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| Utilities could see some state payments soon |
| By herald-review.com- Dan Petrella |
| Published: 07/05/2016 |
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SPRINGFIELD — Municipalities and utility companies that have been waiting many months for the Illinois Department of Corrections to pay power, water and sewer bills for prison facilities should see some money soon, the state comptroller’s office said late last week. The short-term budget deal that Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Thursday frees up $321 million for operational expenses in the state’s prison system. Those funds were held up in the yearlong budget impasse between the first-term Republican governor and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. As of last week, Corrections had racked up more than $34 million in unpaid utility bills at facilities statewide, according to records released to the Herald & Review Springfield Bureau in response to a request under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Read More. |
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