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Gov. J.B. Pritzker stresses education in $49.6 billion budget proposal while blasting a ‘virulent strain of nationalism’ in national schools debate
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker stressed added funding for education in his $49.6 billion spending budget proposal Wednesday though also working with the occasion to blast “a virulent strain of nationalism” that he explained has contaminated the nationwide discussion over school curricula and the content of library cabinets. “There is a virulent pressure of nationalism plaguing our country, led by demagogues who are pushing censorship, with a unique assault suitable now on college board associates and library trustees,” Pritzker stated. The remarks arrived as the Democratic governor delivered a merged finances and Point out of the State address, talking in the Illinois Household chamber to a entire joint session of…