SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday calling on state agencies to review their budgets and prepare for an economic downturn due to President Donald Trump's policies. Every department has been directed to reserve up to 4% of its current budget to mitigate the impact of Trump's budget bill.

Pritzker told reporters in June that he was worried about the fiscal outlook for every state as Congress prepared to vote on the "big beautiful bill."

"Even in the best of times, delivering balanced budgets requires discipline," Pritzker said. "You're seeing red states and blue states across the country struggle this year, forced to grapple with the lagging national economic growth estimates due to high tariffs and bad policy choices in Washington."

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