>> Good evening and thanks for joining us on the weekend review.

I'm Nick Blumberg.

>> 3rd Time's the charm.

Governor JB Pritzker says Yoest.

>> Ran for governor in 2018 to change our story.

I ran for governor in 2022.

To keep telling our story.

And I am running for governor in 2026. protect our store.

>> Pritzker touts his administration's accomplishments as setting Illinois on the right path as Republicans respond by calling him an out of touch tax and spender.

>> At the end of the day, every decision we make must center our young people.

>> Chicago's interim schools, CEO says the deficit is worse than what her predecessor reported as the teachers union president says the district should borrow to avoid drastic cuts.

Meantime, Chicago police agree not to search vehicles because of the smell of cannabis.

Illinois joins a coalition of states suing the Trump administration over slash funding as the Supreme Court grants.

Trump a partial victory on his birthright citizenship executive order and mourners gather to lay officer Crystal Rivera to rest.

>> And now to our week in review panel.

Joining us are Mitchell arm and Trout from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Mueller can pull over from Chalk Beach, Chicago, Melody Mercado from Block Club, Chicago and from the Chicago Tribune.

Steve Daniels, thank you all for being here.

Let's get right to it.

Mitch.

The sometimes had some reporting today on Officer Rivera's partner who accidentally shot her during a foot chase.

What's the latest that we now?

Yeah, this is just a tragic case all around.

I mean, this is officer was really early in her career on the force, mother of a young child.

>> my colleagues at the Sun-Times and the Better Government Association as we found out that her partner who inadvertently shot her in this case.

Again, another really young officer only a few years on the force little disturbing that he had a pretty already not extensive, but more than a dozen complaints filed against in just a few short years.

You know, just kind of the latest case raising questions about training standards and CPD you know, just preparing officers too land in situations like obviously the difficulty in the danger of a foot chase is any instance, no matter the experience of the officer.

>> Yes, certainly a tragic case that folks are going to be asking questions about going forward, turning to to Governor JB Pritzker met after much speculation.

He finally made it official that he is running for a 3rd term.

Why did the governor say he wants to run again?

Gary Bettman says that he wants to protect Illinois from everything that Donald Trump is doing.

And that's kind of been his message for almost a decade now.

You said he returned to the Grand Crossing Park Field house down the south side of ounces.

First run.

>> Back in 2017.

And, you know, he played through the greatest hits of his tenure so far.

I mean, you talked about because marijuana increasing investments in education.

His big infrastructure plan, you know, not a heck of a lot of new ideas, really, but basically his message is that what what's happening in Illinois could in other places?

You know, I think the speech that he made certainly was Illinois focus.

you know, wouldn't take a lot of tweaks sort of take that to the presidential campaign trail, which we all know.

It's something he's certainly thinking long and hard about.

So, yeah, I he's really just sort of a you want to kind of keep the ship moving forward.

The way has been doing it is faced with a message so far.

>> Let me know about that, Stephen, that despite this this week's big announcement, it really does seem like all the speculation is focused on this potential White House bid.

Does it feel to you like it's all but certain at this point or is there still some wiggle room there?

>> seems all but certain I may be a little wiggle room.

I mean, you things change.

can never say for certain.

But that's really the big issue with bid for a 3rd term is are you just going then turn around?

I mean, how much time you're going to on the way?

>> If you're running for president, while, you know, you you're doing why are into with no early into a 3rd term, which I think Republicans will obviously hit on when we get to that point.

And I think, you know, that's that's a fair question.

>> Well, that, you know, Melanie State GOP leaders wasted no time.

So it's slamming Pritzker's record.

And a lot of folks have also raised that point are you just, you know, going to get reelected and then go turn around and run for president.

But given, you know that his sizable war chest, that the ability of of Governor Pritzker to self funded massive levels, do you think we're going to see a strong challenge from the Republican in the gubernatorial race?

>> You know, it's really hard to tell right now.

I think one of the biggest things about to you, Chris Tucker's, obviously he's a billionaire.

He is he spent, you 350 million dollars on his first and second race for governor combined.

And so I I truly, you know, if I were to think about it right now, I can't think of anybody that able to match that.

mean, maybe Ken Griffin, but, you know, he is no longer with us here in great state of Illinois.

>> You know, Steve, you mentioned this.

This idea of the it's a long way off.

Still, there could be some things that are changing, but because really been trying to raise his national profile among potential voters outside of Illinois Democratic primaries.

Does it feel like that's making a dent yet are kind of too soon to tell?

>> I think he has succeeded in raising his profile that I think and the jockeying among Democratic hopefuls well underway.

I mean, and there are various lanes that people have chosen more on the left.

