(The Center Square) – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs says he will keep pushing nonprofit investment legislation that was vetoed by Gov. JB Pritzker.

State Sen. Adriane Johnson (D-Buffalo Grove) sponsored Senate Bill 246 , which would allow the treasurer’s office to set up an investment pool and electronic payment program for nonprofit organizations.

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State Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-Waukegan) sponsored the House version of the legislation. Both chambers of the General Assembly approved the measure last May.

Pritzker vetoed the bill during the summer, saying it could allow extremist g

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