Former Illinois State Police Merit Board official charged with theft for allegedly falsifying OT now accused of filing campaign report with false information – Chicago Tribune*

M.K. Pritzker was among donors to Jenny Thornley’s failed 2019 bid for the Springfield convention center board, giving $500 in March 2019 to her low-budget campaign. The size of the first lady’s donation is small when considering the many large contributions given by the billionaire Pritzker family over the years, but it is an example of how the Pritzkers often help people politically who have supported them, according to a governor’s spokeswoman.