On the final day of the fiscal year Thursday ... Illinois lawmakers have passed a temporary budget and sent it to Governor Rauner.
It will send money to social service organizations that have waited since last July for payment.
It'll also get money to universities, allow road work to continue, and ensure schools can open on time this fall.
House Majority leader Barbara Flynn Currie says this is just to keep the lights on.
"Personally, I'd like to be a complete budget, a full budget, a full year budget, all of fiscal 17, fix our commitments from fiscal 16 as yet unmet, but that is not the option before us today."
House Speaker Michael Madigan says it is the result of good faith efforts.
"This measure is a compromise. Republicans did not get everything that they wanted. Democrats did not get everything that they wanted. But this is a compromise effort that also makes important progress toward fulfilling our obligations to Illinois' middle class, the elderly, children."
Still, Madigan says lawmakers' work isn't done.
Schools got a full year's worth of funding, but the package would only keep the rest of government
operating through January ... meaning lawmakers will need to pass a new budget then.
Madigan says this package succeeded because Governor Rauner didn't tie it to his "personal" agenda. But Rauner advocates say they aren't giving up on the governor's controversial plans.
The temporary budget plan provides funding to keep the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center open, and money promised to Alexander County to clean up flood damage.
It also funds the following Capital Development Board projects:
Upgrades to the Vienna Correctional Center in Johnson County
The replacement of the roofing systems for the Shawnee Correctional Center
Upgrades for the primary and emergency electric generators for the Illinois Youth Center in Harrisburg
