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An anti-abortion advocate along with abortion rights advocates hold up signs during the Emergency Pro-Life Rally for New Mexico in Las Cruces, N.M., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. New Mexico's governor has signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care. Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, that &quot;the goal here is build it and they will come.&quot; She said New Mexico already has seen an influx of patients following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June to overturn Roe vs. Wade as abortions have ceased in other states. (Meg Potter/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP, File)

Pro-life groups file lawsuit against Illinois over abortion coverage law

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks out over the crowd during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Pritzker is taking his advocacy for abortion rights nationwide, forming a political organization to fund like-minded efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to seek one. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Iowa results exposed Trump’s ‘weakness’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks out over the crowd during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Pritzker is taking his advocacy for abortion rights nationwide, forming a political organization to fund like-minded efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to seek one. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Pritzker’s tone-deaf, dark-money campaign goals are the real extremism

By Sarah Parshall Perry

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks out over the crowd during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Pritzker is taking his advocacy for abortion rights nationwide, forming a political organization to fund like-minded efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to seek one. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Pritzker takes abortion fight national with dark-money group

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., addresses the crowd before President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. The Democratic governor and multibillionaire has been lavished with hundreds of gifts from around the world, ranging from a $950 bottle of Japanese whiskey to 35 cents — a quarter and dime, to be exact.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File))

Booze, beads and art among unclaimed gifts lavished upon billionaire Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois governor signs ban on firearms advertising allegedly marketed to kids and militants

Associated Press

The famed Illinois State Fair Butter Cow was unveiled on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill., by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II, previewing Friday's official opening of the annual state fair. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Illinois Gov. Pritzker unveils butter cow and the state fair’s theme: ‘Harvest the Fun’

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates in a debate with Republican gubernatorial challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, at the WGN9 studios, Oct. 18, 2022, in Chicago. Crisis pregnancy centers, which often pop up near abortion facilities to offer information about alternatives to the procedure, face penalties if they disseminate misleading or untruthful information after action by Pritzker on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

U.S. judge gives pro-life pregnancy centers victory in First Amendment case in Illinois

Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during a news conference at the Chicago Family Health Center on the South Side, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chicago. On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, Pritzker proposed a $350 million expansion in pre-school education. His “Smart Start Illinois” plan would add 5,000 seat for 3- and 4-year-olds this fall, with plans to ramp up the program to 20,000 in future years. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Pritzker to float universal preschool and expanded day care

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs House Bill 4664, a bill that will further protect reproductive health care providers and patients who are seeking care in Illinois, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Illinois enacts safeguard for abortion patients, providers

By Claire Savage and John O'Connor - Associated Press

Gov. J.B. Pritzker hugs gun control advocate Maria Pike after he signed comprehensive legislation to ban military-style firearms on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Pike lost her son, Ricky, to gun violence. Advocate Delphine Cherry, third from right, who lost her children Tyesa and Tyler to gun violence, wipes away tears. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)

White House hails Illinois assault weapons ban

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates in a debate with Republican gubernatorial challenger state Sen. Darren Bailey at the WGN9 studios, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker beats GOP foe in pricey race

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during a press conference in the Greektown neighborhood, of Chicago, where Pritzker announced that he signed a disaster proclamation and called on the Illinois National Guard to support over 500 migrants who were sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott since Aug. 31 to Illinois, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Illinois governor calls up National Guard to help care for migrants bused in from Texas

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Supporters of Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey watch a video Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Effingham, Ill., at Bailey election headquarters, of former President Trump recently campaigning for Bailey. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Darren Bailey wins in crowded Illinois GOP primary to face Pritzker

By Sara Burnett - Associated Press

Pritzker signs effort to pursue smash-and-grab criminals

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Chicago's skyline is seen from the Guaranteed Rate Field before a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Chicago. Chicago on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, announced a bid to bring the Democratic National Convention that will choose the party's presidential nominee to the city in 2024. The announcement was accompanied by endorsements from top Illinois Democrats, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski) **FILE**

Chicago seeks to host 2024 Democratic National Convention

Associated Press

FILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces a new round of COVID-19-related emergency housing assistance, on Oct. 27, 2021, at Abundant Faith Christian Center in Springfield, Ill. Democrats are speaking out against school closures even as the omicron surge puts additional pressures on public schools. Scattered teachers unions have called for closures, and a handful of districts have switched to virtual learning because too many educators have gotten sick (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)

Democrats try to stamp out school closures as omicron surges

By Nicholas Riccardi and Collin Binkley - Associated Press

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks about new mask mandates for schools, state employees and long term care facilities during a press conference at the Thompson Center, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 in Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday ordered face coverings for all school children from preschool through 12th grade to thwart the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus and the Democrat will require all state employees who work in highly populated facilities such as prisons to be vaccinated. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Pritzker: Illinois a ‘force for good’ by cutting carbon gas

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at Chicago State University in Chicago. Not everyone's happy with Gov. Pritzker's budget proposal. But the &quot;pain,&quot; the deep cuts and the across-the-board tax increases which the Democrat predicted would follow last fall's amendment to generate more income tax revenue, which voters defeated, hasn't materialized. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Budget targets ‘loopholes’ critics call crucial to renewal

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press - Associated Press