Both Governor JB Pritzker and one of his top aides Tuesday pointed blame for the state’s failure to advance legislation to keep the Chicago Bears on the franchise itself and said the team needs to step up to help find a final resolution.

While we spent the final hours of the legislative session focused on the Bears and the budget, we missed some of the things that moved through the House and Senate in the final hours before the General Assembly adjourned around 4:30a.m. on June 1.

The Chicago Bears said in a statement Friday morning the team is moving forward with plans to build a stadium in Hammond, Indiana, though they cautioned no final site has been selected.

The Chicago Bears stadium saga sucked all the air out of the Statehouse this spring, but lawmakers still weren’t able to get a final product through both chambers before the General Assembly adjourned early Monday.

The Republican Darren Bailey campaign for Governor Tuesday took the extraordinary step of directly challenging a third party or independent candidate’s attempts to get on the November ballot.

Governor JB Pritzker and Democratic lawmakers wanted to tout a balanced budget, with $800 million in tax increases and fee swaps to close the gap.