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State lawmakers have rolled their eyes for years at the Chicago Bears’ overtures for help building a new stadium, but the team’s threat this week to consider moving to Indiana has widened the fault line in a fraying relationship with Illinois’ top Democratic power brokers.
Bears president Kevin Warren called out a lack of hometown “legislative partnership” as the impetus for exploring the possibility of taking their economic ball across the state line.
Gov. JB Pritzker called that “a startling slap in the face,” and legislators’ reactions Thursday suggested the line of scrimmage isn’t likely to move much by the time they return to Springfield in January.