Lt. Governor Sheila Simon is planning to cut her budget by 9.4 percent to help Illinois deal with its multi billion-dollar budget deficit.
Simon's spokeswoman said Saturday her office is requesting $1.9 million for fiscal 2013, compared to $2.1 million for the current year, marking the lowest requested appropriation in 16 years.
A spokesman for the Secretary of State Jesse White, whose office had a $390 million budget this fiscal year, says the governor asked White to make a 9.4 percent reduction and that he's looking into it.
The governor's office confirmed Saturday that Gov. Pat Quinn has asked the state's constitutional offices to consider cutting their budgets by at least 9 percent. Illinois' other constitutional offices are the attorney General, treasurer and comptroller.
Quinn will detail his budget plan Wednesday. You can hear live coverage of the Governor's budget speech on WSIU beginning at Noon on Wednesday. You can also listen live on line at wsiunews.org
