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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed investments would support the creation of a child tax credit, overhaul of the state's pension system, and fund programs for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will include the $10 million ask in his budget proposal for the next fiscal year to erase $1 billion in Illinoisan's medical debt. The investment would mark the first in a multi-year plan.
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Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated their sticking point for budget negotiations this year will be the same as it was last year — state spending on programs for noncitizens and recent arrivals from the country’s southern border.
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The platform — BEACON — is aimed at both parents and providers in Illinois. It is scheduled to start this summer.
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Request includes $35M for ‘newcomers,’ comes amid projected state budget deficit.
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Pritzker joined in on a letter penned by Democratic governors who said political machinations are delaying much-needed help for their states and cities. They urged the passage of President Joe Biden’s $110 billion request for wartime aid and border security.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state plan to eliminate preschool deserts had a successful first year and celebrated East Alton-based Wieland Manufacturing's $500 million investment to modernize its facility.
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The more than 11 million Illinoisans who claim the standard exemption each year will not see an inflation-indexed bump for the 2023 tax year.
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Primary meddling, dark money and self-funding loopholes help skew Illinois politics to favor moneyed candidates. But there are also solutions — like fighting big money with public funding of campaigns.
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At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, negotiations are ongoing between campus leadership and the labor union that represents the university's clerical workers. A recent report found Illinois' public university employees were paid 21% less than state agency workers in similar jobs.