By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker began a tour of the state Wednesday to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s second-term legislative agenda will kick off in earnest next week as he proposes his fifth annual state budget to lawmakers in […]
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