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C Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Saturday, February 9, 2019 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Pritzker team eyes ‘financial ditch’ Governor to deliver first spending plan deliver his first spending spending more money on plan to lawmakers Feb. 20, education and a host of to lawmakers Feb. 20, cites $3.2B deficit his administration said it is social services. facing a $3.2 billion hole for How Pritzker plans to By Rick Pearson “Rebuilding a strong fi- the budget year that begins address the budget hole in and Dan Petrella nancial foundation for Illi- July 1. That deficit is more the near term remains un- Chicago Tribune nois will take more than one than $400 million deeper clear. In a tweet, the gover- year, or even one guberna- than the Rauner adminis- nor said he is “committed to Democratic Gov. J.B. torial term,” said a report tration estimated before beginning the road to recov- Pritzker’s administration on from Deputy Gov. Dan leaving office. ery” but offered no specif- Friday set the stage for a Hynes, a former state Word of the larger deficit ics. Hynes emphasized in an low-expectations budget comptroller. “The current and the stark tone of the interview that it will require plan later this month, at- administration is commit- document that details it — fiscal “discipline.” But the tacking former Republican ted to working diligently dubbed “Digging Out: The report portends some Gov. Bruce Rauner for driv- and across party lines to put Rauner Wreckage Report” budget cutting with no ing Illinois “into a financial our state on a path to fiscal — provided a dramatic con- quick source of substantial JUSTIN L. FOWLER/STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER ditch” that will take years to stability.” trast to Pritzker’s populist Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers questions at the Illinois state pull out of. As Pritzker prepares to campaign promises of Turn to Budget, Page 4 Capitol in Springfield on Thursday. “We need to put these guns down. ... We need to stop doing this.” — Melvin Freeman, grandfather of 1-year-old Dejon Irving, who was wounded in a shooting Daley skips one debate, joins another Rivals slam choice amoeba,” Mendoza said. “He’s shown that when to attend mayoral he’s asked one simple endorsement question, he loses his cool. He’s kind of like that char- By John Byrne acter on ‘Inside Out.’ and Dan Petrella What’s his name? Anger? Chicago Tribune “He sees one bad story printed about him in the Mayoral candidate Bill paper and he wilts like a Daley joined a mild-man- little flower,” Mendoza nered televised debate Fri- added, riffing off a similar day morning after avoiding comment she made during what likely would have the debate Daley ducked. been a more hostile recep- Daley’s campaign re- tion at a similar event he sponded by tweeting out skipped the night before to the famous picture of him attend an endorsement. as Barack Obama’s chief of While Daley faced a staff, standing in the White polite reception on the House Situation Room Friday panel, that didn’t with the president, then- stop the hits from else- Secretary of State Hillary JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE where in the mayoral field. Clinton and others gath- A bullet-riddled Kia SUV is towed from outside Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago on Thursday. State Comptroller Susana ered to monitor the mis- Mendoza held a City Hall sion during which Osama news conference to rip bin Laden was killed. Daley for skipping Thurs- “Here’s a photo of Bill day’s event, comparing ‘wilting’ under pressure,” Mom, not baby, may him to both a single-celled the campaign said in a microorganism and a car- statement accompanying toon character with rage the photo. issues. Daley and four other “He doesn’t want people candidates — public policy to see how thin of a skin he consultant Amara Enyia, have been targeted actually has. I mean, I’ve seen thicker skin on an Turn to Debate, Page 2 Police: Shooting $13,500 in reward money. The boy’s grandmother that injured boy in had been dropping some- SUV ‘not random’ one off at a home in the 9900 block of South By Madeline Buckley Throop Street around 5:30 Dems press AG and Rosemary Sobol p.m. Thursday when a Chicago Tribune dark sedan pulled up and as many as eight shots over Russia probe Chicago police believe were fired, Guglielmi said. the gunman who shot a The grandmother Whitaker says he 1-year-old boy in the head checked inside the car and Thursday night might saw that the 