Post by Logan on Jul 6, 2016 2:47:07 GMT -6
Rauner, Democrats spar over who left Rockford airport cash out of budget
ROCKFORD -- Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday that he included funding for Chicago Rockford International Airport’s maintenance, repair and overhaul project in the Republicans’ stopgap spending proposal, but it was removed by Democrats before the final bill was passed Thursday.
The spending measure funds state government for six months until a comprehensive budget can be worked out after the November election and before the next session of the General Assembly begins in mid-January. A separate bill passed that funds public education, pre-K through high school, through the end of the 2016-2017 school year. Rauner signed both bills.
In 2014, then-Gov. Pat Quinn promised $16.5 million as the state’s share of the $40 million maintenance, repair and overhaul project. About $1.5 million was paid to the airport, but Rauner put a temporary freeze on projects on July 1, 2015, because legislators did not pass a budget last year.
“I support that (maintenance, repair and overhaul) project,” Rauner told the Rockford Register Star in a one-on-one interview Tuesday at the Rockford Environmental and Science Academy.
Read more: www.sj-r.com/news/20160705/rauner-democrats-spar-over-who-left-rockford-airport-cash-out-of-budget
ROCKFORD -- Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday that he included funding for Chicago Rockford International Airport’s maintenance, repair and overhaul project in the Republicans’ stopgap spending proposal, but it was removed by Democrats before the final bill was passed Thursday.
The spending measure funds state government for six months until a comprehensive budget can be worked out after the November election and before the next session of the General Assembly begins in mid-January. A separate bill passed that funds public education, pre-K through high school, through the end of the 2016-2017 school year. Rauner signed both bills.
In 2014, then-Gov. Pat Quinn promised $16.5 million as the state’s share of the $40 million maintenance, repair and overhaul project. About $1.5 million was paid to the airport, but Rauner put a temporary freeze on projects on July 1, 2015, because legislators did not pass a budget last year.
“I support that (maintenance, repair and overhaul) project,” Rauner told the Rockford Register Star in a one-on-one interview Tuesday at the Rockford Environmental and Science Academy.
Read more: www.sj-r.com/news/20160705/rauner-democrats-spar-over-who-left-rockford-airport-cash-out-of-budget