In this Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters after meeting with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner during veto session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Rauner and legislative leaders are trying to make progress on budget talks given that the current stop-gap spending measures expires in January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Latest on latest talks of an Illinois budget agreement (all times local):
4:45 p.m.
Illinois legislative leaders have made little headway in the latest weekend meeting at Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's offices on a budget deal as Democrats broached the issue of how President-elect Donald Trump's policy's might alter some Illinois' financial calculations.
House Democrat Greg Harris joined Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan at a Sunday meeting in Chicago. Harris told reporters afterward that planned Trump changes to subsidized health care could impact aspects of Illinois' budget and needed to be factored in.
But Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno (ruh-DOHN'-yoh) argued those and other issues amount to a tactic of - in her words - of "stall, stall, stall."
Madigan complained to reporters the budget was discussed for just 14 minutes of a nearly 90 minute meeting Sunday. But Radogno said Democrats were "unprepared."
The sides also reported no notable progress Saturday.
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9:45 a.m.
Homeless shelters in Illinois and low-income college students who rely on state funds are facing another year of financial uncertainty as ruling Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner remain unable to make progress on resolving a budget war.
Lawmakers adjourned for the year Thursday without agreeing on a full budget with Rauner, and a short-term spending plan is about to expire in January.
Rauner and legislative leaders have met several times during the past month, but each negotiating session ends the same way: The governor insists that Democrats have to pass part of his pro-business agenda, while they say he should focus on passing a budget without pre-conditions.
The two sides plan to continue meeting throughout December with the goal of voting on a deal next month.
In this Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, photo, Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, left, and Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, right, speak to reporters outside Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Rauner and legislative leaders are trying to make progress on budget talks given that the current stop-gap spending measures expires in January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 photo, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters outside Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's office during veto session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Rauner and legislative leaders are trying to make progress on budget talks given that the current stop-gap spending measures expires in January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 photo, Illinois Rep. Robert Rita, D-Blue Island, speaks to lawmakers while on the House floor during veto session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders are trying to make progress on budget talks given that the current stop-gap spending measures expires in January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters after meeting with legislative leaders during veto session in Springfield, Ill. Rauner and legislative leaders are trying to make progress on budget talks given that the current stop-gap spending measures expires in January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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