Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Great Illinois The Spending Spree - February 2025
Yesterday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker delivered what Shia Kapos at Politico (screenshot below) described as a 'combined State of the State and Budget Address' to the Illinois General Assembly in Springfield . For the most part (and despite the early days of blogging being *in* politics), I have veer'd my blog into the [garden diary] lane and out of the [politics] lane. But, I was struck by the moment this week in Illinois. Shia's column (or newsletter) lead with Pritzker's speech and how MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was so inspired by Governor Pritzker's speech that she 'opened her show playing three minutes of it." Screenshot of Politico Illinois newsletter about Pritzker's budget address I am not a state budget expert (nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night ), but I've read some of the coverage coming out of the speech and there's certainty some good news and some...well...not so good news. At least for Illinois and Illi...