Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
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Recent News About Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
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Illinois DOGE Profile: $1.25 million to ONE Northside for political issue advocacy
ONE Northside is a non-profit originally founded to support the building of more government-subsidized housing in majority white Chicago neighborhoods. Today, it also advocates for more government spending and higher taxes, broadly, backing elected officials who also support those policies and-- quite viscerally-- opposing calls for government efficiency, less spending or lower debt.
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3rd Congressional District candidate Booras on censorship of billboards around DNC: 'The facts demonstrate that Pritzker and Johnson have made serious errors in judgment'
3rd Congressional District candidate John Booras has sharply criticized the censorship of political advertisements and the decision-making of state leaders, highlighting recent disputes over billboard ads and the effectiveness of current mainstream media.
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'Welcome to America's murder capital' billboard and more ads critical of Pritzker, Johnson policies greet DNC crowds
As the Democratic National Convention (DNC) gets underway Chicago's the United Center, the convention has seen the installation of a series of provocative ad buys by Dan Proft, head of the People Who Play By the Rules PAC.
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Pritzker: I want to make Illinois the black weed capital of the world
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker says he wants to make his state the best in the country for blacks to sell marijuana.
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Proft: ‘IL owners of semi-auto sport rifles, take note on status of litigation’
Chicago's Morning Answer host, Dan Proft, recently highlighted the evolving legal battle over Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s semi-automatic rifle ban, urging owners to take note of litigation regarding the ban.
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Pritzker gives $250K to pro-abortion Virginia Democrats: ‘Protecting reproductive rights is non-negotiable’
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's nonprofit organization, Think Big America, has donated $250,000 to Virginia Democrats in anticipation of the state's legislative elections on Nov. 7.
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Pritzker signs law eliminating required property "salvage sales," turns over delinquent property to counties
Pritzker signs law eliminating required property "salvage sales," turns over delinquent property to counties
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Libs of TikTok: ‘Why is @GovPritzker so desperate for your kids to read porn??’
Chaya Raichik, a social media influencer who posts on Twitter under the name Libs of TikTok, called out Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for signing an anti-book-banning bill into law, saying it puts porn in the hands of kids.
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Analysis: 48 murders last year in area surrounding new Chicago nature trail that received $3 million in state funding
A Chicago City Wire analysis of Chicago crime data found 405 murders since 2001 in the area surrounding a new nature trail that recently received $3 million in state funding.
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Jacobson to Pritzker: ‘Did u abuse your power?’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement that he will be giving up emergency powers in May has many critics questioning his move nearly a year after the Covid pandemic was deemed to be over.
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Pritzker family opens Wisconsin gun range as over 170 types of guns are outlawed: 'The growth is a testament to public interest in preserving the stories of our country’s brave service members'
As Gov. J.B. Pritzker was signing a sweeping gun ban and gun registry many law enforcement officers are refusing to enforce the Pritzker family is opening a gun range as part of a museum under construction in Somers, Wis.
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From North Cook News
After Pritzker threat, Daily Herald cancels LGIS newspaper printing contract
The Daily Herald has discontinued publishing and distributing the Local Government Information Services newspapers.
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Chilling agony of Chicago’s crime problem encapsulated in ‘The Lakeview Scream’ ad
The People Who Play By The Rules PAC has released a chilling ad in which a Chicago woman’s scream echoes in her neighborhood as she is attacked in daylight.
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Proft on Pritzker emergency declaration over monkeypox: ‘It means he has absolute power’
Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson discussed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s emergency declaration over smallpox.
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Pritzker defends city after criticism from Abbott: ‘You are lying about Chicago’
In the wake of a shooting at an elementary school in his state, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) criticized the state of Illinois.
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Kim: ‘Corrupt politicians like J.B. Pritzker and Mike Madigan have ignored what’s best for Illinois’
GOP attorney general candidate Steve Kim is criticizing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's links to indicted ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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'We stand up for one another;' Pritzker expands Reimagine Public Safety Act
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation earlier this month that expanded the Democratic-led Reimagine Public Safety Act in an effort to tackle the state's firearm violence crisis.
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Hengesbaugh: Repeal 'empowers sexual predators to conceal evidence of their crimes against young girls’
Girls' Health First has come out against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signing of a bill that eliminate parental notification before minors are allowed to receive abortions.
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A maskless Teddi Pritzker parties at Lollapalooza days before dad issues statewide mask mandate
A maskless Theodora “Teddi” Pritzker was among the hundreds of thousands recently attending this summer's Lollapalooza at Grant Park -- just days before her dad, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, issued a mask mandate for all student and staff in Illinois schools.
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Pritzker, Lightfoot booed at White Sox opener
Even as a stadium announcer sang their praises to a sparse Opening Day crowd, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot were both roundly booed as they took the field to throw ceremonial first pitches during the Chicago White Sox recent home opener.