Pritzker asked about need for new executive order (Updated x2) Tuesday, Sep 23, 2025 - Posted by Rich Miller * Background is here if you need it. Pritzker: Executive order is something that we do all the time when we want to make an emphatic effort to accomplish something and make sure that it’s understood throughout the entire executive branch that this is everybody’s responsibility. Pritzker: Because it’s a beginning of dealing with what we think could be a very severe challenge for the state budget in this year. “The first budget Pritzker signed into law was a $40.6 billion budget. To blame President Trump for Illinois’ budget problems is like blaming the White Sox’s losing record on the fans.