One veteran Illinois lawmaker called this week’s state budget approval “historic.”
Another state representative said the atmosphere in the state capitol was like “a pressure cooker” on Thursday, when the Illinois House overturned Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the budget and the income tax hike that makes it possible.
It was clear that members of the General Assembly from the Homewood-Flossmoor area had never before experienced an outcome like…
