* Tribune…

Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday cast doubt on his ambitious housing program passing in the short fall legislative session but indicated optimism about legislation to regulate data centers and support a new Bears stadium to be located in the suburbs or even stay in Chicago. […]

The governor’s housing package, which he’s called BUILD, or Building Up Illinois Developments, would broadly allow multifamily homes on many lots zoned for single-family residences. It stalled in the spring amid pushback from city and village leaders deeply concerned about four-flats or accessory dwelling units going up on quiet cul-de-sacs.

“I don’t know that we’ll see that,” Pritzker said, when asked whether the proposal could be considered during the veto session. “I do believe that you’re going to see that in the coming full session, starting in January.” […]

On data center regulation, Pritzker said disagreements remain over legislation under consideration but said he hoped such a bill could pass in the veto session.

* Pritzker’s full comments on data center regulation legislation…

Isabel: You said this week that you believe in November legislators will get something done to keep the Bears in Illinois. Do you believe a data center regulation bill will get done as well during veto?

Pritzker: That is certainly something I was disappointed we couldn’t get it done last spring through the legislature. It’s something that I believe in. There’s been a lot of negotiation and discussion over the summer and here in the early fall to make sure there is a bill for the November veto session.

Isabel: Are there any hangups that are still being worked out yet, or do you think it’s pretty much ready to go?

Pritzker: There’s still some items that are part of the bill that there’s disagreement about. I think in the end, as often happens with these complex pieces of legislation, there will be disagreement even up to the end. But I think there will be a common understanding that we need to get it done. And as I’ve said, we shouldn’t build new data centers in Illinois if we don’t have those data center companies bringing their own clean energy, helping our communities to keep their bills down.

Please pardon any transcription errors.

* The governor was also asked about legislation to keep the Bears in Illinois…

Reporter: Is this just a sort of an election, pre-election sort of promise? To say we’re going to have something in December in the city or Arlington Heights, and then the Bears are like, ‘no, no, no, we’re not talking about the city.’ Why are you bringing up the city again?

Pritzker: No, the legislation that is being discussed now would give the option for the possibility that there would be a stadium built in the city or in Arlington Heights, and that’s a decision that the Bears get to make. They’re a private company, and that way they have the option. We want to keep them in the state of Illinois. If we give them those two options, I think that would be satisfactory.

Reporter: Any new site in the city that’s being talked about?

Pritzker: I don’t get to pick the site. I mean, we already know, I think what the site would be in Arlington Heights because the Bears already own a site there. But you’ve seen there are lots of things that have been proposed for the city. And again, I know that people in the city, developers, mayor, others have ideas about where it could be, and they are having conversations with the Bears. In the end, this is up to the Bears where they want to put.

Reporter: Any meeting since that October 1 meeting with Mr. Goodell? Have you had any post meeting even by phone?

Pritzker: Not comprehensive. I would call them executive meetings. The way that one was, lots of conversation.

Thoughts?

* More…

* Crain’s | Pritzker: Chicago’s in the mix as Bears stadium deal takes shape in Springfield: Mayor Brandon Johnson continued to insist Chicago is the “best and most viable option” for the team during a post-City Council press conference yesterday, even though an earlier plan by the Bears and the city to replace Solider Field with a domed lakefront stadium failed to get traction. Johnson has had continued discussions with One Central developer Bob Dunn about keeping the Bears on the lakefront, but the team has publicly kept its distance from the city and has not worked on a plan with Dunn.

* NBC Chicago | Pritzker expresses confidence Bears’ stadium will be built in Illinois: The upcoming veto session in Springfield will take place after the election and will end on December 3, and the expectation is that a deal for a Bears stadium project in Illinois would have to come together before the end of that session in order to prevent the team from departing to Indiana. Ernie Rose, who represents Touchdown Arlington, a grassroots group of business owners interested in bringing the Bears to Arlington Heights, says the inclusion of language that could open the door for Chicago as a Bears stadium option could be crucial in attracting support of skeptical lawmakers who didn’t want to pave the way for the team to move only to the suburbs.