1-year-old, has not interfered have been aiming for his identified as Dejon Irving, in Mueller’s work mother as they sat in an had been shot. She drove SUV on the South Side. to Little Company of Mary By Devlin Barrett “We believe the mother Hospital in Evergreen and Matt Zapotosky was the potential target,” Park, and the boy was The Washington Post police spokesman An- transferred from there to thony Guglielmi said Fri- Comer Children’s Hospital WASHINGTON — day. “This was not ran- in “very critical” condition, Matthew Whitaker, in his dom.” police said. first and likely last appear- Police sources said de- “He’s on life support ance before Congress as tectives are not sure of the and it doesn’t look good,” acting attorney general, motive but that the boy’s the boy’s grandfather, sparred for hours Friday ANDREW HARNIK/AP mother has been shot in Melvin Freeman, told re- with Democrats who Despite many questions, the past. The boy’s father is FAMILY PHOTO porters outside the hospi- sternly warned him not to acting AG Matthew Whita- serving time in a federal Dejon Irving was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, tal. “He was just a baby.” impede special counsel ker said he wouldn’t dis- prison downstate for iden- police said. A relative said the child was on life support. Dejon’s older brother Robert Mueller’s investiga- cuss private conversations tity theft and is due to be and another boy also were tion of Russian interfer- with the president. released in two months. was in the SUV, was killed No one was in custody, in the back seat and De- ence in the 2016 presi- The father of the boy’s in a previous shooting. but churches and commu- dential campaign. as a “witch hunt.” older brother, who also Details were not available. nity groups have offered Turn to Shot, Page 4 Whitaker, who took “It would be inappropri- command of the Justice ate for me to talk about an Department in November ongoing investigation,” and is likely to leave the job Whitaker said several Feds scrutinize Caterpillar next week with the ex- times when asked if he pected confirmation of thought Mueller’s work Bezos’ claims expanding William Barr to serve as matched that description. attorney general, told Senior law enforcement against Enquirer in Chicago members of the House officials have denied Federal prosecutors are Caterpillar is growing its Judiciary Committee that Mueller’s probe is a witch taking a look at accusa- digital team and has he had not influenced hunt, and Democrats re- tions made by Amazon’s opened a new Chicago Mueller’s probe in any way, sponded aggressively after chief executive officer Jeff office to accommodate and had not spoken to Whitaker’s refusal to do Bezos to determine the expansion. The President Donald Trump the same. whether the National company is working to about the investigation Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Enquirer’s parent com- embed technology since his appointment. D-N.Y., called the special pany violated the terms of deeper into its opera- In exchanges with counsel’s work an impor- a non-prosecution agree- tions and earth-moving Democrats who ques- tant national security in- ment struck over a hush equipment. tioned his credentials, vestigation, saying “the fact money payment meant to judgment and integrity, that people suggest other- help Donald Trump’s Also: Chicago and Illi- Whitaker appeared to ag- wise comes dangerously chances in the 2016 elec- nois renew effort for gravate lawmakers when close to providing aid and tion, according to sources. Amazon offices after he refused to disagree with comfort to the enemy.” Nation & World, Page 6 problems in New York. the president’s characteri- CLIFF OWEN/AP Business, Page 9 zation of Mueller’s probe Turn to Whitaker, Page 4 Chicago Weather Center: Complete Tom Skilling’s forecast High 25 Low 20 $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere forecast on back page of Sports 171st year No. 40 © Chicago Tribune 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, February 9, 2019 D “THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE BOOK OF THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS: A DECADE-BY-DECADE HISTORY” The Blackhawks, one of the NHL’s “Original Six,” have been building a storied legacy since their founding in 1926. The Hawks have produced dozens of stand- out stars, from Hall of Fame goaltender Mike Karakas in the ’30s to Bobby “The Golden Jet” Hull in the ’60s to current team captain Jonathan Toews, who has led the team to a remarkable three championships since 2010. 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