Kristi Leach
- Hunter Owens
- Derek Eder
- Matt Johnson
- Rene Marcelo
- Melanie Kruvelis
- David Bild
- Diana Hansen
- Sarah Brune
- Nate Hutcheson
- Claire Micklin