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Pritzker's budget to boost spending amid calls for restraint

by AP Political Writer
| February 19, 2020 5:05 AM

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker must walk a fine line between hopes for additional spending and calls for restraint when he proposes his second annual budget Wednesday after a whirlwind first year in office in which he saw many of his promises enacted.

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