* ICYMI: Pritzker’s net worth jumps by $1 billion since becoming Illinois governor in 2019. Sun-Times…

- According to Forbes’ list, Pritzker ranks 1,108th in wealth globally. His current estimated net worth of $4.2 billion is about $500 million more than he was worth last year and $1 billion dollars more than he was worth at the start of his governorship in 2019.
- Despite the increase in his wealth, Pritzker saw a slight drop in Forbes’ ranking. Last year, Pritzker ranked 979th richest in the world.
- The state’s richest resident is Lukas Walton, the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton, who is worth an estimated $44.4 billion.

* At 9:15 am, Gov. JB Pritzker will join Gina McCarthy for an America Is All In fireside chat in New York City. Click here to watch.

*** Isabel’s Top Picks ***

* Sun-Times | Settlement talks underway to revoke license of director at South Side funeral home where 56 bodies were found: During a brief teleconference hearing Monday that marked the first step in adjudicating the grisly disciplinary case, attorneys for the state agency and for Johanna Morgan said they’ve discussed terms to potentially settle before advancing to a formal hearing scheduled later this fall. Most state disciplinary cases are settled before reaching such a quasi judicial hearing with witnesses and evidence — including past cases involving the Morgans, who had repeated run-ins with regulators in the decade leading up to the shocking discovery that has raised questions about Illinois’ disjointed oversight of the funeral industry.

* KWQC | Study: ‘Doubled-up’ homelessness impacts nearly 100,000 in Illinois: “Living temporarily with family and friends — it is culturally appropriate for many households to have multigenerational households, more than one household sharing rent,” said Christine Haley, Illinois Chief Homelessness Officer. “But when it is temporary, when it is unstable, when it’s overcrowded, that’s when we see what we call doubled-up homelessness.” The report highlights critical demographic patterns that state leaders say have previously gone unexamined. Of the nearly 100,000 people experiencing homelessness identified in the study, nearly one-third are Latino — a finding consistent with what Haley observed in the field.

*** Statehouse News ***

* Capitol News Illinois | Republican-turned-independent Collin Corbett hopes to provide voters an alternative for governor: Corbett has reported just four contributions over $1,000 since July, while Pritzker has dumped more than $90 million into his campaign. Corbett acknowledged that shortcoming and said he hears from many people who would support him, but not in this year’s election. He said some donors also don’t want to be the first to contribute and that’s holding up others. […] “I know on election night the number is going to be higher than frankly anybody expects it to be,” Corbett said. “Does that mean it’s going to be enough to win the race? We’ll find out.”

* Capitol News Illinois | Bailey, Del Mar say ‘I-Formation’ plan can keep Bears in Illinois: “The Bears, not the taxpayers, will be responsible for state and construction cost overruns, operating losses, and routine maintenance. There’ll be no state guarantee of the Bears stadium debt. There’ll be no raid on education. There’ll be no raid on pensions or public safety. There’ll be no statewide tax increase to build the stadium,” Del Mar said.

* The Chicago Crusader | Christian Mitchell steps from behind scenes into spotlight: Mitchell said he would not attempt to answer for the entire Democratic Party. Instead, he pointed to his experience in the Pritzker administration and to Black officials holding positions with authority over areas of government controlling substantial resources. “I was deputy governor,” Mitchell said, noting that his responsibilities were not limited to human services agencies often associated with Black political leadership.

*** Chicago ***

* Crain’s | Quintin Primo in talks to join stalled Michael Reese redevelopment team: Primo’s potential involvement comes as the city gives the developers more time to come up with a new infrastructure plan. City Hall last week granted a fourth extension of the deadline, warning that the current agreement could be terminated if the team fails to show how it intends to move forward. It’s unclear what the revamped ownership group will look like if a deal is reached, but Primo’s involvement as a significant partner could lessen the interest of Loop Capital founder Jim Reynolds, who has unsuccessfully sought to bring One Central’s Bob Dunn into the picture, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Primo has joined meetings about the future of the development with city officials this summer amid tension with Reynolds over Dunn’s involvement, according to the source.

* Block Club | Amazon, Delivery Companies Could See New Regulations Under Proposed City Ordinance: The proposal, referred to as the Chicago Delivery Protection Act, includes new licensing, training, safety and worker protection rules for Amazon’s delivery service providers and last-mile warehouses, city officials said. The rules would also apply to other e-commerce delivery companies. City officials discussed the ordinance at a Sept. 15 joint meeting of the city’s workforce development and license and consumer protection committees.

* WBEZ | Key education endorsements for CPS School Board candidates: All organizations that do education-related work who made endorsements in the 2026 Chicago School Board election. We also list education-focused political action committees that don’t endorse but are providing financial support to specific candidates. Election Day is Nov. 3.

