Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the remainder of the state's operations budget Thursday, saying it was out of balance and unconstitutional.

 

Rauner took the action a day after approving a bill that provides funding for elementary and secondary education and will allow the state's public schools to open on schedule this fall.

 

The Republican governor previously threatened to veto the spending plan the legislature's Democrats sent to him because it is up to $4 billion out of balance.

 

In an op-ed piece published Thursday by the Chicago Tribune, Rauner wrote that he was sent to Springfield by voters to "end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt."

 

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