Gov. JB Pritzker signs a new tax credit plan in Chicago on Wednesday. [Gov. JB Pritzker/Facebook]   

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Wednesday to add and expand tax credits in Illinois designed to attract industries the governor believes the state has a competitive advantage to host.  

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in a corruption case against a former Portage, Indiana mayor that could have implications for former Speaker Mike Madigan’s corruption trial. And former Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger announced who he will vote for in the presidential election.  

Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill in Chicago to create the Department of Early Childhood on Tuesday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line] 

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday to create the Department of Early Childhood as early childhood development and education remains a top priority of the governor’s second term.  

“We can create an Illinois where no outcome is predetermined by race or ZIP code or socioeconomic status,” Pritzker said. “That all starts in these earliest years. Today is just one, but an important one, a major milestone step forward for our state.” 

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Maryland on Monday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line] 

A busy June trying to attract international businesses to Illinois continued for Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday as the second term governor used his role as Illinois’ chief marketing officer to try to attract more investments to Illinois as governors from other states made similar pitches.  

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed petitions Monday to run for president in Illinois. And the State Board of Elections is asking candidates and political committees to pay fines to the board.  

Rep. Marua Hirshaurer (D-Batavia) speaks at a news conference in Chicago in January with advocates for Karina’s bill. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]   

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday morning that could allow an initiative by domestic violence advocates to move forward in Illinois and ensure guns are taken out of dangerous domestic disputes.

Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy speaks at Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair in August. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]   

The search is on for the next chair of the Illinois Republican Party, who party members hope can make the party more successful in fighting to elect Republican candidates and amplifying Republican concerns about Democrat-led Illinois.  

Don Tracy speaks at Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair last August. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]

Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy will resign next month amid internal strife on the Republican State Central Committee. 

Former Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey arrives at the Illinois State Fair on a tractor in 2022. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]   

The State Board of Elections decided Tuesday that former Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey and right-wing radio host and super PAC leader Dan Proft did not illegally coordinate during the 2022 campaign.  

Sen. Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) and Rep. CD Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville) participate in Friday’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability hearing in Springfield. [Blue Room Stream] 

Nine of the 12 members of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (CGFA) failed to attend Friday’s hearing to vote on a recommendation to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) plan to demolish and rebuild the Stateville and Logan prisons. 

Though no formal recommendations have been made by state legislators charged with reviewing state facility closures, those who did participate in hearings offered specific steps IDOC should take as they consider their options for the prisons.