Maybe not quite as left to some but left and then there's others that, you know, after the what happened in November, that that really think the party needs to move to the middle.

And and there's there are people representing that light.

All of those things are happening on the Sunday talk shows and and in the camel.

yes, a late night TV.

>> And we'll continue to I mean, this is this is going to go on for a while.

So, yes, I think he has succeeded in raising his profile guy.

Feels like the 2028 race pretty much started as is the most recent one wrapped in a TNT.

kidding.

And certainly us today's message very much designed to play to a national audience as well.

Not just lashing out President Trump, but also.

>> At some of the folks in the Democratic Party who are trying to position themselves more to the center and suggesting that.

Craven the in this moment and doesn't play well.

Yeah, one thing I just wouldn't want to add in terms something that's going to be challenging for him is Illinois still struggling fiscally?

>> Its economy in many respects.

This is not a great story to run for national office on.

So you see him much more focused on battling Donald Trump and and, you know, sticking up for people who are being view are being attacked and things like that.

Not talking so much about with amazing place.

Illinois is turned into an under my watch.

And what a what a great story we have to tell.

So that's something that is going.

We should watch You have to imagine he's going to say we got all these credit upgrades.

We've been doing this work to address the structural deficits, right?

But I mean, that's it's hard >> make.

is not.

It's not something, you know, Massachusetts miracle.

If you're going to go way back to the Dukakis time, it typically governors want to watch lot of run on some.

Story of how their state did under their watch.

I think that's going to be tough for him.

And that's the kind of sounds like, you know, some of the laundry list items we were hearing, as you mentioned, Illinois INS and Pritzker voters and folks who are in that room supporting him, they kind of know all that stuff.

So maybe the idea here is.

>> Let's make sure other people hear this message about what's happened in Illinois.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Just kind take it to the bigger stage.

You know, you talked a lot about everything you did when COVID hit and sort of being a leader in crisis and, you know, most comparing the current moment under President Trump to, you know, so much a crisis mode you know It's going to be sure to see if that really resonates elsewhere.

He's obviously.

He's got name recognition and more than anyone could possibly have an Illinois.

And he's got money that no one can possibly match.

>> You know?

Barring some sort of catastrophe he's a heavy favorite to, you know, a 3rd term left.

The first governor don't want to do that.

And for decades, I want to so.

You know, can Republicans put out anybody or will they bother to put financial resources behind a candidate statewide that way?

We'll >> Speaking of financial resources, Mila, Chicago's interim school CEO says the district's deficit now stands at more than 700 million dollars.

What changed in the calculations there?

>> Well, in fairness, it's not entirely new It was mentioned briefly by her predecessor former seal Pedro Martinez.

As a worst-case scenario.

And what's different about that number compared to the 529 million number.

>> the district was using until now until yesterday.

Really?

What's different is that it includes this very controversial pension payment to municipal pension fund that Pedro Martinez refused to and that contributed to his departure from Chicago.

Public Schools.

And it also includes a about 30 million dollars to help with a sore being several acero charter schools into the district.

>> Well, you know, CTU President Stacy Davis, Gates wants the district to borrow to avoid major cuts.

Do we know yet whether there's an appetite among board members to to make that kind borrowing?

>> Certainly, including of the school board meeting yesterday, number of school board members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, obviously a former employee of the teachers union and the close ally made it very clear that they have no appetite for making cuts and really push The new interim CEO to think.

Away from cuts.

It certainly cuts that would affect the classroom.

There are also there's cold wishon of school board members.

We're very opposed to taking on more debt, which is very costly to CPS, but they are in the minority.

it'll be interesting to see in the coming weeks how this plays out, especially because this has limited options between cuts and borrowing.

There's only so much you can do.

>> You know, I mean, melody, given that, you know, if if they do take out loans, that's taxpayer money used to pay them back.

>> Do you think that would be unpopular among Chicagoans or are, you know, massive cuts at CPS schools going to be even more unpopular.

It thread that needle to have this a very difficult.

I think no one looking forward to an increased tax burden.

But I think, you know, very realistically, no one no one wants to see resources cut at their kids or friends, kids, schools because, you know, education is important.

Obviously.

But I think right now, when we think about the state of the economy, people are really not looking for something that's gonna strengthen the burden that they're already feeling on their shoulders make it even heavier further down the road.

But Mitch, as we mentioned earlier, Chicago police have agreed not to search vehicles based on the smell of marijuana.

There's been some.

>> Some back and forth on this policy.

How did we land at this point with this agreement that's going sting agreement between CPD and a number this week.

Police reform advocacy groups.

Supreme Court has actually ruled that the center of marijuana does actually constitute enough to justified traffic stop.

But CPD basically in this case acknowledged you know, we won't stop cars just for this.

