Illinois General Assembly passes bill to make Juneteenth its thirteenth paid holiday for state workers

How many paid holidays do you get each year?

If you work--or perform what passes for work--in as a state of Illinois employee you get twelve. Soon it will be thirteen as Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat, won't pass up an opportunity for virtue signaling. 

Yes, of course slavery was evil and the end of it in America, brought about by the Union army of which two of my ancestors served in, should  be celebrated. 

But Illinois, because of its out-of-control pension debt, is bankrupt-in-name-only. Taxpayers can't afford another paid day off for state workers. 

More from ABC Chicago:

Illinois is closer to making Juneteenth a state holiday.

Legislation making June 19 a paid day off for all state employees and a school holiday was unanimously approved by the Illinois House last week and by the state Senate last month. It states that if June 19 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday will be observed the following Monday. The measure would take effect immediately if Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs it.

Juneteenth commemorates the date in 1865 when the last enslaved Black people in the U.S. learned from Union soldiers in Texas that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. The day is also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day.