Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
Lori Lightfoot endorses Chris Kennedy for governor
The heated Illinois gubernatorial race is showing no signs of slowing down before the holiday season as Democratic candidate Chris Kennedy released his first TV ad. Lori Lightfoot, the head of the city’s Police Accountability Task Force, also endorsed Kennedy Tuesday. “It’s just not enough to say to people this is what we are against,” she said. “We gotta be for something.” Kennedy’s closest rival in the Democratic primary is still billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker. “If people want more of the same, if they like what they’re getting from government, if they think the current leadership is the leadership they want in the future, well, they have a choice—they should support J.B. Pritzker,” Kennedy added. [NBC Chicago]
