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Government

Proposed Budget for Illinois

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published February 19, 2021 at 8:00 AM CST
state of Illinois

On Midwest Week, the governor of Illinois presents his budget proposals for next year and their possible impact on state residents and businesses.

Herb Trix's guest is Hannah Meisel, statehouse reporter in Springfield for Illinois Public Radio.

You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered.
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Government Illinois General Assemblyincome taxJ.B. PritzkerHannah Meisel
Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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