J.B. Pritzker

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, is joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Democratic activists fueled anti-Trump protests at GOP town halls but also rage at their own party

Democrats filled Republican town halls during the congressional break to protest President Donald Trump’s power grab in Washington.
March 1
FILE - Assault style weapons and hand guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

US judge tosses Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, governor pledges swift appeal

November 9, 2024
FILE - Stateville Correctional Center, a historic but dilapidated prison set to close and a replacement built, can be seen, Sept. 16, 2024, in Crest Hill, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Illinois officials take first step toward construction of 2 new prisons

November 1, 2024
In this image taken from body camera video released by Illinois State Police on Monday, July 22, 2024, former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, left, points his gun at Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help, before shooting and killing her inside her home in Springfield, Ill., July 6, 2024. (Illinois State Police via AP)

Illinois governor says sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home should resign

August 7, 2024
FILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addresses the crowd at the Old Post Office, June 28, 2023, in Chicago. On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Pritzker signed into law measures to block what he called insurance companies' “predatory tactics to make an extra dime” by shortchanging consumers on their medical needs. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pritzker signs law banning health insurance companies’ ‘predatory tactics,’ including step therapy

July 10, 2024

NYC Mayor on meeting with Trump’s ‘border czar’ Tom Homan: we will go after ‘violent’ criminals

New York Mayor Eric Adams met Thursday with the country’s incoming ‘border czar’ after the mayor expressed an enthusiasm to work with the incoming administration to pursue criminals in the city while President-elect Trump promises mass deportations of people living in the country illegally.
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Illinois governor urges Texas to stop sending migrants amid bitter cold forecast

Illinois scraps plan to build migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk

Illinois creating new cemetery for Native American ancestral remains

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July 27, 2024
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker holds up a newly signed bill at Eyes On The Future Child Development Center in Chicago, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, establishing the Illinois Department of Early Childhood. Illinois state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, left and state Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford, join him. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Consolidated, ‘compassionate’ services pledged for new Illinois Department of Early Childhood

June 25, 2024
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, surrounded by lawmakers, signs the 2025 budget in Chicago on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

State budget includes hefty taxes, but not on ‘everyday ordinary taxpayers,’ Democrats say

June 17, 2024
FILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addresses the crowd on June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. Members of a legislative review panel agree that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposal to replace Logan and Stateville prisons makes senses, but they said Friday, June 14, 2024, that the administration needs to provide more details. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Illinois lawmakers unable to respond to governor’s prison plan because they lack quorum

June 14, 2024
FILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addresses the crowd on June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. A judge on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, rejected a law Illinois Democrats adopted last month that prohibits political parties from drafting candidates when no one was on the party primary ballot. Pritzker has called the law an ethics reform measure. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Judge tosses out Illinois ban on drafting legislative candidates as ‘restriction on right to vote’

June 6, 2024
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, surrounded by lawmakers, signs the 2025 budget in Chicago on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Pritzker signs $53.1B Illinois budget, defends spending with ‘sustainable long-term growth’

June 5, 2024
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 dawn on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 to get it done. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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

May 29, 2024
FILE - Illinois House Speaker Pro-tem Jehan Gordon-Booth, listens during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Gordon-Booth is the House sponsor of a $53.1 billion budget the House was expected to approve, but had to wait until after midnight Wednesday to approve because of constitutional requirements.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)

House Democrats expected to vote on $53.1B budget as Republicans complains of overspending

May 29, 2024
CORRECTS POSITIONS OF IDS - Chicago Bears president Kevin Warren, joined by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, speaks during a news conference where NFL football team unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Chicago, for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field.(AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Illinois governor’s office says Bears’ plan for stadium remains ‘non-starter’ after meeting

May 2, 2024
This photo provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows a document signed by President Lincoln in April 1861 ordering the blockade of southern United States ports after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker will visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tuesday, April 30, 2024 to donate the documents signed by Lincoln. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum via AP)

Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady

April 30, 2024
Illinois Senate Republican John Curran, R-Downers Grove, explains legislation he is proposing to overhaul the Prisoner Review Board in this Tuesday, April 2, 2024 screen grab in Springfield, Ill. Two members of the board resigned last week after a prisoner with a history of domestic violence was released and a day later attacked a 33-year-old pregnant woman in Chicago and fatally stabbed her 11-year-old son when he tried to protect her. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Illinois Republicans propose overhaul for Gov. Pritzker’s ‘anti-victim’ parole board after stabbing

April 2, 2024
A photo of Jayden Perkins, a 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in his home on March 13, at a memorial on March 15, 2024, outside Perkin's home in Chicago. A state parole board member resigned Monday, March 25 after recommending the release of a man who a day later attacked a pregnant Chicago woman with a knife and fatally stabbed her son while he tried to protect her, according to authorities. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Illinois parole official quits after police say a freed felon attacked a woman and killed her son

