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Illinois governor makes $700M in cuts with $3.9B budget hole

by Sophia Tareen
| December 15, 2020 4:03 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered roughly $700 million in budget cuts Tuesday, saying Illinois faces a $3.9 billion shortfall fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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