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Ill. backlog of unpaid bills nears $8.5 billion

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — The Illinois comptroller's office is sitting on nearly $4.3 billion in overdue bills and other departments are behind on their bills because the state doesn't have the money to make good on its debts, Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka said Wednesday.

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