•November 9, 2016•

By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist

Is there any chance Illinois political leaders will address the state’s woeful budget impasse in any meaningful way after this election? The prognosis is extremely poor.

Scores of millions have been spent by Gov. Bruce Rauner and House speaker Mike Madigan on toxic ads in state legislative races that go so far as to characterize opponents as chummy with sexual perverts.

Thus, there will be little enthusiasm among those who survive the slime for making nice with the governor or the House speaker, respectively.

Kumbaya is going to be hard to come by.

Not enough people, that is the “big people” who really count in politics, feel the pain that results from the dysfunction of our state government.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.