Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of bills on Friday authorizing a $45 billion construction plan paid for by revenue from tax increases on gas and cigarettes and expanded gambling, including new casinos in Chicago and the suburbs and legalized sports betting.

The gambling expansion, along with gas tax and cigarette tax hikes that both take effect Monday, will fuel the massive “Rebuild Illinois” capital spending plan. The state’s 19-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax, last raised in 1990, will double to 38 cents per gallon and be indexed to future inflation increases. Municipalities in Cook County could separately levy a 3-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax and the collar counties are permitted to raise their taxes on motor fuel up to 8 cents per gallon.

Two familiar names will be taking on new roles representing residents of the Northwest Side and near northwest suburbs in Springfield.

Robert Martwick, a Chicago Democrat who’s served in the Illinois House since 2013, was sworn in Friday afternoon as the new state senator for the 10th District. Local Democratic committeemen, including Martwick himself, selected him to replace former Sen. John Mulroe, a Chicago Democrat who stepped down earlier this month after being appointed a Cook County judge.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has hired an Atlanta risk management expert to be the city’s chief risk officer, a new position aimed at reducing the high cost of police lawsuits and the city’s workers’ compensation program.

Lightfoot announced Friday the hiring of Tamika Puckett, who’s currently Atlanta’s director of enterprise risk management. Puckett has experience managing Atlanta’s workers’ compensation program, as well as its property and casualty insurance programs and the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s risk management program, the mayor’s office said.