Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Ken Griffin

Afternoon Edition: June 29, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whiffin’ with Griffin? Departing hedge-fund billionaire 0 for 4 in Tuesday’s contested GOP primary races

It’s unclear if Griffin will continue his heavy spending in Illinois politics after he and his Citadel hedge fund have packed up and left for Miami. But what was obvious was that his latest big bet on elections in this state was a big failure, up and down the ballot.

Chicago Sun-Times

As battle for Illinois governor shapes up, it is class warfare versus culture war

With Darren Bailey’s nomination as the Republican candidate for governor to challenge Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois voters will have a choice for state chief executive this fall between candidates representing the opposites of a chasmic political ideological divide.

Chicago Tribune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Citadel Founder Ken Griffin-Backed Candidate Loses Republican Primary In Illinois Governor Race

Citadel Securities founder Ken Griffin's $50 million bet on a candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary in Illinois has not paid off.

Benzinga

DeVore wins GOP attorney general contest

Despite a money disadvantage, the man who helped undo Gov. Pritzker’s COVID mask mandate will be the Republican nominee to face Kwame Raoul.

Chicago Sun-Times

Who will take on Gov. J.B. Pritzker this fall? Republican voters get final say in Tuesday’s primary

The winner of the primary will determine whether the state GOP continues as a center-right party in Illinois or gets recast as a subsidiary of former President Donald Trump.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Republicans to pick nominee to face Gov. Pritzker

Illinois Republicans are choosing a nominee to take on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker this fall

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Illinois primary Tuesday: The latest on outside money flooding into congressional primary races

Who will survive in Illinois incumbent contests? On the Democratic side, it’s Sean Casten vs Mary Newman; and for Republicans, it’s Mary Miller vs Rodney Davis.

Chicago Sun-Times

Work from anywhere? CEOs like the option too

Ken Griffin’s exit from Chicago had to do with crime, but many more factors are at play in the spate of corporate decisions about where to set up shop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Some of the country's richest people try to influence the Illinois race for governor

Democrat and billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker is not only funding his own campaign but also running ads for GOP frontrunner Darren Bailey. Billionaire Ken Griffin is funding Republican Richard Irvin.

WEKU

Illinois governor's race is also battle among billionaires

The race to be Illinois’ next governor is also a battle among billionaires, including two whose names won’t appear on Tuesday's primary ballot

The Independent UK

With Roe overturned, America is no longer ‘land of the free, home of the brave’

There is nothing free or brave about America when Republicans refuse to stand up to the religious right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Going to Disney World: No sour grapes in billionaire Griffin’s exodus to Sunshine State as Illinois election clouds loom?

The announcement came rather awkwardly just five days ahead of the June 28 primary — a primary in which Griffin has contributed $53 million to the campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who is dropping in the polls.

Chicago Sun-Times

Griffin’s move to Florida only latest blow to local philanthropy

“Many of the major funders ... are checking out. And they’re in Florida. When they leave, their charitable dollars leave,” said a source close to the world of philanthropic and charitable giving in Chicago and Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: June 23, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Tribune

Ken Griffin moving hedge fund headquarters from Chicago to Miami

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is moving his company’s headquarters from Chicago to Miami.

Benzinga

Citadel Moving Headquarters To Miami As Florida Captures 'New Moment In America'

On Thursday, Citadel announced it would move its headquarters from Chicago to Miami.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ken Griffin pulling Citadel out of Chicago

Making good on threats, the richest man in Illinois said he is taking his companies to Miami.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican attorney general candidates decry ‘tyrannical’ Pritzker, his ‘wingman’ Raoul and Illinois’ ‘world-famous’ corruption

Downstate attorney Tom DeVore is up against suburban lawyers Steve Kim and David Shestokas for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

Chicago Sun-Times

Downstate Republicans Brady and Milhiser battle to reclaim — and freshen up — ‘outdated’ secretary of state’s office

Bloomington state Rep. Dan Brady and former federal prosecutor John Milhiser each say they’ve demonstrated the ability to rack up bipartisan support during lengthy, distinguished careers in central Illinois political circles.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Ken Griffin, Michael Flynn not helping GOP voters make up their minds in U.S. Senate, other statewide races

About two-thirds of likely Republican voters said they’re not sure who they’ll vote for in the U.S. Senate, attorney general and secretary of state races. Candidates backed by billionaire Ken Griffin were trailing, and the endorsement of former national security adviser Michael Flynn did little to…

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: June 10, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate farmer Bailey racks up double-digit lead over Aurora Mayor Irvin in gov race

If the numbers hold, it would represent a brutal repudiation by Illinois’ Republican voters of Irvin, his mainstream party endorsements and, pointedly, his $50 million benefactor, Chicago hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin.

Chicago Tribune

Darren Bailey’s Chicago ‘hellhole’ comment and the issue of crime become focus in debate among GOP candidates for governor

State Sen. Darren Bailey doubled down on his comments he considered Chicago a crime-ridden “hellhole” during a debate Thursday night of the Republican candidates for governor as he also sought to aggressively label rival Richard Irvin a “corrupt Democrat.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican Richard Irvin goes on defense against Darren Bailey, other primary rivals in ABC 7 debate

Bailey frequently interrupted Irvin and the others as they spoke. At one point, during a question about COVID-19 mandates, Bailey told Irvin he shouldn’t be elected governor because he’s a “corrupt Democrat.” Irvin fired back, “I won’t be lectured by someone like Darren Bailey who had a mask…

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Chicago Public Schools

University of Chicago

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.