Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a letter on Tuesday that requires the White Home to launch $1.88 billion in authorised federal funding that he says the Trump administration is withholding.
Pritzker, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, mentioned within the letter addressed to Russel Vought, director of the Workplace of Administration and Price range (OMB), that the practically $2 billion in federal funds “had been handed by Congress, signed into legislation, and promised to Illinois.”
“We have now an obligation to Illinois taxpayers and residents to demand solutions about the way forward for this funding,” the letter mentioned, “together with when the Trump Administration will observe the legislation and make good on the federal authorities’s promise to ship hard-earned taxpayer {dollars} again into Illinois’ financial system, workforce, and communities.”Â
The letter said that 9 Illinois businesses, boards and commissions are unable to entry $692 million obligated however not but acquired from the federal authorities. Ten state entities had been anticipating one other $1.19 billion in federal funds but to be obligated, and grants or packages have been “basically paused.”
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Whereas the letter didn’t specify which state businesses and different entities had been imagined to have acquired the funds, it shared some particulars on what sort of packages had been affected.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his annual price range deal with on Feb. 19, 2025, on the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune by way of AP, Pool)
“These frozen funds affect packages that present technical help for small companies, present inexpensive photo voltaic vitality for low-income residents, enhance roads and bridges, and extra,” in accordance with the letter.
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President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home in Washington, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool by way of AP)
The White Home Workplace of Administration and Price range directed businesses to halt federal funding on Jan. 27 in compliance with Trump’s government orders. Federal judges had issued a short lived restraining order to dam the funding freeze, however solely states with litigation towards the Trump administration had been capable of entry the unfrozen funds.
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The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Deirdre Heavy contributed to this report.
