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What: Governor Pritzker will attend the ribbon cutting on a new IONNA electric vehicle charging site.

Daily Public Schedule: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

$87 million investment will expand and revitalize fine arts education spaces at Illinois State University

Gov. Pritzker Breaks Ground on Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts Transformation Project

NORMAL — Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined agency officials, local legislators, university leaders, and students at Illinois State University (ISU) to break ground on the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts (WKCFA) Transformation Project. This multi-year, $87 million state investment, made possible through Rebuild Illinois, will expand ISU’s fine arts complex to offer academic, instructional, and performance spaces through phased renovation, demolition, and new construction work.

What: Governor Pritzker will attend the groundbreaking on the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts transformation project at Illinois State University.

Daily Public Schedule: Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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

Gov. Pritzker Announces Six Appointments to Boards and Commissions

Douglas House will serve as a Member of the Illinois Finance Authority.* House is currently Owner of Stoke Solutions and Strategies, LLC, where he consults on local government affairs. Previously, House served as Deputy Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation until his retirement in 2022. Earlier in his career, House gained experience as Contract Analyst with the Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana Foundation for Fair Contracting, Public Works General Manager with the City of Moline, and Member of the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority. House was recently inducted into the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations’ (AFL-CIO) Organized Labor Hall of Fame. House served for four years in the Illinois Air Force National Guard and two years in the Army Reserves, where he was honorably discharged from both with the rank of Sergeant. House earned his high school diploma from Rockridge High School.

Governor JB Pritzker seeks further accountability of the Trump Administration’s federal overreach in sovereign states, in support of Attorney General Raoul’s new lawsuit

Illinois Sues Trump Administration for Dangerous Enforcement Tactics and Unlawful Use of Force

CHICAGO – Today, the State of Illinois filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the unlawful and dangerous tactics used by Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Illinois.

Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Monday, January 12, 2026.

Daily Public Schedule: Monday, January 12, 2026

Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Sunday, January 11, 2026.

Daily Public Schedule: Sunday, January 11, 2026

Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Saturday, January 10, 2026.

Daily Public Schedule: Saturday, January 10, 2026

Gov. Pritzker Announces Ten Appointments to Agencies, Boards and Commissions

Antonia Whalen will serve as the Assistant Secretary of Education & Care Services of the Illinois Department of Early Childhood.* Whalen currently serves as Chief Transition Design Officer at the Illinois Department of Early Childhood. Previously, she served as Director of Policy for Advance Illinois. There, she worked on education advocacy issues, including addressing Illinois' teacher shortage, the improved use of data to drive decision making, social-and-emotional learning, education funding, and more. Before joining Advance Illinois, she was Associate Chief of Academics at Denver Public Schools. From 2015 to 2017, she served under Arne Duncan and John King as Senior Advisor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. Whalen has also served as Director of Policy at the not-for-profit Education Post and in various roles at the U.S. Department of Education, including Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary and Director of the Implementation and Support Unit. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, she served as Deputy to the Chief Education Officer at Chicago Public Schools, Deputy Director of Special Initiatives for the Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools, and Project Administrator at the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. Whalen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University.

Governor Pritzker has no public events scheduled for Friday, January 9, 2026.