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State Rep. Greg VanWoerkom speaks on House Resolution 77 on Wednesday, May 7 at the state Capitol in Lansing. VanWoerkom’s resolution urges Illinois governor JB Pritzker to move forward with the Brandon Road Interbasin Project to ensure Asian carp do not spread into the Great Lakes.

State House Appropriations Committee Passes Two Budget Bills

By Mary Ellen Murphy Apr 23, 2026 | 6:36 AM

(Lansing, MI) – The state House Appropriations Committee has advanced two budget bills to the full House. The committee merged the House’s K-12 education budget, higher education, and community colleges budgets into the omnibus school aid budget. Appropriations Committee chair Representative Ann Bollin says the school aid budget does not raise taxes or fees and reduces the overall state budget by 106-million-dollars in general fund spending.

State Rep Greg VanWoerkom on some of the other cuts in the budget:

 

Bollin adds the budget will help the state not dip into its rainy day fund.

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