The Latest Breaking News from JB Pritzker

Cases have been on an incline since March 21, but it’s still “nothing alarming at this point,” Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said of the mini-spike that’s being driven by the BA.2 subvariant.

Ken Griffin is still No. 1 in the local standings, while insurance investor Patrick Ryan moves to No. 2, and new names join the list.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a similar version of the bill after a January standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools. But the revised version adds the vaccinated provision as another way to incentivize teachers and school employees to get immunized.

The compromise bill that passed the Legislature last week will also return COVID-19 related sick days to vaccinated employees who had to use them earlier in the school year.

Since taking office, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been gradually and quietly transforming the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, which is responsible for deciding whether to release some of the state’s most violent criminals from prison early, to fit his “weak on crime” agenda. That is, until now. Senate Democrats who covered…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker had proposed $1 billion in tax relief when he outlined his ambitious $45.4 billion budget proposal in February. Citing unspecified “additional resources,” state Senate Democrats want to increase the election year largesse.

Irvin can tap limitless funds from billionaire Ken Griffin, he’ll have history on his side as potentially the state’s first Black governor.

Meanwhile, prosecutors are mum on whether they plan to eventually expand upon last month’s bombshell indictment of the former speaker and ally Michael McClain.

Since a new provision of the Illinois SAFE-T Act took effect Jan. 1, dozens of people on home confinement in Cook County have been arrested while free of supervision, records show.

It’s certainly not the first time the Democratic Governors Association has tried to influence a GOP primary for Illinois governor. But Republican Richard Irvin’s campaign said the new ad shows “Pritzker is running scared,”

A development group plans to preserve the building as a mixed-use property with office, retail and hotel space — and with the state retaining about a 30% ownership. The 37-year-old building has its share of problems, including leaky ceilings, temperature issues and less than desirable office…