JB Pritzker

Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t considering using federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay down a multi-billion-dollar Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit, and he’s watching the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization numbers closely.

Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday the state could enter the “bridge” phase to greater reopening as soon as next week, while the state’s vaccination rate…

Gov. JB Pritzker took to the road Monday to urge local school districts in Illinois to carefully target the roughly $7 billion in federal funds they will…

Gov. JB Pritzker received a COVID-19 vaccine and briefly took questions from reporters at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Wednesday as the state’s…

Capitol News Illinois · CapitolCast: Interview with the GovernorGov. JB Pritzker says he will consider ideas for directing hundreds of millions of new…

Governor JB Pritzker's proposed budget for next year is getting mixed reviews.Governor JB Pritzker proposed a budget of more than 41 billion dollars on…

In his State of the State address, Governor JB Pritzker recognized the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and his hope for the future.Pritzker gave the…

Gov. JB Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily on…

Governor JB Pritzker delivered his FY2022 Budget Address and annual State of the State on Wednesday. Because of COVID restrictions, the address is virtual…

Gov. JB Pritzker’s office says he will propose a budget with no tax increases for the upcoming fiscal year, and the deficit is now projected at about $2.5…