State comptroller’s office ‘bombarded’ with 5,000 calls a week

Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger said Wednesday that her office is being “bombarded” with about 5,000 calls a week from social service organizations wondering if and when they’ll get state funding. Munger, talking to the City Club of Chicago, said the ongoing state budget impasse, which is creating that uncertainty, is hurting those “who can least […]