SPRINGFIELD — While Gov. JB Pritzker delivered a no-new-taxes, belt-tightening spending proposal for Illinois on Wednesday, the prospective presidential contender spoke to a larger, national audience by likening the actions of President Donald Trump and his followers to the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany. Painting a brighter picture of the state’s finances than his administration had last year, when a $3.2 billion budget hole was said to loom, Pritzker’s $55.2 billion plan for the year beginning July 1 includes required funding increases for schools and pension contributions. But the proposal keeps spending flat in most other areas, including programs...
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