(Steven Hayward) Illinois can't pass a budget, and now can't even pay out to lottery winners. When a state can't even manage to pay out lottery winners. . . From Time magazine: Big-time Illinois Lottery winners aren't getting the largesse. They're getting left out. Without a state budget agreement two months into the new fiscal year, there's no authority for the state comptroller to cut checks over $25,000. That means smaller winnings
Source: Power Line