NBC Chicago
Aug 11, 2011
The state of Illinois has reached a new level of broke. Come Monday [Aug 15, 2011], it won’t have enough cash to bury its indigent dead.
Illinois officials sent a letter to more than 600 funeral directors around the state to let them know there’s no money for funerals for individuals on public assistance.
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