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Illinois lawmakers will miss a self-imposed Friday deadline for approving a state budget amid dissension among Democrats, who control the governor’s office and both legislative chambers, over how to balance the ballooning cost of a health care program for immigrants with other party priorities.

Negotiations over a roughly $50 billion spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1 present the first major test of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s second term after he won reelection in November by campaigning as a progressive who brought stability to the state’s chronically shaky finances.

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David Scott of Vertical Management on Oct. 4, 2020, in Bellwood.
David Scott of Vertical Management on Oct. 4, 2020, in Bellwood.

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