Governor Pritzker kicks off Standing Up for Illinois Tour

(WAND) - Governor Pritzker is kicking off the Standing Up for Illinois Tour Wednesday. He plans to travel across the state to "shed light on how the Trump Administration’s extreme agenda is hurting working families, farmers, veterans, seniors, and other Illinoisians."

Governor Pritzker said he will encourage everybody to stand up for their fellow Illinoisians.

Pritzker said cuts made by the Trump administration will be harmful to critical services.

TOUR SCHEDULE

Wednesday – Standing Up for Farmers (Champaign)

Governor Pritzker will join Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski at Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana to hold a roundtable with farmers and environmental leaders who had climate-smart agriculture funding cut off – hurting local farm economies across the state.
Before the roundtable, Governor Pritzker will meet with laid-off workers at the University of Illinois Soybean Innovation Lab that is set to close its doors next month because of the Trump Administration cut off USAID.

Thursday – Standing Up for Seniors (Romeoville)

Governor Pritzker and Lt. Governor Stratton will join Congresswoman Lauren Underwood in Romeoville to highlight the Trump Administration’s threats to Social Security and the seniors, people with disabilities, and other working people who rely on the benefits for housing, clothes, and food. DOGE is planning to cut Social Security customer phone support, eliminate thousands of jobs, and force seniors and disabled people to go to far-away offices for their benefits.

Friday – Standing Up for Infrastructure (Rockford) & Standing Up for Medicaid (Peoria)

Governor Pritzker will attend an event celebrating the Rockford Mass Transit District expansion and tout Illinois’ investment in infrastructure. He will note how Illinois still has hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for infrastructure projects on pause.
After, Governor Pritzker will attend a community meeting in Peoria at a center that helps people with disabilities access educational and employment opportunities. Governor Pritzker will meet with and hear directly from community members who rely on Medicaid for healthcare.