* Sun-Times | School Board candidate defends disciplining his kids, says school staff ‘should never use corporal punishment’: Henderson acknowledges that he disciplined his children, but denies that he ever abused them. He told WBEZ and Chalkbeat in a statement that “the court never suspended my parenting time, it never ordered supervised visits, and it did not restrict my relationship with my children.” Immediately after the ex-wife’s allegations, the court ordered the children to stay with their mother. But court records reviewed by WBEZ show that Henderson resumed having overnight, unsupervised parenting time with his children.

* Sun-Times | Cleanup begins in Douglass Park after rain-soaked Riot Fest left it a mud pit: One Little Village community group, Únete La Villita, posted on Instagram Monday that the park is “completely destroyed,” adding concerns about the “long-term effects of the fest that’s ‘just three days’” and adding they will document the restoration over the next year. Riot Fest founder Mike Petryshyn said in a statement Monday afternoon that his team’s “responsibility does not end when the festival does. We are committed to restoring the park, working alongside the Park District and the community, and seeing that work through.”

*** Cook County and Suburbs ***

* Daily Herald | Northwest suburbs teaming up for homeless outreach: As many as 10 towns in the upstart Northwest Consortium on Homelessness would contract with Evanston-based social services organization Connections for the Homeless, which would provide a full-time case manager to spend time in each community and connect people with services. Social workers employed by local governments in Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Mount Prospect, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg and Wheeling have been meeting monthly over the past year to devise a more coordinated homeless outreach response than what they have now.

* Aurora Beacon-News | Batavia residents can test out text-based telehealth service city is considering: Last month, the program — called Tap, or “Text a Physician” — was discussed at a meeting of the Batavia City Council’s Committee of the Whole, at which council members expressed support for the aims of the program but raised some questions about how it would work, namely the way residents are charged for it. The service allows individuals to virtually contact a licensed physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner with routine, nonemergency health issues, rather than going in-person to a doctor’s office or hospital. Depending on the condition, a provider could also prescribe certain medications.

* Daily Herald | ‘Committed to seeing it through’: How Vernon Hills, developer plan to make sure Hawthorn redevelopment gets done: Estimated costs have nearly doubled and the timeline has been extended, but Vernon Hills officials and owners of the Hawthorn mall property say they are committed to seeing the massive redevelopment project through. To that end, the parties have been working the past six months on a third amendment to the 2021 agreement to redevelop the mall. The revised pact, approved last week by the village board, incorporates the latest plans, schedules and a reworked incentive package.

*** Downstate ***

* WGLT | Bloomington looking at e-bike regulations ahead of new state law: “Having that language specified as to who can ride these devices goes a long way for us,” Bloomington Police Department patrol officer Chance Hilliard told the council. All low-speed e-bikes can be used on streets, bike lanes and on paths and trails, but cannot be ridden on sidewalks. They also can be used on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or less, or on streets with a bike lane.

* WIFR | City of Sterling to deactivate all Flock cameras: Less than two years after entering a contract with Flock Safety, Inc., the City of Sterling announces the decision to remove all Flock cameras. On Monday, Sept. 21, the city shared that its contract with Flock Safety, Inc., will end immediately, and all the automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras in Sterling will be deactivated. The physical cameras will be removed on a later date. The city says regular, extensive audits showed that misuses of Flock technology that has been seen throughout the country was not an issue in the Sterling Police Department.

* KWQC | Redeploy program aims to keep at-risk youth out of Illinois juvenile justice system: Rock Island County’s Redeploy program has been operational for roughly two months. Much of the program’s referrals are considered high-risk youth in the Quad Cities area, something the program works on curbing in efforts to reduce inefficient and ineffective juvenile justice. Harry Cribbs, Redeploy program coordinator, said, “What we want to do is redirect them in another direction to do some things that are going to be more profitable and prominent within society. They’re young now, but we want to make sure when they grow they’re going to grow to become productive citizens in the community.”

* Rockford News First | Dan Lewandowski joins Rockford mayoral race: Lewandowski, a Democrat, becomes the sixth candidate in the race to lead the city, joining a crowded field that includes Maurice West, Bob Blosser, Derrick Kunz, Gabrielle Torina and Mary McNamara Bernsten. A lifelong Rockford resident and family attorney, Lewandowski says his background in law, business and public administration separates him from the field. He also previously served as chairman of the Winnebago County Democratic Party.

* WCIA | Two USGS river monitors lose funding, set to shut down next month: He said he announced the sanitary district was pulling its funding for the gauge at the most recent Champaign County watershed meeting, noting it did not make sense for them to keep funding a gauge outside of its rate-paying zone. The discontinuation of streamgages is a trend across the state, said Chris Hanstad, a hydraulic engineer with the Illinois State Water Survey. “Federal financial support is declining, putting more of the financial burden on the local gauge sponsors to support the continued operation of gauges,” said Hanstad. “So, it is an unfortunate trend that we’re seeing that funding is tight. I unfortunately expect that we’ll be seeing more streamgauges go offline in the coming years.”