Thread by @GovPritzker

Today, the people of Illinois can be proud that we are putting state government back on the side of working families.

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We started this session with an ambitious agenda. There were skeptics, but what they failed to realize is that no obstacle can dwarf the transformative power of a state government and legislature that stands up for working families.

With that guiding principle, together, we just accomplished one of the most ambitious and consequential legislative sessions in this state’s history.

I want to express to our legislators my heartfelt gratitude for your commitment, your wise counsel, your willingness to listen, compromise, negotiate, change your minds or change mine, and get this work done.

This session we passed legislation that will give Illinoisans the power to say yes to a fair tax system that will improve the trajectory of our state finances forever.

We legalized adult-use cannabis, creating the most equity-centric system in this nation which will right historic wrongs and reinvest in the communities that have suffered the most because of the War on Drugs.

We passed a transformative $45 billion plan to rebuild our roads and bridges, to invest in hospitals and pre-schools, to expand high-speed broadband internet service to every corner of our state, to create opportunities for communities that have been neglected for far too long.

We gave 1.4 million people a raise by putting all our minimum wage workers on a path to a $15 an hour living wage.

We passed an omnibus healthcare bill that will eliminate a multi-year Medicaid backlog, and build transparency and accountability into the healthcare system — because health care is a right, not a privilege.

We helped to grow manufacturing, apprenticeships, and the film industry, extending business tax credits that bolster our status as a 21st century economic powerhouse.

We legalized sports betting and expanded gaming, leading the Midwest in a new industry and setting us up to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for our state.

We made Illinois the most progressive state in the nation for reproductive healthcare, saying loud and clear that we trust women to make the most personal and fundamental decisions of their lives.

And most fundamentally, for the first time in many years, we met our most basic responsibility: a real balanced budget, demonstrating that a progressive, forward-thinking vision is in perfect harmony with fiscal responsibility.

Most importantly, we have sent a message that Illinois’ third century will not be defined by its fiscal woes but by its unapologetic promise to stand on the side of its working families.