Pritzker Protects K-12 Spending From Cuts, But Advocates Say More Investment Is Needed
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker outlined a proposed budget for the next fiscal year this week that keeps state spending on both K-12 and higher education mostly flat. If approved by state lawmakers, this would be the second year in a row that Illinois hasn’t invested in its school funding formula. The formula, passed […]
No Hike In Slimmer Illinois Budget, Reliance On Fed Aid
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday presented a slimmer state budget with no income tax increases but a reliance on federal relief from the COVD-19 pandemic, transfers from other funds and elimination of hundreds of millions of dollars of corporate tax breaks needing legislative approval. Pritzker, a man devoted to, and sometimes guided by, […]
State Lawmakers Return Tuesday
[perfectpullquote align=”left” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]State of the State Address Listen Wednesday at noon on WILL-AM 580 or will.illinois.edu [/perfectpullquote] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois state lawmakers return to Springfield Tuesday to begin this year’s legislative session. The main task on the agenda this week is Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State address. He’s […]