Eyes on Bears deal, data center regulation bill

Summary

<p>A few weeks ago, Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters that negotiators are closer than they’d ever been to a deal with the Bears to stay in Illinois. The Bears are threatening to decamp to a wasteland in Northwest Indiana’s dirty energy and industrial corridor.</p><p>As you’ve probably read before, Illinois’ offer is to create a privately funded local sports stadium authority to build and operate a new stadium which would be surrounded by an entertainment complex. The state would still be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in public infrastructure spending for the Bears-owned…

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