Illinois Governor S Office
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Illinois governor s office. On january 14 2019 illinois inaugurated governor jb pritzker and lieutenant governor juliana stratton to lead illinois into a new century as we enter our 201st year. One governor rod blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009. Jb pritzker governor of the state of illinois in the interest of aiding the people of illinois and the local governments responsible for ensuring public health and safety issues a gubernatorial disaster proclamation in response to the ongoing coronavirus covid 19 situation.
Unique among the states is the notable fact that four of illinois seven governors between 1961 and 2009 were imprisoned for various forms of corruption while in office. Bureau of labor statistics bls and released by ides. These include links to web sites operated by illinois agencies and officials other government agencies nonprofit organizations and private businesses.
Pritzker who took office on january 14 2019. The current governor is j. The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the illinois general assembly.
The illinois department of employment security ides announced today that the unemployment rate fell 0 5 percentage points to 11 0 percent while nonfarm payrolls added 66 000 jobs in august based on preliminary data provided by the u s. The governor of illinois is the chief executive of the state of illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction as prescribed in the state constitution it is a directly elected position votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The illinois constitution article v section 8 states that the governor shall have the supreme executive power and shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws the purpose of the office is to ensure proper execution of the laws in illinois.
The governor and lieutenant governor look forward to beginning the work to build our state s future together.