By Shia Kapos, includes “Gov. J.B. Pritzker has dismissed the suggestion in the past, saying he’s focused only on Illinois, but his recent jousts with President Donald Trump about handling the coronavirus have him in a new category: potential 2024 presidential candidate. … During Pritzker’s daily briefing about Covid-19, in which we heard there were 42 more deaths and 986 new reported cases, the governor said the state budget he presented in February needs to be overhauled. … Earlier in the day, Lightfoot dismissed a suggestion made by former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas, in a Tribune op-ed, that the city faced a budget ‘nightmare in 2021.’ …”