This Wednesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is slated to address the Illinois General Assembly for his annual State of the State and budget address and a local lawmaker is still curious what the Governor may say.

While she has somewhat of an idea of what the Governor will say, State Sen. Sally Turner anticipates the migrant crisis in the Chicago area will be his top priority and if downstate Illinois will be asked to financially help in the planning for these individuals.

The Lincoln Republican believes instead of sending state dollars to help Chicago with this crisis, we should be addressing our own shortcomings.

Additionally, Sen. Turner believes one issue that seems to have fallen out of the attention of the public is the pension crisis. She explains while the State did pay more on it last year, they could have done more instead of funding "pork projects".

Last week on Regional Radio, we heard from Sen. Turner on her focus and Illinois Republicans' focus on small businesses in Illinois. She hopes to see some of those initiatives taken up in the new legislative year.