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January 30, 2024

Good morning, Illinois.

We’re packed this morning.

Governor Pritzker announces a National Science Foundation grant at the new state building in Chicago at 9am. The General Assembly returns next week.

Let’s get to it.

PRITZKER DOWNPLAYS TENSIONS WITH CITY OVER MIGRANT SHELTERS

Governor JB Pritzker took issue Monday with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s assertion the state should be building shelters for asylum-seeking migrants in the suburbs and not all within city limits.

“[Chicago] is where they think they’re going, that is where they expect to be arriving, not in Elmhurst, not in other suburbs, but in the city of Chicago,” Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference. “It is also where all of the services are that they need when they arrive.”

But, in a news conference Monday afternoon, Johnson continued to claim the state isn’t doing enough.