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Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Sunday, September 7, 2025.

Daily Public Schedule: Sunday, September 7, 2025

Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Saturday, September 6, 2025.

Daily Public Schedule: Saturday, September 6, 2025

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker spent the week in constant communication with community leaders and partners across the Chicagoland area amid imminent plans of a possible federal occupation and increased immigration enforcement by the Trump Administration.

ICYMI: Governor Pritzker Meets with Community Members Amid Heightened Concern of Trump’s Federal Deployment Plans 

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker spent the week in constant communication with community leaders and partners across the Chicagoland area amid...

Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration

Gov. Pritzker Announces Two Appointments to Boards and Commissions

Sangeetha Rayapati will serve as a Member of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board.* Rayapati currently serves as Mayor of the City of Moline. She is also an instructor at Augustana College, teaching Music Department classes, as well as courses offered through the Augustana Prison Education Program. Before serving as Mayor, Rayapati was President and Vice President of Moline-Coal Valley School Board. She is a 2020 recipient of the YWCA’s Race against Racism Award and the Love Girls 2025 Legacy Award, a graduate of the 2025 APAICS National Leadership Academy, a 2023 Edgar Fellow, and a 2020 graduate of the Illinois Women’s Institute for Leadership Training Academy. She serves on the boards of several Quad Cities organizations, including United Way QC, Visit Quad Cities, and Rock Island Arsenal Defense Alliance. Rayapati received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Music from Valparaiso University, and she earned both her Master’s degree and her Doctor of Arts in Music from University of Minnesota.

Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Friday, September 5, 2025.

Daily Public Schedule: Friday, September 5, 2025

Gov. Pritzker Meets with Educators, School Leaders Amid Threats of Federal Overreach 

BERWYN- Today, Governor Pritzker visited Prairie Oak Elementary School in Berwyn to mark the beginning of the school year and learn more about the impact of pending federal actions on school communities. The Governor visited students in classrooms and met with district and school leadership, teachers, and support staff.

What: Governor Pritzker will visit students, teachers, and administrators at Prairie Oak Elementary to mark the start of the school year and learn more about the impacts of pending federal actions on school communities.

Daily Public Schedule: Thursday, September 4, 2025

What: Governor Pritzker will visit students, teachers, and administrators at Prairie Oak Elementary to mark the start of the school year and learn...

As Trump cuts resources to stop violence, Illinois has made historic investments in programs with demonstrated record of reducing crime and violence 

Gov. Pritzker Meets with Community Violence Intervention Partners  

CHICAGO- Today, Governor JB Pritzker met with leaders and volunteers from Community Violence Intervention (CVI) organizations across the Chicago area to discuss the progress of their programs in reducing crime and violence. This comes as the Trump administration has significantly cut federal funding for such programs while threatening to deploy armed military personnel into the streets of Chicago.

Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointment in his administration

Gov. Pritzker Announces One Appointment to Boards and Commissions

Michelle Gibson will continue to serve as a Member of the Illinois Pollution Control Board.* Gibson was first appointed to the board in November 2021. She is a registered environmental health specialist with over 15 years of experience in environmental consulting, waste diversion, resource management, and environmental and public health. In her time as an environmental consultant, she implemented recycling and waste-reduction programs at hospitals, universities, residential facilities, military bases, manufacturing sites, and large office complexes. She advised statewide environmental organizations on strategies for waste handling. Gibson has also managed the Dekalb County solid waste program, and she has supervised a team of Boone County environmental health inspectors enforcing clean water standards. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, she led the enforcement efforts to strictly adhere to health and sanitation guidelines set forth by the Pritzker administration, helping to considerably lower the transmission rates in Boone County. Gibson received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from Illinois State University.

What: Governor Pritzker will meet with community violence intervention (CVI) leaders as they hold an emergency response training to prepare for federal deployments.

Daily Public Schedule: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

What: Governor Pritzker will meet with community violence intervention (CVI) leaders as they hold an emergency response training to prepare for...