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Heather Cox Richardson: “When you came into office, Illinois's credit rating was in…”

Featuring: Heather Cox Richardson, Progressive | Historian and Author | Massachusetts

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American Conversations: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Published | Video Starts at 15:44

And he can hardly be called progressive for today since he was running around more than 100 years ago. But. But the other real thing that I've watched out of Illinois that fascinates me is that When you came into office, Illinois's credit rating was in the dumpster, and you have gotten. Is it 10 credit upgrades? Yes. So tell us, please, how you have managed to level the playing field economically the way it seems that Illinois is trying to do and yet repair the state's finances. (15:44–15:54)

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Asserts that Illinois's credit rating was very low and has since received 10 credit upgrades.

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