Illinois Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Budget Pressure From Trump Cuts

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s budget office is warning that the state is facing higher costs and more uncertainty as President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to pull back federal funding.

“Over the past year, federal policy changes have altered the federal-state partnership by shifting costs to states and reducing support for longstanding programs that serve working families,” according to a press release from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget on Friday. “Unlike the federal government, states across the country — including Illinois — are required to balance their budgets, and as repeatedly stated, Illinois cannot backfill billions of dollars as the federal government makes reductions.”