Comptroller Mendoza welcomes many of the initiatives Governor JB Pritzker proposes in his Fiscal Year 2026 budget.

“I think there is a lot to like in the Governor’s proposed budget,” Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza said. “We protect the Rainy Day Fund; maintain our core responsibilities to schools, health care and public safety without starting costly new programs; and the proposed budget calls for NO tax hikes.

The budget is responsible, while addressing the needs of our most vulnerable. This will be a tough year, but I think the Governor and legislature can find a fiscally responsible yet compassionate balance.”

• I appreciate the governor proposing a $200 million appropriation to pay past-due IT bills that are costing us interest right now.
• I support the effort to check the power of PBMs and protect our critical small-town and rural independent pharmacies. I support the effort to lower drug prices for Illinois consumers.
• I appreciate the call to let people in small counties vote on whether to consolidate township government.

I will continue my efforts to pass a law requiring additional deposits into the Rainy Day and Pension Stabilization Funds when the state has good budget years.

I appreciate the governor’s warning about the potential dangers of indiscriminate federal budget cuts on all of us here in Illinois. We must hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Video of Comptroller Mendoza’s budget react will be available on the Illinois Comptroller’s YouTube channel later this afternoon.

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