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Governor Pritzker Lays Out Budget Priorities, Says Pandemic's End is in Sight

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker in a prerecorded video address to the State of Illinois laid out his budget for the Fiscal Year.

 

The Governor thanked Illinoisans for their perseverance during the pandemic but says there are tough budgetary decisions this year.

 

 

For weeks, the Chicago Democrat has said he will not seek to raise the income tax after a referendum in November failed. Wednesday, Gov. Pritzker stood by those claims.

 

 

Governor Pritzker Wednesday recognized the struggles of Illinoisans during the pandemic and says the end is near.

 

 

Governor Pritzker Wednesday also called for setting aside federal relief money for small businesses, holding education funding steady, passing ethics reforms, and says he will push for more federal dollars to come to Illinois. 

 

He called the budget a reflection of the struggle of balancing the normal problems of government in a pandemic. 

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