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With Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker set to unveil his fiscal year 2025 state budget proposal Wednesday, state Senate Republicans are calling on him and Democratic lawmakers to prioritize Illinois citizens. ....
The governor has presented an annual spending plan not amid the usual pomp but to a mostly empty chamber during an onslaught of winter weather in Illinois ....
As you’ve probably noticed, this State of the State speech looks a lot different than it has in the past. Standing inside a crowded room to deliver a formal address is not possible right now – nor would it be appropriate. But the people of Illinois need to hear from their Governor about where we are and where we’re headed – regardless of how unprecedented the times.
Nearly no one alive today has lived through anything that could have prepared them for the past year. To gain perspective on these last 12 months, I looked for an anchoring moment in our history – a moment that can remind us of what we can endure and survive together. ....
Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his budget address for Illinois Wednesday, proposing steady state spending and an end to nearly $1 billion in corporate tax breaks, but. ....
Gov. JB Pritzker will give his Illinois budget address on Wednesday, and there s already a major budget battle between the two parties brewing. Two months ago I asked Republicans in the General Assembly for their proposals to close this year s budget deficit. I was met with silence. Apparently their idea of bipartisanship ends when hard choices must be made, Pritzker said. The general funds budget I present today for Fiscal Year 2022 spends $1.8 billion less than FY2021. It reflects $400 million in additional cuts to appropriations, a hiring freeze, flat operational spending, full required pension payments, and the closure of unaffordable corporate loopholes, the governor added. ....