Statehouse Insider: The ball's in your court. No, it's in your court.

Who says nothing new is coming out of those meetings between Gov. BRUCE RAUNER and the four legislative leaders?

There was a whole new twist last week. A meeting that had been scheduled was rather abruptly canceled. But this time, it wasn't House Speaker MICHAEL MADIGAN backing out because of a scheduling conflict.

No, this time it was Rauner who pulled the plug. His reason? He wants a budget outline from Madigan and Senate President JOHN CULLERTON, and one wasn't coming, so he torpedoed the meeting. As you might imagine, the Republican leaders who are loathe to criticize Rauner apparently agreed with the decision because they issued no statements of outrage over this canceled meeting, as they did when Madigan was a no-show.

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