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Pritzker Budget Proposal Counts On Closing Tax 'Loopholes'

Governor JB Pritzker introduced his budget framework for next year on Wednesday — a plan that includes neither a tax hike nor deep cuts to social services. Both were consequences  he’d warned of after his graduated income tax plan failed at the polls in November.

 

Hannah covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She's been dedicated to the statehouse beat since interning at NPR Illinois in 2014, with subsequent stops at WILL-AM/FM, Law360, Capitol Fax and The Daily Line before returning to NPR Illinois in 2020 and moving to CNI in 2023.
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