End of Session Update/Budget Summary

Rep. Greg Harris • 13th District Springfield Update • April 18, 2022 End of Session Update/Budget Summary The Spring 2022 session of the 102nd General Assembly was a very productive one, including many milestone accomplishments to balance our State’s budget, increase our fiscal stability, expand healthcare access and affordability, invest in major increases in equity, […]

Governor Pritzker’s Proposed FY23 Budget

Rep. Greg Harris • 13th District Springfield Update • February 2, 2022 Governor Pritzker’s Proposed FY23 Budget The Governor’s proposed fiscal year 2023 general funds budget of $45.4 billion continues on the path of responsible management. It provides the services people need, cares for the most vulnerable Illinoisans and reinvigorates Illinois’ economy to create jobs […]

Illinois State FY22 Budget

Rep. Greg Harris • 13th District Springfield Update • June 4, 2021 Illinois State FY22 Budget At midnight on May 31, the Illinois General Assembly passed the state budget for Fiscal Year 2022. Earlier this spring, we had been preparing for a difficult budget in anticipation of deep revenue losses which would have forced over […]

Governor Pritzker’s Proposed FY22 Budget

Rep. Greg Harris • 13th District Springfield Update • February 19, 2021 Governor Pritzker’s Proposed FY22 Budget This week I filed seventy-seven bills that comprise Governor Pritzker’s proposed FY2022 Budget, and another twenty-five for the budgets proposed by the judicial and legislative branches of government and the other Constitutional Officers. You can read the full […]

Illinois Balanced Budget Details 

   Yesterday, the House overrode the total veto of the Governor and passed the first balanced budget for Illinois in 3 years.  This was despite of the continual efforts of Gov. Rauner, his cronies and their dark money Super-PACs from trying to derail all progress in the House and Senate to reach agreement.  The volume […]

Illinois Lawmaker Raises Concerns About The Future Of Medicaid During Budget Impasse

Tony Arnold The lawmaker who heads up the Illinois House committee that budgets money for Medicaid said he’s concerned that some major health care providers are already scaling back coverage for poor people due to the ongoing budget impasse. As first reported by WBEZ, more than two dozen doctors, health care providers and insurance companies […]

Democratic stopgap budget inches ahead, but a full plan remains elusive

Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller * Contact ReporterChicago Tribune House Democrats on Thursday approved another one-time spending plan to provide about $815 million to universities and social service groups left gasping for air during the state’s historic budget impasse, but leaders in both parties could hold it up as they push for a more complete spending […]

State Rep. Greg Harris Response to Rauner, Washington Politicians’ Reckless Plans to Slash Health Coverage

State Rep. Greg Harris – Response to Gov. Rauner’s Plan to Privatize Medicaid

Governor Rauner’s Budget Speech

  This week the Governor presented the annual Budget Address, a constitutionally mandated event which has been repeated every year for our 198 year history.  However, this year’s speech rapidly turned into a spectacle like President Trump’s news conference yesterday. No one remembers ever seeing anything quite like it before in Illinois. There was even […]