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Quinn touts tax breaks for families, not how to fund them

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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivers his State of the State address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly in the House Chambers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Illinois speaker of the House Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, looks on, left.

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Illinois is "moving forward," Gov. Pat Quinn repeatedly declared Wednesday in a State of the State address that offered families and businesses modest tax relief but was almost silent on the looming financial roadblocks that could bring state government to a grinding halt. He proposed ending a tax on natural gas, saying it would help businesses and families alike.