Jeremy Gorner
chicagotribune.com
Chicago, IL, United States
Contact Jeremy
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Jeremy:
Highland Park, a year later: Use of state’s ‘red flag’ gun laws jumps in wake of parade killings
A Tribune analysis of available state data shows that in the year since the Highland Park mass shooting, there has been greater use of state laws intended to prevent people with troubled backgrounds from having firearms. → Read More
Measure aimed at preventing book bans at public libraries signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker
Public libraries in Illinois could be cut off from state funding if they remove books and other materials from their shelves for “partisan or doctrinal” reasons under a new Illinois law. → Read More
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs $50.4 billion state budget but vetoes legislators’ pay hike that exceeded state limit
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $50.4 billion state budget that boosts funding for education from preschool through college, but was also forced to to dial back pay raises for lawmakers and other state officials so that the hikes comply with state law. → Read More
Illinois House Democrats acknowledge ‘it isn’t easy to come together’ before early morning vote sending $50.6 billion state budget to Gov. J.B. Pritzker
After a budget process that went into overtime amid differences over spending priorities among Democrats, Illinois House gives final approval to $50.6 billion budget. → Read More
Illinois Senate poised to vote on budget amid process slowed by Democratic differences over spending
The Illinois Senate was poised for a vote late Thursday on a $50.6 billion state spending plan that was an altered version of what Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state legislature’s Democratic leaders presented as a done deal a day earlier. → Read More
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Democratic legislative leaders reach deal on $50 billion budget
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the leaders of the Illinois legislature announced that they have reached a deal on a roughly $50 billion state budget, → Read More
While stymied on a budget, Illinois legislators addressed issues including abortion, book bans and south suburban airport during spring session
Illinois legislators passed measures addressing abortion, book bans and full-day kindergarten during a spring session that's going into overtime because of a failure to come to terms on a budget. → Read More
Democrats fail to come together on budget as pressures build over spending, shaky economy
The failure of the Illinois legislature to enact a budget by its self-appointed deadline points to stresses within the state’s one-party, big-tent Democratic rule. → Read More
Democratic dissension over spending priorities to push state budget talks past deadline
The spiraling costs of a Medicaid-style healthcare program for immigrants is posing a significant roadblock to finalizing a state budget in Illinois, where lawmakers will miss a self-imposed Friday deadline. → Read More
U.S. Supreme Court denies request to block Illinois and Naperville gun bans
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request from a Naperville gun store owner to block a city ordinance and and Illinois law banning the sale of certain high-powered firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines. → Read More
Budget, Bears, Chicago school board and ethics: Illinois legislators face busy agenda in spring session’s final week
The Illinois General Assembly heads into the final scheduled week of its spring session facing unresolved issues from the budget to a proposal to help the Chicago Bears move to the suburbs. → Read More
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tells Peoria crowd that Biden’s reelection would leave U.S. ‘unrecognizable’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned a central Illinois audience of GOP faithful that if President Joe Biden is re-elected and other Democrats also win, “the country is going to be unrecognizable.” → Read More
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration fought release of records involving allegations against top fire official
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration fought for some two years to keep secret records on allegations of wrongdoing by city employees. → Read More
Responding to 2022 heat deaths in Rogers Park, legislators send governor bill requiring AC at state-funded affordable housing
Legislators were spurred to action by the heat exposure deaths last year of three senior citizens in their apartments on Chicago’s Far North Side. → Read More
Uber warns Democrats, mayor-elect if tougher ride-share rules pass problems might arise, especially during next year’s DNC
A bill pending in Springfield would make rideshare companies as liable for passenger safety as taxis. → Read More
GOP lawmakers say lack of guidance from attorney general puts gun buyers in legal jeopardy
A group of Republican state lawmakers say a lack of guidance from the Illinois attorney general’s office after a federal judge put a hold hold on the state's gun ban has left some residents in legal jeopardy. → Read More
Ballooning cost of insuring undocumented immigrants complicating state budget negotiations
The financial pressure is exposing tensions between Democrats’ open-arms stance on immigration and the limited resources available in a state that has only recently begun to stabilize its chronically shaky finances. → Read More
Illinois ban on high-powered firearms blocked by federal judge downstate; Gov. Pritzker’s office ‘confident’ law will be upheld
The ruling comes just days after a counterpart in Chicago upheld the ban on many higher-powered firearms and large-capacity magazines. → Read More
Latest Bears stadium legislation would add $3 to ticket prices at Arlington Heights site to help pay off Soldier Field debt
Tickets to games and events at the Chicago Bears’ proposed Arlington Heights development would come with a $3-per-person tax under new legislation that seeks to jump-start stalled talks over state assistance for the project. → Read More
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson tells state lawmakers funding for schools, youth jobs tie into ‘mandate’ to tackle crime with investment
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s address to the Illinois General Assembly served as an extension of his campaign themes of championing progressive values and a holistic approach to tackling crime, a front-of-mind concern after a chaotic weekend in Chicago. → Read More