When former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached in January, there was hope at the Capitol that things would run more smoothly.
But with the start of a new fiscal year quickly approaching, Illinois is still without a budget.
If rhetoric were money, state government's budget problems would be solved by now.
Instead, Illinois political leaders continued their jockeying Wednesday, as rank-and-file lawmakers were sent home until next week, when they're scheduled to take another stab at forestalling massive state budget cuts.
