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Budget changes begin Thursday

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[June 28, 2011]  SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will sign the new state budget Thursday, but his signature is just the beginning for the $33 billion spending plan.

Quinn said he wants to add money for education and human services. He expects some lawmakers want to do the same.

Chicago Democrat Sara Feigenholtz, who helped write the state's human services budget, said she expects some action in the fall. But she is quick to say that lawmakers, not Quinn, will have to act.

But Republicans say if Quinn adds to the budget, it will be "all but" impossible to roll back the tax increases that are supposed to be temporary.

Illinois' current budget expires Thursday, and a new fiscal year begins July 1.

[Illinois Statehouse News; By BENJAMIN YOUNT]

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