By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – If any compromise is reached on a state spending plan, it will likely be another stopgap budget not unlike the one passed earlier this year.

That’s according to State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington), who hoped something gets done soon.

“Obviously, that’s not by choice, but this is a situation (where) we are trying to – we, rank and file – are continuing to try and find for the leaders some areas of revenue ideas, cuts, and operations,” said Brady. “So that we can continue to make sure we don’t have a major shutdown.”

Brady said the fear of a state government shutdown will grow if progress on a budget compromise hasn’t been made by the time the New Year begins.

“This is a negotiation that continues to go on and we’ve got to have more of a compromise on some of the other sides of the leaders than what we’ve had in the past,” he said.

Legislators passed a stopgap budget earlier this year, but funding for most services does not go past the end of the year.

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