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Pritzker offers budget plan in ‘State of the State’ address, promising tax relief, money for education, pensions, law enforcement

The governor’s top advisers say Pritzker’s new spending plan keeps the state on track to end in the black for back-to-back years for the first time in 25 years. But state House GOP Leader Jim Durkin said, "The governor’s budget address is always a wish-list, and this year it’s clear…

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2022

How Rep. Sean Casten went from ‘Licensed to Ill’ to climate policy pragmatist - Roll Call

“I actually thought the Republicans in the Reagan and first Bush White House did some of the best climate policies ever,” the Democrat says.

Roll Call · Feb 2, 2022

Snow warnings sack sessions in Springfield — but Pritzker still plans to deliver ‘State of the State’ and budget address

State law requires the budget address to be given this year on the first Wednesday in February, and a spokesperson said Gov. J.B. Pritzker will do so. But because of potential hazardous winter travel, the Senate would convene at noon on Tuesday, but the remainder of the week’s House and…

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 1, 2022