Pritzker takes aim at GOP critics of DCFS – WAND (Decatur)

House Republican leader Jim Durkin blamed Gov. JB Pritzker for failing to deal with the problem, saying Director Marc Smith should resign. Pritzker shot back pointing to Republicans who have voted against recent budgets that have added funds to DCFS, noting all nine children involved in the contempt citations were quickly placed in residential settings.
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Pat S.
2 years ago

Blame Republicans for this too? Democrats are the majority in IL, yet they blame Republicans when there is a problem. Huh?

And if residential placement was available for these nine kids, why were they housed in offices?

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