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Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities

  • The Governor's Office of Management and Budget predicts a $3.2 billion deficit for fiscal year 2026 without changes to revenue or spending.
  • Senate Republicans oppose tax increases and want to halt emergency declarations, stated Senate Republican Leader John Curran.
  • State Representative Will Guzzardi mentioned that lawmakers would explore giving more guidance to the Illinois State Board of Education about releasing $50 million for after-school programs.
  • The most recent emergency declaration by Governor J.B. Pritzker was filed on January 31.
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Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - Senate Republicans say they want budget negotiations to include cuts to noncitizen spending while bringing in “transparent accounting.” The post Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

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Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A day ahead of Gov. JB Pritzker’s annual budget address Wednesday, Senate Republicans said they want budget negotiations to include cuts to noncitizen spending while bringing in “transparent accounting.”

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Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities – Capitol News IL

Senate Minority Leader John Curran referenced Gov. JB Pritzker’s 30 separate, but altogether similarly worded, emergency declarations made since September 2022 in response to the asylum seekers transported from Texas and southern states to cities around Northern Illinois. The declarations allow Pritzker to allocate funding for emergency services to cities like Chicago and its suburbs to support asylum seekers. The governor’s most recent declarat…

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Illinois Business Journal broke the news in on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
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