Illinois state comptroller Susana Mendoza is warning that even the autopilot state government will fall nearly $200 million short in August without a state budget.
The Democratic comptroller posted a YouTube video Wednesday laying out in painful detail the consequences of having no budget agreement by the Saturday start of the fiscal year.
Government has continued to function on court-ordered payments. But she says even required payments will outstrip revenue by $185 million by August.
Mendoza says the two-year budget stalemate between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the Legislature have created a “series of disasters.”
But she says without a budget deal soon: “It’s going to get much worse very quickly.”
