CHICAGO, IL — Over the weekend, Governor JB Pritzker attended the WNBA All-Star Game and hosted a pregame celebration at Del Toro in Pilsen. The governor celebrated the importance of women’s sports and the WNBA’s fight for equal pay and labor rights. See below for coverage of these events:
Gov. Pritzker Hosted WNBA Pregame Happy Hour
Governor Pritzker on ABC7: “WNBA and the women of the WNBA have accomplished a lot. Standing up for labor rights, standing up for equal pay; those are things that we believe in, in the state of Illinois. That’s why this is the perfect place for the WNBA to have their All-Star Game.”
Gov. Pritzker Appeared on No Offseason: The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show
Governor Pritzker on No Offseason: “It brings the city alive whenever we have a major event like this, especially a sporting event. We’re a sports town, so the excitement of having people from around the country come here for a big event like this, it pumps up our economy.”
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