Springfield scramble: Crunch time for legislators on

SPRINGFIELD — Legislators are happening to the wire — a Friday midnight deadline — to attempt to go main laws, together with a funds, a capital plan and controversial measures that will increase abortion provisions and legalize leisure marijuana. There’s additionally a gaming growth that’s seen its fair proportion of hiccups — and quite a few disputes over taxes inside a capital plan which have despatched stakeholders and lobbyists in a tizzy. The clock is ticking. Legislators must shortly digest the funds, with language trickling out of the Illinois House on Thursday night. And there are nonetheless adjustments being made to a capital plan that at present features a gasoline tax hike, a $1 tax