March 25, 2024
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives to deliver his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Illinois governor’s proposed $53B budget includes funds for migrants, quantum computing and schools

February 21, 2024
This image provide by the Illinois Governor's Office shows Heidi Mueller. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024, named Mueller as director of juvenile justice, taking over the troubled Department of Children and Family Services. Mueller, 49, will replace Marc D. Smith, who has been at the helm since 2019 and has been held in contempt of court numerous times for improper housing of young people under the agency's care. Smith, who announced his resignation in October, will help with the transition through January. (Illinois Governor's Office via AP)

Illinois juvenile justice chief to take over troubled child-services agency

January 3, 2024
FILE -Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, left, discusses the legislation to allow new nuclear reactors in Illinois which he co-sponsored with Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, after it cleared both chambers on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 lifting a three-decade moratorium on development of nuclear reactors in the state. Morris Republican Sen. Sue Rezin, the proposal's sponsor, argued nuclear power is a critical part of the state's renewable energy portfolio. (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)

Pritzker signs law lifting moratorium on nuclear reactors

December 8, 2023
FILE - Construction of a government-run tent encampment for migrants is underway, Monday Dec. 4, 2023, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration on Tuesday, Dec. 5 announced it is scrapping construction of the temporary winter camp for migrants, citing the risk of contaminants at the former industrial site. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, file)

Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk

December 5, 2023
Gleicy Martinez from Venezuela, stands for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press, Nov. 1, 2023, in a small migrant tent community near a Northside police station in Chicago. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 that the state will funnel an additional $160 million to help get migrants on their feet in Chicago after arriving from the U.S. southern border, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors as winter arrives. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)

Illinois earmarks $160 million to keep migrants warm in Chicago as winter approaches

November 17, 2023
FILE -Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, left, discusses the legislation to allow new nuclear reactors in Illinois which he co-sponsored with Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, after it cleared both chambers on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 lifting a three-decade moratorium on development of nuclear reactors in the state. Morris Republican Sen. Sue Rezin, the proposal's sponsor, argued nuclear power is a critical part of the state's renewable energy portfolio. (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)

Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships

November 9, 2023
State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, explains fresh legislation she introduced, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Springfield, Ill, lifting a moratorium on new nuclear reactors in Illinois. Legislation ending the 1987 prohibition won overwhelming approval last spring but Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed it, citing among other things, a need to modernize oversight rules. Rezin's plan calls for rules to be updated by January 2026 while allowing so-called SMRs, or small modular reactors, of no more than 300 megawatts to be installed, although none has been proposed and it could be a decade or more before one is operating. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Senator proposes plan that lifts nuclear moratorium and requires new oversight rules

November 7, 2023
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, testifies before the Executive Committee on his legislation to allow legislative staff to unionize, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Pritzker wants to consolidate early education, speaker’s bill allows staff to unionize

October 24, 2023
FILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks out over the crowd during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Pritzker is taking his advocacy for abortion rights nationwide, forming a political organization to fund like-minded efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to seek one. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois Gov. Pritzker takes his fight for abortion access national with a new self-funded group

October 18, 2023
FILE - Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., addresses the crowd before President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. The Democratic governor and multibillionaire has been lavished with hundreds of gifts from around the world, ranging from a $950 bottle of Japanese whiskey to 35 cents — a quarter and dime, to be exact.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File))

Booze, beads and art among unclaimed gifts lavished upon billionaire Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

October 15, 2023
FILE - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc D. Smith arrives to testify before the House Appropriations-Human Services Committee, April 26, 2019, in Chicago. Smith said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, that he will leave his post at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Director of troubled Illinois child services agency says he will resign post at end of year

October 4, 2023

Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law

September 3, 2023
FILE - Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use them illegally, as the state continues its quest to curb mass shootings. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois governor signs ban on firearms advertising allegedly marketed to kids and militants

August 13, 2023
The famed Illinois State Fair Butter Cow was unveiled on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill., by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II, previewing Friday's official opening of the annual state fair. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Illinois Gov. Pritzker unveils butter cow and the state fair’s theme: ‘Harvest the Fun’

August 9, 2023
FILE - Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use them illegally, as the state continues its quest to curb mass shootings. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants

August 7, 2023
FILE - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates in a debate with Republican gubernatorial challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, at the WGN9 studios, Oct. 18, 2022, in Chicago. Crisis pregnancy centers, which often pop up near abortion facilities to offer information about alternatives to the procedure, face penalties if they disseminate misleading or untruthful information after action by Pritzker on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

US judge blocks new Illinois law allowing state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers

August 4, 2023
FILE - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates in a debate with Republican gubernatorial challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, at the WGN9 studios, Oct. 18, 2022, in Chicago. Crisis pregnancy centers, which often pop up near abortion facilities to offer information about alternatives to the procedure, face penalties if they disseminate misleading or untruthful information after action by Pritzker on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Misleading clients on abortion could cost Illinois pregnancy centers

July 27, 2023