
Syverson: Pritzker’s budget hikes taxes by nearly $1 billion
SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker signed into law a record-breaking $53 billion state budget Wednesday that continues his five years of tax-and-spend fiscal policy and increases taxes by nearly $1 billion. State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) says government spending has increased by 32 percent since Gov. Pritzker took office. “For his sixth budget, Gov. Pritzker once again chooses big