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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Reports $1.4 Million Gambling Windfall On Tax Return: 'I Was Incredibly Lucky'

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has disclosed a substantial gambling win of $1.4 million on his recent tax return, as released by his campaign.

Benzinga

Billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4M playing blackjack at a Vegas casino last year: ‘I was incredibly lucky’

Pritzker and his wife reported taxable income of more than $10 million on their 2024 tax returns – triple their earnings from the previous year

The Independent UK

Billionaire Illinois Gov. Pritzker wins blackjack pot of $1.4M in Las Vegas

Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker had some extra income in 2024 — from a lucky blackjack hand in a Las Vegas casino

The Independent UK

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker, first lady report $2.2 million in taxable income

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s personal taxable income has dropped since he took office in 2019, largely because of yearly distributions of trusts benefitting him. Still, his net worth is ranked at $3.5 billion, according to Forbes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rocks thrown at Gov. Pritzker’s Gold Coast home, suspect taken into custody

Authorities say someone threw rocks at Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Gold Coast home Monday morning when the governor and first lady were in the residence. No one was hurt.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois lands Chinese EV battery plant as Pritzker, Duckworth seek more deals with Asian companies

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth are trying to seal deals with Asian companies — the governor with a direct line of communication with business heads, and Duckworth with two Asian trips under her belt this year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: This week’s 15 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

DuSable Lake Shore Drive welcomes cyclists, beachgoers enjoy the remaining days of summer, and the Sun-Times visits the Illinois governor’s mansion.

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Illinois governor’s mansion haunted by history, hijinks, heirlooms and art — but no ghosts

First lady M.K. Pritzker gave columnist Michael Sneed a tour of the quietly elegant, Illinois artist-infused, dreamily redecorated mansion and exclusive details on the book she’s written about its history and secrets.

Chicago Sun-Times

London bridges? Pritzker to lead United Kingdom trade mission with state business and education leaders

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden kicks off reelection message in Chicago with embrace of ‘Bidenomics’

“We’ve added over 13 million jobs, more jobs in two years than any president has added in a four-year term. And folks, that’s no accident. That’s Bidenomics in action,” Biden told a crowd gathered Wednesday in the lobby of the Old Post Office.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hillary Clinton hits town and has her private dining ritual with longtime friends

Phil Stefani provides the food, while former senator dishes out the laughs

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois first lady M.K. Pritzker appointed to committee charged with the preservation of the White House

CHICAGO — Just days after President Joe Biden selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, his administration said Friday that Illinois’ first lady M.K Pritzker has been appointed to serve on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.

Chicago Tribune

As a teacher, I’m waiting for our leaders to take a bold stand for honest education

It’s time that elected officials elsewhere in the country follow Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s lead.

Chicago Sun-Times

From free college to universal preschool, Pritzker pledges second-term ‘agenda as ambitious and bold as our people are’

In a speech that paid respect to everyone from a nurse who died from COVID-19, to victims of gun violence, to former Gov. Dwight Green, Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to “fight against a rising tide of hate,” protect women’s reproductive rights and finally get an assault weapons ban passed.

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First lady M.K. Pritzker on husband Gov. J.B. Pritzker, interviewing incarcerated women, family

‘J.B. and I came from two very different worlds, wound up working on the same floor of the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., and met on a blind lunch date. The lunch cost J.B a total of $4.80’

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzkers release tax returns: Last year’s $18.5 million in taxable income more than triple previous year

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s campaign released partial 2021 state and federal tax returns, which also show the Pritzkers paid $4,733,028 in federal taxes and $883,780 in state taxes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Downstate Republican Darren Bailey’s tax returns show years of feast — and famine — on the farm

Bailey’s campaign released five years of tax returns — reversing an earlier decision to keep them private. A day after winning the GOP primary, the downstate farmer told the Sun-Times he would not be releasing any of his returns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bailey pledges to bring ‘common sense solutions to the table’ — but not copies of his income tax returns

The tradition of Illinois gubernatorial nominees releasing their tax returns dates back to 1976, at least. But Bailey told the Sun-Times, “Right now, I see absolutely no reason in doing that.”

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