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     Willie Wilson: Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget expands bureaucracy and does little to better Illinoisans’ lives

     As the legislature finalizes Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2025 budget, the jubilation and backslapping of lawmakers ring hollow in many forgotten communities throughout Illinois. The $53.1 billion budget ...

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     Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues clashing with Illinois Senate over parole board

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     Legislation now before Gov. J.B. Pritzker: Mobile driver’s licenses, medical debt relief and a new state mushroom

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     Editorial: A balanced state budget. But hardly Springfield Democrats’ finest hour.

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     Illinois' use of cameras that read license plates amounts to 'dragnet surveillance,' lawsuit alleges

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     Measure phasing out fluorescent lighting headed to governor

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     TEAMSTERS CALL ON J.B. PRITZKER TO SIGN THE ILLINOIS WORKER FREEDOM OF SPEECH ACT

     Teamsters are calling on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign into law Senate Bill 3649, the Illinois Worker Freedom of Speech Act. The bill would ban mandatory attendance at captive audience ...

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     Pritzker bets FanDuel, DraftKings won't leave Illinois over hefty sports wagering tax hike

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     Illinois lawmakers fail again to pass hemp regulations and medical cannabis expansion

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     Illinois House ekes out $53.1 billion budget, hits state with more than $700 million in tax hikes

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › J-B-PritzkerJ.B. Pritzker | Biography, Governor, Illinois, Family, Term ...

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   May 23, 2024 · J.B. Pritzker (born January 19, 1965, Atherton, California, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who is governor of Illinois (2019– ). He is a member of the prominent Pritzker family, who owns the Hyatt hotel chain and is one of the wealthiest families in the United States.

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4. chicago.suntimes.com › politics › 2024/05/29Illinois House passes $53.1 billion budget, hits state with ...

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   4 days ago · Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office optimistically put out a statement to celebrate the budget’s spending measure after it cleared the Illinois House. But the revenue measure was trickier. By Tina Sfondeles. May 29, 2024, 4:37am PDT. Illinois House ekes out $53.1 billion budget, hits state with more than $700 million in tax hikes.

5. www.forbes.com › profile › jb-pritzkerJ.B. Pritzker - Forbes

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   4 days ago · J.B. Pritzker is the richest politician in the U.S. with a net worth of $3.4 billion. He is an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune and a former private equity investor. He became the governor of Illinois in 2018 as a Democratic candidate.

6. chicago.suntimes.com › politics › 2024/05/30Amid presidential chatter, Gov. Pritzker will address ...

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   3 days ago · Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2022 spoke before state Democratic Party leaders in New Hampshire and Florida, fueling speculation that he was plotting a presidential run in 2024. Since then, he’s repeatedly tamped down questions about his presidential ambitions. By Tina Sfondeles. Updated May 30, 2024, 8:27am PDT.

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   5 days ago · (TCS) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is heralding a budget that Republicans say was crammed down taxpayers' throats in the dead of night. After the Senate approved the state budget package...

8. www.yahoo.com › news › pritzker-pleased-53-1-billionPritzker ‘pleased’ with $53.1 billion budget on his desk

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   5 days ago · May 29, 2024 at 3:20 PM·2 min read. More content below. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — After an all-nighter of legislative work in Springfield, Governor J.B. Pritzker is celebrating the...

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   When did the Pritzker family start investing?

   • The seeds of the Pritzker family’s fortune were planted in the 1930s after Abram Nicholas Pritzker, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, partnered with his brother, Jack Nicholas Pritzker, to begin investing in real estate and companies around that city.

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   Is Pritzker 'pleased' with the budget?

   • Pritzker fired back at the Republicans who decried the budget, adding that he’s “pleased” with how the budget ultimately came out. “Every year, particularly Republicans, say things like “Oh, we’re careening towards a brick wall,”” the governor said. “It hasn’t happened.

   Pritzker ‘pleased’ with $53.1 billion budget on his desk

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   Will Pritzker sign a state budget?

   • Pritzker said he would sign the budget into law. Republicans complained that Democrats are spending the state into future debt and blasted the acrimony of the final deliberations. Deputy Republican Leader Norine Hammond Macomb said budget-making in the House has become “an exercise in bullying and absolute power” by Democrats.

   Illinois General Assembly OKs $53.1B state budget, but it takes all night

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   What did the Pritzkers do in Chicago?

   • In Chicago, where the Pritzkers are still based, they are known for their philanthropy, in particular their endowing of the annual Pritzker Architecture Prize and helping to establish the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.

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10. apnews.com › article › illinois-state-budget-finalIllinois General Assembly OKs $53.1B state budget, but it ...

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    4 days ago · FILE - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks before President Joe Biden at an event with United Auto Workers at the Community Building Complex of Boone County, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Belvidere, Ill. The Illinois General Assembly has adopted a $53.1 billion state budget for the year that begins July 1, but it took the House until the break of ...