By Jamie Munks, from January 26, includes “The pandemic hit state tax revenues hard last spring when a widely restrictive stay-at-home order was in effect, but much of that early loss was recovered in subsequent months, according to the report from the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs. … Pritzker is due to introduce his proposal for the state’s next budget year next month. The administration is still looking to Washington for help filling the hole …”