By Madeleine Doubek, includes "Since his 2017 budget speech last month, Democratic opponents have suggested Rauner's plan is $4.6 billion to $7 billion out of balance. ... Sheila Weinberg, a certified public accountant and the founder of Truth in Accounting, a government finance think tank said, "Our elected officials have been claiming 'balanced' budgets for decades, but the state owes more than $187 billion. Mostly likely the governor is not including all of the state's employee compensation costs in his calculations." ..."
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