The smell there has to be some sort of other you know, possible criminal situation that they drawn their attention to justify that stop.

I think one, it's just sort of a gives an idea of just kind of the manpower issue, CPD.

I mean, obviously they can't stop every car.

They see that, you know, has some.

We've a lot there's even a point in the polls or where they're going to train CPD officers to know the difference between the smell of raw cannabis and Bert cannabis.

And to me, it also is the same you know, how that is going to like effect this policy moving forward.

I also thought it was interesting that >> it was a about a year's worth of data to a 24 to 2025. that there's actually not very many cars that are pulled over for, quote, on, quote, like met marijuana, smells, very well behaved in college melody.

So good >> Steve, Illinois, a part of a coalition of some 20 states and Washington, D.C., suing the Trump administration over these widespread funding cuts.

But this could get a little complicated.

I mean, the Supreme Court today limited judge's ability to grant nationwide injunctions.

Any idea whether that could have any impact on the case too soon to tell.

It's all kind of a jumble.

Yeah.

I think it is a jumble.

you know, it's very difficult to keep.

>> Track of all of the litigation over the Trump executive orders.

>> And who's winning and who's losing and when it gets to pellet court, the district judge's ruling is overturned or it's not overturned.

I mean, honestly, you could set up a a have a reporter just full-time, put together a spreadsheet in a group and and and updated and it would be useful.

but in terms of today's ruling, yeah, it does.

It's a major one that so the the Supreme Court as basically significantly restricted district judge's ability to issue nationwide injunctions, which is that happening a lot.

And the Trump administration has been very angry about it.

What that means is that I think most immediately is that attorneys general in these various states, including Illinois, are going to have to be on plaintiffs on virtually all of these cases in order to have them apply in their states because if they don't, then whatever relief is granted by that judge is not going to apply in that state.

Yeah, climbing our rules.

Offices already swimming and stuff.

So so it just makes that whole, you know, effort at that.

What that state office level that much harder?

>> Well, it, you Supreme Court didn't make any ruling on the constitutionality of this birthright citizenship executive order.

But, yeah, if you're not in one of the, you know, 28 states that challenged it, it creates a confusing patchwork.

Does that create when this goes into effect?

And it's all It was already confusing patchwork of stood.

So, yes, it just makes it worse.

>> Another federal lawsuit related to some of the funding issues here mention a judge saying the federal Transportation Department can't withhold funding from states that don't fall in line with the administration's immigration crackdown.

Sounds like we expect the transportation secretary to appeal this.

Yeah, I'm sure.

Yeah.

I mean, this is obviously just goes back to kind of the chaos and confusion, though.

You know, we've kind of seen here for the last 6 months or so.

>> And really, at the end of the day, like that's kind of the biggest thing that the Trump administration can hold over Democratic states like Illinois is withholding huge swathes of which, you know.

Chicago, especially over line, a lot of federal dollars to come through for the Red Line extension, which has other issues of the You it's it's that's where even looking at this weekend.

You know, Congress has to be looking at the big beautiful bill and all the other implications that that that's going to have for social services in Illinois.

It's just kind of too much for anyone to sort of process at >> You know, speaking of that, some of the immigration crackdown here, melody, there was some reporting from the Tribune this week, you know, another a subpoena for information.

This one from employee information from folks that street since and how tough of a spot as the city.

And here, you know, when they're trying to preserve the privacy of this data while complying with potentially legal subpoenas.

>> Very difficult.

And I think, you know, one of the things that the Tribune pointed out that the city hasn't even been able to say or hasn't said it all, whether or not they've handed over specific personal information of city employees and on those I nines, which is part of the subpoena is, you know, your Social Security number, your residency status, where you live in all this, like very sensitive data that, you know, the Tribune themselves tried to foil to see what the correspondents look like.

That boy was unsuccessful.

It was denied.

So I they're keeping it very close to their chest.

And I think that's making a lot of people nervous.

Yeah, it's kind of make a lot city employees feel very uncomfortable.

>> We'll if the Tribune, Steve, the editorial board after the city agreed to drop this proposed ride share ordinance.

Cooper said it wouldn't stand in the way of a potential state bill allowing drivers to unionize.

The editorial board says that's not the right way to go.

Why Well, I think what what the editorial board was saying was that there are unintended consequences that come with.

>> Unionizing gig, workers and in the case of a left.

I think they're going to be moving toward self-driving cars anyway.

They already are and some other But this potentially hastens that maybe hooves Illinois, more to the front of the line down the line.

mean the unionization effort is successful.

It's kind of a be careful what you wish for situation.

And, you know, aboard we.

We want there to be hubers and lifts.

They're they they're necessary are necessary.

Part of the transit system in the city.

