WBGZ Radio 1/19/2021 |
By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said President-elect Joe Biden’s stimulus plan will help close Illinois’ multi-billion dollar budget hole.
In his news conference, Pritzker said the COVID-19 pandemic has put holes in local budgets managed by Democrats and Republicans alike and the prospect of federal funds is a welcome one.
“President-elect Biden put out a serious and deliberate plan to accelerate bringing an end to this pandemic,” he said. “I’ve had numerous conversations with the incoming administration to share the challenges the states have faced and what role the federal government must play in our recovery. So, too, have Republican governors . I have every reason to be optimistic for the future of Illinois and the nation. I urge Congress to take up the Biden plan immediately.”
Gov. JB Pritzker
In his news conference Friday afternoon, Pritzker said the COVID-19 pandemic has put holes in local budgets managed by Democrats and Republicans alike and the prospect of federal funds is a welcome one.
“Yesterday, President-elect Biden put out a serious and deliberate plan to accelerate bringing an end to this pandemic,” he said. “I’ve had numerous conversations with the incoming administration to share the challenges the states have faced and what role the federal government must play in our recovery. So, too, have Republican governors … I have every reason to be optimistic for the future of Illinois and the nation. I urge Congress to take up the Biden plan immediately.”
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The Sun-Times’ Patrick Finley answers the Bears’ biggest offseason questions:
The Bears’ season-ending press conference was ..
Unsettling, yet unsurprising. It wasn’t a shock the Bears clung to inertia by keeping coach Matt Nagy, general manager Ryan Pace and president/CEO Ted Phillips, but the way it was explained was, and remains, a problem. Phillips’ laughable quote ”Have we gotten the quarterback situation completely right? No. Have we won enough games? No. But everything else is there,” he said is already infamous.
Who should start Week 1 at quarterback?
Sam Darnold. The Jets have the second pick in the draft and will consider Ohio State’s Justin Fields and BYU’s Zach Wilson, two quarterbacks that can grow with their team. If so, they’d put Sam Darnold on the market, and the Bears would be wise to trade a second-round pick for him. Darnold just went 2-10 and threw more interceptions than touchdowns last year, bu