Dan Petrella
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How much money Illinois received in pandemic aid (opens the original)
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By Dan Petrella | dpetrella@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune and A.D. Quig | aquig@chicagotribune.com | Chicago TribunePUBLISHED: September 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM CDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook County used aid through the American Rescue Plan Act. The analysis revealed maze-like money trails and few public efforts to identify potential waste and abuse. Already have an account? L
No Democratic National Convention repeat for Chicago in 2028 (opens the original)
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The Democratic National Convention will not return to Chicago in 2028, dashing hopes for the first United Center repeat since the Michael Jordan-era Bulls and delivering an election-year loss to Gov. JB Pritzker. The Democratic National Committee announced early Thursday that it had narrowed its list of potential host cities for the party’s Aug. 7-10, 2028, presidential nominating convention to 2004 host Boston, 2008 host Denver and 2016 host Philadelphia, eliminating Atlanta and Chicago, the ho
State police report: Man who jumped fence into JB Pritzker’s backyard didn’t know it was governor’s home (opens the original)
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Newly released Illinois State Police records show that a homeless man arrested after jumping a fence into the backyard behind Gov. JB Pritzker’s Gold Coast home on July 4 didn’t know whose property he had entered. State police late last week released 102 pages of heavily redacted records in response to an open-records request from the Tribune. The records largely back up what Pritzker has said publicly about the incident, which the main opponent in his bid for a third term this November, former
Digital asset industry group sues to block Illinois’ first-in-the-nation cryptocurrency tax (opens the original)
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A first-in-the-nation tax on cryptocurrencies and other digital assets that Gov. JB Pritzker signed last month is facing a legal challenge from an industry association that argues the law is unconstitutional because it singles out certain financial instruments based on how their transactions are recorded. Democrats in the General Assembly approved the so-called cryptocurrency tax during legislative overtime last month as part of their effort to balance a nearly $56 billion spending plan for the
GOP candidate Darren Bailey uses trespassing arrest at Gov. JB Pritzker’s home for familiar attack on crime (opens the original)
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In an era of rising concern over the safety of elected officials and other political figures, Republican governor nominee Darren Bailey is using the July 4 arrest of a man who allegedly jumped a fence into the backyard of Gov. JB Pritzker’s Gold Coast home as a way to score political points and solicit campaign contributions. Bailey, a conservative southern Illinois farmer and former state lawmaker who’s challenging the Democratic governor for the second straight election, highlighted the incide
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