Comp Reform Again on Agenda as Lawmakers Approach Budget Deadline

Workers' compensation reform remains on the table as Illinois lawmakers try to hash out a budget bill with fewer than three weeks remaining before a crucial deadline that may effectively block passage of a state budget for the second year in a row. Since last week state legislators who sit on the state's various appropriations committees have been meeting behind closed doors, hoping to hash out a compromise spending plan before May 31. After that date, the state Constitution requires a three-fifths vote of approval in both chambers of the legislature to approve a budget, inst...