Gov. Pat Quinn won’t say if he has a plan to avoid deep education cuts if lawmakers resist his call to raise the state income tax.
Quinn insisted Monday he’s optimistic lawmakers will do what he wants so the state doesn’t have to cut $1.3 billion from education. He outlined the tax increase in his budget address last week, and he says he’s talking to lawmakers to get them on his side.
But key lawmakers have shown little interest in passing Quinn’s tax increase in an election year.
The Democratic governor has proposed raising the personal and corporate income tax rate by 1 percentage point. That would drive the personal rate to 4 percent from 3 percent.
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