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Pritzker gives shoe leather and big bucks to Democrats running for state’s top court — but GOP says he’s skirting the law

Pritzker gave $500,000 each to the candidates from his campaign fund — and another $500,000 to each from a personal trust fund. Republicans accuse him of skirting limits he himself signed into law. But the Illinois State Board of Elections says the contributions are allowed.

Chicago Sun-Times

After a tumultuous first term, Gov. J.B. Pritzker spends big and plays it safe in reelection bid

In late August, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, billionaire scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, sat at a folding table at City Hall in Christopher, a town of fewer than 3,000 people 300 miles south of his Gold Coast mansion.

Chicago Tribune

Darren Bailey’s uphill candidacy for farmers, cops and Illinoisans who feel ‘pushed aside’

DU QUOIN, Ill. — In his thick country drawl, Darren Bailey stood at a lectern clutching a microphone, trying to convince a crowd in his rural home base of southern Illinois that he speaks their language.

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Democrat-turned-independent Tulsi Gabbard backs Republican ‘man of the people’ Bailey as one of the ‘great American patriots’

Despite saying former President Donald Trump was “unfit to serve” as president in 2019, Gabbard is now campaigning for Trump-endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidates, including Bailey, Tudor Dixon in Michigan and Kari Lake in Arizona, as well as Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. Pritzker’s ex-tollway chairman accused of steering contracts, Bears trade Roquan Smith and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzker’s ex-tollway chairman accused in lawsuit of trying to steer contracts, hire pals at agency

The suit accuses now-former Illinois State Toll Highway Authority chairman Will Evans and the agency’s general counsel of meddling in procurement and hiring.

Chicago Sun-Times

Little common ground between Attorney General Kwame Raoul and challenger Tom DeVore

The incumbent and his Republican opponent on the November ballot are on opposite ends of, among other things, the fight over a major criminal justice reform signed into law last year.

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The truth about the SAFE-T Act, Lightfoot asks for raise and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Beyond the heated rhetoric about bail, what else is in the SAFE-T Act?

The massive criminal justice bill that ends cash bail in Illinois also supports crime victims and increases police oversight.

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$380 million flyover project expected to ease rail congestion

Planners hope a new rail bridge will resolve one of the largest chokepoints for passenger and freight rail traffic in the nation.

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State reports 65 new ‘mild’ cases of COVID-19 at LaSalle Veterans’ Home, site of deadly outbreak two years ago

The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs said 23 staff and 42 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle. No one has required hospitalization.

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Pulse of the Heartland: Dolton voters lament missing pols, growing crime, empty storefronts: ‘It’s like a ghost town’

While the Sun-Times is finding complaints of absentee politicians commonplace this election season, Dolton residents said their community needs elected officials’ attention and help more than most places.

Chicago Sun-Times

As Bailey seeks to weaken Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Black support, governor launches new ad with endorsement from Obama

CHICAGO — A new TV spot from Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker touts an endorsement from former President Barack Obama just as the governor’s opponents are seeking to weaken his support among Black voters.

Chicago Tribune

After successful fundraising, Democrats have zero excuses for failure

Republican fundraising could not even come close to keeping pace with the Democrats.

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Archdiocese of Chicago still protecting names of predator priests, Pritzker insider cashes in on lobbyist ties and more in your news roundup

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Obama backs Pritzker for governor

In a statewide ad, the former president credits Pritzker for making Illinois a national leader in raising the minimum wage and protecting voting rights and a woman’s right to choose, among other issues.

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Pritzker insider Nikki Budzinski cashing in as a consultant since leaving state government

In 10 months, she has made more than $500,000 from a lobbyist, Democratic groups that don’t disclose their contributors and political and labor groups. She’s now running for Congress.

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In Illinois, legislative candidates have divergent views on abortion

CHICAGO — The overturning of Roe v. Wade paved the way for states to pass their own abortion laws, and while Illinois law continues to allow abortions, legislative candidates bring divergent views.

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Pulse of the Heartland: Peoria yearning for the middle in a nation of angry extremes: ‘It just makes your heart sink’

Some Peoria residents say it feels like politicians are less and less interested in finding the center their city has long represented — and instead are more focused on playing to extremes. “It seems like there is no middle ground out there anymore,” one resident said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Extreme takeover? Pritzker and Bailey accuse one another of being an extremist who is dangerous for Illinois

It was the second and final debate between the two gubernatorial hopefuls Tuesday night, and both came prepared for combat, ready to dish it out — and not take any of the other’s jabs lying down.

Chicago Sun-Times

Basic income pilot faces overwhelming demand, Lightfoot’s big campaign war chest and more in your Chicago news roundup

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19 questions for candidates for Illinois governor: See who answered, and who didn’t

Pop quiz: Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers WBEZ/Sun-Times issues questionnaire, but Republican challenger Darren Bailey and Libertarian Scott Schluter take a pass.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois no longer requiring masks in health care facilities, though many may continue mandating them

CHICAGO — Illinois will no longer requiring masking in all health care facilities, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ghost buses and trains haunt Chicagoans, Pritzker’s presidential poll numbers and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Illinois voters don’t want Pritzker or Biden to run for president – but they’d take either over Trump

Illinois voters aren’t as sour on President Joe Biden as other voters across the nation, but they are just as unenthusiastic about another four years of the Delaware Democrat as they are about Gov. J.B. Pritzker making a run for the White House.

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