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Quinn signs budget that scraps funds for prisons, mental health facilities

CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn signed a $33.7 billion state budget today that blocks the spending of millions of dollars the Legislature had allocated for prisons and mental health facilities that he is intent on shutting down to reduce costs.

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