Gambling and Pot Will Help Repair Broken Illinois, Pritzker Says
- Billionaire governor’s agenda will transform state and Chicago
- ‘We’re putting our fiscal house in order,’ Democrat says
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Bringing a massive casino to Chicago’s struggling neighborhoods and legalizing marijuana across Illinois is the price to pay for stabilizing the fiscal basket case that the state has become, rookie Governor J.B. Pritzker said.
“We’re putting our fiscal house in order," Pritzker said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg News. “Nothing’s going to be fixed overnight, but we’ve made significant progress. And honestly, I really believe that we have turned this ship in the right direction. Illinois is back.”