WATCH: Pritzker blames Trump for budget cut EO; Chicago public safety on Trump’s mind
September 24, 2025/
(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares reaction from Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, to the budget executive order signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Bishop also provides some of the continued debate over how to tackle public safety and immigration enforcement in the city of Chicago with recent comments from President Donald Trump, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago.
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