What Illinois needs is for one of its political leaders to blink.

 

But as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative Democrats stand eyeball-to-eyeball in negotiations over a new budget, neither is likely to submit, forcing the state to continue stumbling into the fiscal year that began Wednesday without broad authority to spend.

 

There are some actions that could end government shutdown fears, even if they don't settle the issues separating the two sides.

 

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