Pritzker will have to address how the state plans to cover what was projected to be a budget deficit of more than $3 billion.

The governor’s budget speech today doubles as his annual “State of the State address” to offer new initiatives, and it comes as Pritzker gets closer to making a decision on whether to seek a third term next year, while also pondering a potential post-Trump presidential bid.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s favorability is at exactly 50% ahead of his annual budget address, a chance to win over the 46% of voters with an unfavorable opinion of him. But based on his history of aggressive spending and taxation,