The Latest Breaking News from JB Pritzker

Democrats hold strong leads in the races for Illinois secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller and treasurer, according to the poll. “Absolutely, I do think it’s a coattail effect with Gov. Pritzker,” one voter said.

Democrats Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth held commanding leads over their GOP challengers in the survey. And broken down by region, the results also reflected Republican Bailey’s downstate difficulties in the governor’s race.

Les Begay, co-founder of the Indigenous Peoples Day Coalition of Illinois, said he doesn’t want to share the holiday with Columbus anymore.

MARION, Ill. — Stumping for votes in conservative southern Illinois, Republican governor hopeful Darren Bailey took the same stage as Donald Trump Jr. on Saturday night, with the former president’s son encouraging those in attendance to back Bailey while Bailey stuck to his campaign speech and didn’t publicly acknowledge the…

GOP mega donor Uihlein’s campaign cash is being used to oppose Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker — not promote Republican nominee Darren Bailey.

So far, 19 buses carrying more than 1,400 people have arrived, and more are on the way. Social impact organizations have neither the excess capacity nor the resources to respond to this ongoing humanitarian need.

Lawmakers have said that some components of the SAFE-T Act will have to be changed. But they are sticking with the overall concepts. The gambit could work. But it hasn’t come without political trouble for Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

“We were in the same political family,” former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. says. “We were able to elect a county commissioner, we were able to elect state reps, senators — and it all came out of that organization.”

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