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No masking pain coronavirus will inflict on state finances – but no one knows 'exactly how bad it will be'

MARCH 30, 2020 | by Neal Early | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

By Neal Earley, includes “A rainy day fund that one state official says couldn’t fund state government for 30 seconds. An epic budget impasse that devastated state finances. And $134 billion in unfunded pensions liabilities. And that was before a pandemic crippled Illinois’ – and everyone else’s – economy.” 

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