Daywatch: What to know about Super Tuesday

Good morning, Chicago.

Happy Super Tuesday.

Today, voters in 16 states and one territory will cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential primaries.

On the Republican side, 854 of 2,429 delegates — more than 35% — are up for grabs. About 36%, or 1,420 delegates, are in play for Democrats. Nobody will become the presumptive nominee after tonight’s primaries. But President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are expected to get close. Here’s why the day matters — and why it looks a little different this year.

As a reminder, Illinois primary voters will select their party’s nominees in two weeks. Here’s our voters’ guide for Chicago residents. We also have a voters’ guide for suburban residents you can find here.

Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.

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Mario Garcia puts out signage before opening the doors for early voting at the Chicago Board of Elections’ Loop Super Site on Feb. 15, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois officials predict 40% of ballots will be cast before March 19 primary

As of Monday, about 2,700 Chicago voters had turned in primary ballots through in-person early voting, up about 42% from the same time ahead of the 2016 and 2020 presidential primaries, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Chair Marisel Hernandez said. So far, about 165,000 applications for mail-in ballots have been made, compared with 200,000 requested before the 2022 midterm primary, she said.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Va. (Steve Helber/AP)
Supreme Court ruling allows Donald Trump to remain on Illinois primary ballot

Illinois was the third state in the nation to bar the former president from the ballot, along with Colorado and Maine. But Cook County Judge Tracie Porter had put her ruling on hold and kept Trump on the Illinois ballot pending resolution by the nation’s highest court.

Trump campaign attorney Jim Troupis speaks during a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process, Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails.

Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney Clayton Harris III and Eileen O’Neill Burke at an interview with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on Feb. 14, 2024, at the Tribune’s Freedom Center. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Democratic bona fide accusations flare in state’s attorney race

As early voting kicked off across Chicago Monday, intra-party attacks on the progressive credentials of both Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney heated up.

Clayton Harris III joined several backers — including pastors, elected officials, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Anjanette Young — at Federal Plaza Monday for a news conference highlighting an influx of campaign cash to his primary opponent Eileen O’Neill Burke, suggesting the support made her a “Democrat in name only.”

Suzy Flack shows off the hockey sweaters her son Drew wore from his time on the Naperville Central High School team and on a club team at Illinois State University, Feb. 16, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Should Illinois become a ‘right-to-die’ state? Lawmakers consider end-of-life option for terminally ill adults.

Illinois could become the 11th state to legalize medical aid in dying — often referred to as physician-assisted suicide or medically assisted death — which would give mentally competent, terminally ill adults the right choose the option of ending their lives. A controversial bill filed in the General Assembly last month would allow these patients the right to access life-ending prescription medication, which they could then self-administer at a time of their choosing.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker greets state Rep. Anthony DeLuca as he arrives to deliver his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois Capitol building on Feb. 21, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Suburban mayors warn that Pritzker’s plan to eliminate grocery sales tax will hurt services or raise other taxes

The mayors of Algonquin, Barrington, Cary and Libertyville said the tax cut proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker would hurt their ability to provide basic services. They say the governor should reconsider, or that the state needs to replace the full 10% that municipalities previously received from the state income tax.

“This is only going to hurt us immensely,” Algonquin Mayor Debby Sosine said.

Katelyn Know, holding “caution” sign, expresses her support for nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center as they rally outside the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine during a one-day strike on Sept. 20, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Nurses at UChicago Medicine plan one-day strike

Amber Turi, an ICU nurse at UChicago Medicine and a member of the bargaining team, said the team has “reached an impasse” with management and are “forced ” to strike because they can’t proceed with a new contract without the hospital coming to terms on staffing.

This image provided by Perrigo Company shows boxes of Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill available later this month in the United States. (Perrigo Company)
First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores

The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin.

Chicago Cubs center fielder Cody Bellinger celebrates after hitting a home run at Wrigley Field on April 21, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Cubs slugger Cody Bellinger in a good spot with his swing

Cody Bellinger will make his Cactus League debut Wednesday as the designated hitter and will likely play in the field Friday or Saturday.

“It was a perfect setting especially to get ready for Wednesday,” Bellinger said. “… I feel really confident with it. For me just building off it and obviously staying within myself through the process. I think that I’m in a great spot and I feel really confident with it.”

Cubs prospects Kevin Alcántara and Owen Caissie are able to focus on progress over pressure in spring training
Michael Soroka is ready ‘to really let it fly’ after the White Sox righty missed almost 3 seasons with injuries

Actor and producer Ronnie Marmo at Victory Gardens Theater, Feb. 16, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Ronnie Marmo is back in town with Lenny Bruce and ‘Dr. Bob,’ opening this week

Marmo is back in town, bringing with him a new bride, an old friend named Lenny Bruce and a play about a couple of men who stopped drinking and changed the world.

Andersonville Coffee Cake remake

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Martin Sorge’s version of the Andersonville Coffee Cake from the now-closed Swedish Bakery. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Swedish Bakery nostalgia: Your guide to re-creating a recipe from one of Chicago’s most-missed bakeries

The closure of the classic Chicago bakery hit Martin Sorge hard.

So, he did what he knows how to do: bake. He bought a final coffee cake from the Swedish Bakery before they closed. He dissected it and took notes. He tasted the warm flavor of cardamom in the soft, yeasted dough. He peeled apart the layers and tried the filling on its own: buttery, moist, with subtle flavors of cinnamon and almond extract. After that analysis, he hit his stash of recipes.

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