SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Pritzker administration asks agencies to prepare for $800 million in cuts

Governor JB Pritzker’s top budget negotiator is warning state agencies of up to $800 million in cuts if the General Assembly doesn’t approve Pritzker’s proposed tax increases in a new state budget.

In a memo to agency directors Wednesday and obtained by The Illinoize, Deputy Governor Andy Manar says the state must “prepare to implement a potential balan…