Illinoisans feel pain as budget impasse drags on

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

CHICAGO -- As she drops off her 4-year-old son at a Chicago day care to head for a job she loves, Stacy Rutledge wonders how she'll keep doing it once she loses her state-subsidized child care.

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