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House GOP members criticize Pritzker over tax incentives freeze GOP state Reps. Mike Murphy, Jeff Keicher and Keith Wheeler speak during a virtual news conference Friday. They want Gov. J.B. Pritzker to resume offering tax credits to new businesses through the 2019 Blue Collar Jobs Act. Blueroomstream.com
Updated 2/12/2021 4:28 PM
SPRINGFIELD House Republican lawmakers criticized Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ahead of his budget address next week, calling on the governor to reinstate business tax incentives he froze last month.
In a Friday news conference, GOP state Reps. Mike Murphy, Jeff Keicher and Keith Wheeler called on Pritzker to resume offering tax credits to new businesses through the 2019 Blue Collar Jobs Act, a bipartisan economic reform package pushed by House Republicans and signed into law as part of Pritzker s first-year operating budget.