Pritzker declares Juneteenth an official Illinois state holiday – WGNTV (Chicago)

For the first time, June 19 will also be a paid Cook County holiday.
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The True Believer
4 years ago

Thanks Lori and Sophia King and the black caucus. Blm is definitely in charge of Chicago now. They all must be defeated.

Riverbender
4 years ago

Naturally the Pritzker family’s hotels will be recognizing this as a paid holiday for their employees too…uh, won’t they?

Wolfnight
4 years ago

More time off for the Official Government Workers Party public sector employees on the taxpayer dime.

My private sector employer is not woke and has already said no day off for me.

PIGS. IN. TROUGH, all of them.

bb
4 years ago

JB is a a–! Time to go

Fred
4 years ago

At what point to public employees stop being “essential?” Once holidays were moved to “the Monday following” we began to get it. Next step: Summer holidays will entitle teachers to extra days off during the academic year. Always on a Friday or a Monday. How about counting up the paid weekday holidays and letting taxpayers have that many days annually when we don’t have to pay taxes? Start with 13 holidays and add 10-15 paid vacation days for non-teachers. So at a max, we get less than 11 months work from a public employee in exchange for salary, benefits, together… Read more »

NoHope4Illinois
4 years ago

Wonder if the Black on Black shootings and murders will cease on June 19?

lana
4 years ago

Can we have a holiday when BLM and Antifa Terrorists are put to rest?

Fed up neighbor
4 years ago
Reply to  lana

I’ll vote on that 👍

The Paraclete
4 years ago

Will the Holiday include a parade of at risk youth? Maybe teens and young adults? I personally don’t care. Juneteenth goes in with the LSD controversy. Just call it Lori’s free bullet to the head highway. FBHH/with an arrow.

Wally
4 years ago

Can someone tell me how many and which holidays state employees get paid for?

Fed up neighbor
4 years ago
Reply to  Wally

To many Wally lol

NB-Chicago
4 years ago
Reply to  Wally

I googled a while a go—I think juneteenth makes 13 paid holidays or chance to make double ot

Fed up neighbor
4 years ago

And flags will be flown at half staff on this day in accordance with Illinois flag display act, I will not in holy hell lower my 2 flags the American flag and the USAF flag to half-staff you Pritzker can kiss my you know what you are nothing but a tyrant and a idiot, this just absolutely blows my mind. Illinois will recognize Juneteenth throughout the state, lowering all flags covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act to half-staff on Saturday, June 19. In addition, this year and henceforth, a Juneteenth flag will fly proudly over the State Capitol in… Read more »

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