*Pritzker gets painters' union backing: Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is continuing to pick up endorsements from organized labor, now getting the backing of Illinois Painters District Councils covering workers in Chicago, Cook and Lake counties, areas bordering Iowa and southern Illinois.



Pritzker's campaign said the labor councils, as members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, represent 36 different craft trades collectively across Illinois.



"As governor, working families and the labor movement will always have a seat at the table as we work together to protect collective bargaining rights, oppose right to work and enforce prevailing wage laws," Pritzker said in a statement.



Pritzker already has received the backing of the Illinois AFL-CIO and 17 unions across the state.



The Pritzker campaign also released a new one-minute digital video showing broadcast media coverage of some of the problems that surfaced following the big shake-up in Republican Gov. Rauner's governmental and political operation. It also features Rauner lauding his staff as the "best team in America." (Rick Pearson)