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State Week: Pritzker lays out budget, slams Trump

Gov. JB Pritzker plans to raise spending in the next fiscal year amid concerns over federal funding that ahs been interrupted by the Trump Administration.

The governor says he expects a better revenue picture than what was previously predicted. But Republicans say Pritzker might be setting Illinois up for a tax hike. Many of the GOP also took offense at comments the governor made comparing the president and his followers to Nazis.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Capitol News Illinois' Ben Szalinski.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Ben joined CNI in November 2024 as a Statehouse reporter covering the General Assembly from Springfield and other events happening around state government. He previously covered Illinois government for The Daily Line following time in McHenry County with the Northwest Herald. Ben is also a graduate of the University of Illinois Springfield PAR program. He is a lifelong Illinois resident and is originally from Mundelein.
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