Freedom Caucus on Pritzker urging $800 million in budget cuts: ‘We told you so’

Published May 10, 2024 10:03am ET

(The Center Square) – For weeks, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has boasted about his proposed 2025 budget as being balanced, but it appears that the numbers aren’t adding up. Republicans are saying, “We told you so.”

In a memo from Deputy Gov. Andy Manar, state agency directors are being asked to prepare for $800 million less in available revenue for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.