SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Confusion over the Illinois budget crisis is growing deeper and deeper.
Gov. Pat Quinn backed away Wednesday from his threat to make drastic cuts to social service spending.
The Democrat had warned that a version of the budget approved by the General Assembly would require painful cuts. But now Quinn says he isn't willing to make those cuts.
Meanwhile, Illinois lawmakers have gone home for the rest of the week despite the budget mess. They're coming back to the Capitol on Monday, just two days before the current budget expires and a new one is supposed to be in place.
State government faces the biggest deficit in its history.
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