Pritzker, top aides headed to UK on climate mission

In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. , Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, gives his closing remarks on Senate Bill 2048, a comprehensive energy proposal, on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.,(Justin L. Fowler//The State Journal-Register via AP)

In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. , Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, gives his closing remarks on Senate Bill 2048, a comprehensive energy proposal, on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.,(Justin L. Fowler//The State Journal-Register via AP)

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and an entourage of top state officials planned to depart for the United Kingdom Tuesday on a weeklong hunt for climate-friendly investment and to tout Illinois’ new clean-energy law at the global climate change summit in Scotland.