The Latest Breaking News from JB Pritzker

Gov. J.B. Pritzker in January traveled to Davos, Switzerland, to speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and promote the state’s achievements. And more international trips are in the works, according to his office.

In April, Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin launched an exploratory committee, saying she would run for Congress only if Rep. Danny Davis retires. She changed course, even as Davis seeks another term.

Three consecutive Taylor Swift concerts in June helped to break an all-time hotel weekend occupancy record in Chicago.

CHICAGO — For months, migrants bused to Chicago from Texas have found themselves housed in Chicago police stations in difficult circumstances, leaving city and state leaders stunned Friday by allegations that officers at one of the police facilities may have had sexual contact with at least one of those seeking…

CHICAGO — A complaint submitted Thursday to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability spurred an internal Chicago Police investigation into allegations of at least one officer having sexual contact with a migrant housed at a West Side police station.

Canadian wildfires ”are going to burn all summer and into the fall. We might be under the gun again,” one expert says. But an Argonne National Laboratory scientist sounds a hopeful note on climate change: “We can do something about it. It is a result of our actions.”

Biden’s praise only goes so far, because the Illinois experience — where Democrats hold supermajorities in the Legislature — cannot be replicated in most other states.

Many former federal prosecutors who served in that office, including me, believe it was high time, if not long overdue, for a woman or minority to be nominated for the top post in the Northern District of Illinois, a former federal prosecutor writes.

Darren Bailey, a GOP farmer from Xenia, will challenge five-term incumbent Rep. Mike Bost in the 12th District, pitting two far-right Republicans against one another.

As of Saturday, people ages 42 to 64 no longer are eligible to join a Medicaid-like program for noncitizens. Those already enrolled will now have co-pays.

Newspapers and broadcasts teem with stories about teens and young adults committing crimes — many of them horrible and violent. Justice demands a fair trial, and if juries convict, then the appropriate sentence must be meted out. If the crime is heinous enough to warrant a longer sentence, so be…