State agency spending cut plans remain unclear following Pritzker’s order

by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois

November 13, 2025

Article Summary

The governor’s office won’t release details about how state agencies plan to cut spending and reserve funds weeks after their plans for doing so were due to be submitted.

A spokesperson for Gov. JB Pritzker said the governor’s budget office is still reviewing the agencies’ recommendations.

Republican lawmakers said Pritzker needs to be transparent about how state agencies propose reducing spending in the current fiscal year.

Pritzker issued an executive order for the cuts over fears that the state will not have as much revenue as anticipated.

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

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