Rep. Keicher Responds to Gov. Pritzker’s Budget Address

Following Governor JB Pritzker’s combined 2026 State of the State and Budget Address, State Representative Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore), the Illinois House Republican Conference Chairman, released the following statement:

“I’m disappointed that at a time when our state needs to spur our economy, the Governor’s budget proposal does the exact opposite and will chase more job creators away by proposing a billion dollars more in spending and more than $700 million in tax and fee increases.

“Despite those spending and tax increases, this proposal also further takes away the ability for local communities to pursue their own future by again cutting funds meant for local governments to reduce reliance on crushing property taxes to push the Governor’s progressive agenda that doesn’t fit the whole state.

“What we saw today is a glimpse into the Governor’s plan to continue to deny our most vulnerable the support they need to bolster his national ambitions, but I will continue to insist that our most vulnerable must come first and not be used as a political pandering football.

“More pandering and spending on pet projects is not the answer. Illinoisans deserve a government that lives within its means.”

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