Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday offered up bold promises in his second inaugural address, vowing free college tuition for working-class families and more affordable and widespread health care and child care. The Chicago Democrat and multibillionaire sketched an agenda he called as 'bold as our people are, thinking not only about the next four years, but about the next 40.'
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday offered up bold promises in his second inaugural address, vowing free college tuition for working-class families and more affordable and widespread health care and child care.
In a speech that paid respects to a nurse who died from COVID-19, victims of gun violence and even former Gov. Dwight Green, the governor also vowed to"fight against a rising tide of hate," protect women's reproductive rights and finally get the ban on high-powered weapons passed.
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