On the final day of the fiscal year Thursday, Illinois legislators passed a temporary budget.
The package easily passed first the House, then the Senate Thursday; it now goes to the governor who is expected to sign it.
The plan will send money to social service organizations that have waited since last July for payment. It'll also get money to universities, allow road work to continue, and ensure schools can able to open on time this fall.
Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan says it is the result of good faith efforts.
"This measure is a compromise. Republicans did not get everything that they wanted. Democrats did not get everything that they wanted. But this is a compromise effort that also makes important progress toward fulfilling our obligations to Illinois' middle class, the elderly, children," Madigan said.
Still, Madigan says lawmakers' work isn't done. Schools got a full year’s worth of funding, but the package would only keep the rest of government operating through January, meaning lawmakers will need to pass a new budget then.
Madigan says this package succeeded because Republican Governor Bruce Rauner didn't tie it to his "personal" agenda.
But Rauner advocates say they aren't giving up on the governor's controversial plans.
