Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker holds up a newly signed bill at Eyes On The Future Child Development Center in Chicago, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, establishing the Illinois Department of Early Childhood. Illinois state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, left and state Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford, join him. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at Eyes On The Future Child Development Center in Chicago, after a signing a bill establishing the Illinois Department of Early Childhood. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)