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Topinka Has Same Trouble as Hynes Did
(IRN)-The new state comptroller has the same problem as the old state comptroller.

The comptroller pays the bills, and new Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka doesn't have any more money with which to do that than ex-Comptroller Dan Hynes had. Topinka says the state’s creditors want to be paid, and were contacting her even before she was elected to make a pitch as to why their invoice should be a priority.

The state is roughly $6 billion behind in paying bills, and is paying them generally within six months. Topinka says bills are supposed to be paid in 30 days. She says if the state is persistently delinquent by six months, vendors will stop bidding on state work.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
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