So we understand the driver's point of view and it's a tough it's a tough one.

But but that's our concern.

A lot of unintended Another ordinance that >> maybe got pulled back.

Mitch, a group of older people initially appear to back an effort by their colleagues it's requiring all sorts of external security cameras at businesses and then kind of change their minds.

What changed Turns out a lot of them didn't actually read the ordinance.

lawmakers not to do that.

That is where that this ordinance would do would require just about all businesses to >> Front facing surveillance cameras.

You know with the help and police investigations when there's a crash or shooting or something which raises all kinds of privacy concerns Chicago's already one of the most surveilled cities in the world.

Actually, when you count, you know, that highway cameras in the blue boxes that are, you know, all around the city.

But it's it was tough for a lot of all the people to swallow, you know, kind of adding tens of thousands more cameras to that network.

So I think that's going to take a lot more tweaking to make it more palatable.

Mayor unfunded mandate on business right now.

It's already tough, tough enough to do business in the city.

Yes, we saving nearly even be on the surveillance issues.

If you're a small business owner, how skeptical are you of this?

The city coming in and saying you must put these cameras in place.

>> Yes, there's definitely some skepticism from the small business community.

And as it turned some of the older man who originally supported the proposal, but then realized that it didn't say what they understood.

It Apparently share that concern very much so.

>> it's a good lesson reading What Melody we learned this Aldi is taking over a former Whole foods space in river north.

I mentioned this is pretty welcome news given the fact that Downtown the surrounding neighborhoods, there's still a fair amount of vacancies there.

Yes, absolutely.

I think.

>> People are excited to see what what a vacancy left by grocers.

grocery store is being filled by a grocery store.

That area, particularly it can be difficult to really find something that's really full service and also affordable.

And and I know there are a lot of all the fanatics out there and this will actually be one of the only centralize and the the Northern Loop area.

So I think this is very much needed for for the community and that people are excited about it.

You have to mention you mentioned sort of the point of the costs that people are facing.

This is kind of a welcome option.

It's a more more of and affordable place to go shopping.

Yeah, I know a lot in affordable thing.

Not just for >> produce but Ford knickknacks and all that fun stuff, too.

And Yeah.

if you get the one that's right.

We all the wind.

You can count me as one of the all the fanatics.

I will proudly on that.

All right.

Well, we also heard about the vacant spot across from the future Bally's Casino.

>> Universal Studios planning to turn this into an immersive horror experience?

Yes, hopefully not some sort of a metaphor, the the the to insert City Hall, right?

There is So this was originally supposed to be the temporary site for the Bally's Casino.

But instead we know they went to Medina Temple in river north.

Instead.

>> Now they're going to turn this giant space into a year-round permanent immersive.

>> Core experience.

haunted House.

2 point.

but was like fun bars.

>> Merchandise themes related to universal, trademark to movies and characters like Dracula, Texas chain that to massacre.

Those old family favorite.

Yeah, you so and so that is going to be slated to hopefully begin construction in 2026 and open in 2027, which would be in line with the opening of the valleys, a permanent facility.

So if you're feeling scared about how much money you lost and you can go over there and feel more scared, I mean, in the city was part of this announcement.

Seems like they're hopeful this will be kind of a big tourist draw to the area.

Yes, absolutely.

I think this is part of the whole idea of making that Bally's corner part of the city, attraction.

>> People will be going to Bally's, you know, to gamble, maybe say they're for conventions.

But people also want things to do.

And I think that this universal experience is going to be part of that when it with the overlap between casino goers and immersive that wondering, you never know.

I mean, we're kind of talking about this earlier, though.

It seems like it is more of these experiences that people want to have that are becoming the draws.

Yeah.

A lot economic development in that and that's part of Chicago and on the Mag mile is focused on these experience things which which are I mean, it makes sense.

I mean, the traditional retail is really, >> really struggling in getting something.

attractions that bring people in.

>> And foot traffic at all.

That is is is smart.

But we should we should be doing well.

That's going to be haunted house.

But there was nothing horrible about tonight's panel, though.

Unfortunately, that is all the time that we have.

So our thanks to a 2 alarm and Trout.

Mila compel Melody Mercado and Steve Daniels.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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Melody.

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>> When Harry met Sally, you know, you know what if one of the details about that's so it will cost you you do have to sign up ahead of time.

>> It's part of a pop-up for the Windy City Smokeout and it's going to be July 9.

And so you know what's going to be available?

There is going to be iconic sort of pushed Romney sandwich get a couple other side.

And it's really just again, as we were just talking about experiences that people will be able to take part in You know, July 9.

>> A little less scary, OK?

Anyone thinking about visiting the universal horror House when it opens any poor families.

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