Wilhour said the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025 stands at $52.7 billion, more than $2 billion more than the $50.4 billion signed into law last June. #budget
Governor Pritzker's remarks and proposed FY 2025 budget focused heavily on education, the migrant crisis, and healthcare. #stateofthestate #budgetaddress #illinois
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Illinois has more than 440,000 children, 16% of the children in the state, who live in poverty. #childtaxcredit
Pritzker’s only bipartisan budget came during his first year in office – when a massive infrastructure package garnered dozens of GOP votes and helped create goodwill for some House Republicans to vote for the budget. #budgetaddress #illinois #pritzker
Chicago is a sanctuary city where federal immigration laws are not enforced, a policy Johnson said will remain despite some public support for repealing that status. #chicago #sanctuarycity #migrants