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Jay Robert Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. [1] Pritzker, a member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, has started several venture capital and investment startups, including the Pritzker Group, where he is managing partner.
The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois, ... The 43rd and current governor is JB Pritzker, a Democrat who took office on January 14, 2019. [5]
Pritzker was the first Illinois governor to serve a full term and be reelected for a second since Rod Blagojevich in 2006. If Pritzker serves the entirety of his term, he will become the first Democratic governor in the state's history to serve two full four-year terms, as every other Democratic governor had either been impeached, died or ...
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois will erase $72 million in medical debt for over 52,000 residents, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday. Funding from the state’s Medical Debt Relief Pilot ...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is heading north of the border for a four-day trade mission in hopes to garner stronger economic ties with Canada. There, the governor will give the keynote address at ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker launched Think Big America, a nonprofit focused on expanding access to abortion in states across the country. It’s part of his broader mission ...
Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to Michigan Territory. [17]The first Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every 4 years [18] for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election. [19]
If Gov. JB Pritzker has his way, a 30-year pension funding initiative of a Republican predecessor would be no more. Then-Gov. Jim Edgar signed a bipartisan pension reform package in 1994, setting ...