Governor JB Pritzker addressed a variety of topics in his 2026 State of the State Address.  Two policy experts share their takeaways and analysis of the speech.

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Governor JB Pritzker is delivering his annual State of the State address in which he plans to share his vision for taxes and spending in government. It comes after an intense year in which Illinois saw the Trump administration make multiple attempts to cut funding for programs in blue states. 

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Today we brought you special live coverage of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s combined state of the state and budget address followed by reaction and analysis.

To conclude our preview of Governor JB Pritzker's State of the State and budget address, we were joined by an Illinois Statehouse reporter and the associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC to talk more about what we can expect and to put the governor’s remarks in context.

For another perspective on Gov. JB Pritzker's State of the State, we were joined by the Illinois Senate Minority Leader, a Republican who is critical of Pritzker's policies.