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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pitched a $52.7 billion state spending plan Wednesday with more money to address the migrant crisis, education and quantum computing, while proposing tax increases that will mostly target business, including a major sports betting tax hike. "I wish we had big surpluses to work with this year to take on every one of the very real challenges we face,” Pritzker told lawmakers in Springfield during the budget combined with the yearly State of the State address. “It’s important to note, that while this budget is tight this year, our fiscal hou...

The current starting teacher pay is $42,500 a year.

The governor’s budget fills previously projected deficit with changes to tax code.

The midyear budget also takes advantage of the healthy surplus by funding more than $1.1 billion in capital projects for the first time in memory with cash rather than bonds

The governor’s budget proposal would give rural areas a boost to invest in housing, address gaps in health care, and market the outdoor landscape.