Pritzker Touts Illinois State Budget as ‘Giant Step Forward’ – NBC5 (Chicago)

The governor said, "It's a balanced budget that achieves a level of fiscal prudence not seen in our state for two decades. For the first time since 2001, Illinois is paying its bills on time. We are also paying off pandemic borrowing early, we're meeting our full pension obligation, and we're saving taxpayers tens of millions of taxpayer dollars along the way."