SOUTHERN ILLINOIS – Governor JB Pritzker will be in southern Illinois today.

The governor will make an announcement about a new manufacturing facility at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Potomac Boulevard in Mt. Vernon at 10:30 a.m.

Then at 12:45 p.m., the governor will be in Carbondale where he will amplify Fiscal Year 2024 budget investments at the SIU Student Services Building on Lincoln Drive and again at 3 p.m. at Kiddie Kollege of Fairfield on Mt. Vernon Road.