The Spin: Shutdown showdown as General Assembly reconvenes | Pritzker moves up date to reopen bars, restaurants | Lightfoot marks year in office, asks for ‘prayers’

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced this afternoon that restaurants and bars with outdoor seating could open their doors for alfresco dining and drinking in the next phase of reopening the state’s economy, which is expected to start May 29. It comes as Illinois lawmakers reconvened in Springfield for a three-day session that showcased an intensifying partisan divide between Republican lawmakers …