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IL Faces tight Budget Despite Tax Increase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Just weeks after signing a major tax increase into law, Gov. Pat Quinn gets the privilege of telling Illinois lawmakers and taxpayers that the state's budget is still a mess.

Illinois won't have enough money to pay all its expenses for the coming year, let alone cover the billions in old bills that have been allowed to pile up.

In his budget address Wednesday, Quinn is likely to call for significant spending cuts in some areas. He will undoubtedly renew his call for borrowing $8.7 billion to pay old bills, which Republicans oppose.

And a document from his budget office indicates he wants to take another try at raising cigarette taxes. That idea has failed in the past.

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