Rich Miller: Pritzker's proposed budget cuts deserve closer scrutiny

Rich Miller: Pritzker's proposed budget cuts deserve closer scrutiny

Gov. JB Pritzker says progressive tax plans may not pass by the end of session. But the debate over revenue and proposed cuts will continue, statehouse columnist writes.

MILLER: Progressive revenue bills likely doomed

In response to a question last week from my associate Isabel Miller, Gov. JB Pritzker said he didn’t think a group of progressive legislators could pass their progressive revenue bills through both chambers by the end of the spring session. “They’ve been working very hard on getting something done,” Pritzker said of the bicameral progressive effort to at least raise enough money to prevent the governor’s proposed budget cuts to a host of state p…