Journalist Spotlight

Dan Petrella

Political writer @chicagotribune. @MediaAtIllinois alum. Former @sjrbreaking, @LeeEntNews Springfield bureau & @ChiTribBiz. Tips: [email protected]

Front-Page Stories6Last 30 Days

Lead Stories4Last 30 Days

Papers Covered1Last 30 Days

Last Front PageJUN 2, 2026Latest appearance

Featured Story

Featured Lead Story

Pritzker touts wins in $56B state budget

But some work in election-year plan went unfinished

View Front PageChicago Tribune • JUN 2, 2026

FRONT-PAGE HISTORY

Filter

Pritzker touts wins in $56B state budget

But some work in election-year plan went unfinished

With:Jack O'Connor

Chicago Tribune•JUN 2, 2026•Lead Story

Lawmakers close in on budget deal

$56 billion plan backed by gas tax windfall and some election-year tax breaks

With:Olivia Olander

Chicago Tribune•JUN 1, 2026•Lead Story

Racing to finalize $55 billion budget

Bears stadium talks take back seat on final day of legislative session

With:Jeremy Gorner,Olivia Olander,Jack O'Connor,Rick Pearson

Chicago Tribune•MAY 31, 2026

A report on the final day of the Illinois legislative session, focusing on budget negotiations and stadium talks.

Uncertainty marks session’s last weekend

Illinois lawmakers debate Bears stadium, gas tax and budget

With:Jeremy Gorner,Olivia Olander

Chicago Tribune•MAY 30, 2026•Lead Story

The paper focuses on the legislative deadlock and unresolved fiscal priorities as the state budget deadline approaches, highlighting the internal divisions within the Democratic supermajority.

Little light shed on who runs nonprofits

Almost none comply with law meant to expose diversity gaps

Chicago Tribune•MAY 17, 2026

Reports on the widespread failure of local non-profit organizations to comply with a new state law requiring disclosure of diversity metrics.

City makes repeat DNC pitch

Pritzker, Johnson hope Trump, federal agencies would cooperate on '28 event despite animosity

Chicago Tribune•MAY 14, 2026•Lead Story

Frames the city's bid for a future political convention through the lens of necessary, though potentially fraught, bipartisan cooperation with the federal executive branch.

Amendment for abortion rights still not a reality

Supporters see more urgent situation in GOP-controlled states

Chicago Tribune•MAY 3, 2026

Focuses on legislative inertia and the ongoing challenges faced by advocates despite previous political commitments.

About this page

Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Dan Petrella in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.