Examining The Record: Pritzker touts fiscal and crisis management; critics see campaign management

Examining The Record: Pritzker touts fiscal and crisis management; critics see campaign management

ByIllinois Public Radio

Over the past four years, Pritzker made good on campaign promises, but faced criticism for pandemic-related restrictions and a failed tax revamp. When JB Pritzker first announced his run for governor in a packed South Side gymnasium in 2017, he told reporters he’d be a “progressive governor for everyone.” Since then, the Gold Coast Democrat…

Examining The Record: Darren Bailey pushed to fix the state’s ills, but critics call him ineffective

Examining The Record: Darren Bailey pushed to fix the state’s ills, but critics call him ineffective

ByIllinois Public Radio

The GOP nominee for governor gained fame as the voice of opposition on cultural issues — gun rights, abortion — at the statehouse. But he passed few bills of his own. As Illinois’ landmark abortion-rights law was finalized in 2019, current Republican gubernatorial hopeful Darren Bailey grew exasperated about extending protections to an “individual” beyond…