Good afternoon! I’m babysitting the nephews this weekend, and I might introduce them to WWE’s Raw, which is moving to Netflix next year under a deal worth more than more than $5 billion. Here’s what you need to know today.

1. Gov. Pritzker said he’s ‘deeply concerned’ about Mayor Johnson’s plan to stop opening new migrant shelters

Tensions are once again emerging between Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The governor this week questioned Johnson’s decision to not open new shelters for migrants, saying city officials have not identified ways state funds can be used to help asylum-seekers, the Chicago Tribune reports.

“The city has not told the state where they would like us to put our resources to build new shelters,” Pritzker said. “So we can’t help if they don’t identify those locations.”

Johnson’s office responded with a statement saying, “The city of Chicago has carried the entire weight of the new arrival mission, sheltering nearly every asylum-seeker sent to Illinois.” [Chicago Tribune]

Since August 2022, Illinois has provided or committed more than $638 million to address the migrant crisis, including $115 million in direct funding to the city, my colleague Tina Sfondeles reports. [Chicago Sun-Times]

2. A man suspected of killing eight people in the Joliet area was found dead in Texas

The suspect, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, fatally shot himself last night as U.S. marshals pursued him near San Antonio, my colleagues at the Chicago Sun-Times report.

A manhunt for Nance began yesterday after authorities discovered seven bodies in two homes on the same block in Joliet. Nance was also suspected of fatally shooting a man on Sunday.

“I’ve been a policeman for 29 years; this is probably the worst crime scene I’ve ever been associated with,” Bill Evans, the Joliet chief of police, said at a news conference.

Investigators have not released the victims’ ages, genders or relationships to each other. And the motive for the killings remains unclear. [Chicago Sun-Times]

3. Mayor Johnson wants to ban gas stoves in new buildings

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday is expected to introduce a plan to end natural gas hookups in new buildings and homes as the city aims to phase out fossil fuels that intensify the climate crisis.

But the idea faces resistance from some unions, my colleagues Brett Chase and Sophie Sherry.

Among them is Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, one of the most powerful unions in the state. A spokeswoman for the union said the mayor’s plan would restrict energy options for Chicago residents.

Johnson’s plan would require electric power for cooking, heating and hot-water tanks in new buildings that are more than 10,000 square feet.

If approved, Chicago would follow other cities, including New York, in setting a future ban on the carbon dioxide-emitting gas. Illinois has its own goal of phasing out all fossil-fuel energy sources by 2050. [Chicago Sun-Times]

4. Illinois seeks to ban food additives linked to health issues

Democratic state lawmakers are pushing to prohibit five potentially harmful ingredients under a proposal that would go further than California’s first-in-the-nation ban on additives, my colleague Stephanie Zimmermann reports.

The targeted ingredients are brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye No. 3 — four additives that California outlawed in October. A fifth ingredient, titanium dioxide, is expected to be added to the Illinois bill.

All of the ingredients have been implicated in a host of potential health issues, and they have already been banned by the European Union.

Similar legislation is being proposed in New York, and some manufacturers have already started reformulating foods and beverages to remove the additives. [Chicago Sun-Times]

5. ‘Chance the Scraper’ and ‘Casimir Plowaski’ are among the finalists for Chicago’s snowplow naming contest

City officials today announced the 50 finalists for Chicago’s second annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest, my colleague Phyllis Cha reports.

They include “Above the Thaw,” “Taylor Drift,” “Oh Snow You Didn’t,” “Skilling It” and “Buddy Guy-cicle.”

Chicago residents can vote for up to six names on the city’s website. Voting ends Feb. 22.

The six names with the most votes will be featured on a snowplow in each of the city’s six snow districts, joining the named snowplows announced last year, which included “Mrs. O’Leary’s Plow” and “Salter Payton.” [Chicago Sun-Times]

Here’s what else is happening

• More than half a million people in Gaza face “catastrophic hunger,” according to the UN. [New York Times]

• Today’s primary in New Hampshire marks a critical moment for Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign against former President Donald Trump. [NPR]

• An Ohio church is suing a city over not being allowed to house homeless people. [NPR]

• This morning’s Oscar nominations reflect a strong year of moviemaking, Richard Roeper writes. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Oh, and one more thing …

A couple got married at Chicago’s “rat hole” over the weekend.

Raj Sarathy, a Roscoe Village resident, said he and his husband-to-be wanted to get married at an “iconic Chicago monument,” my colleague Violet Miller reports.

So they changed their plans just nine days before the set date of their reception, losing the deposit on their original venue.

But Sarathy said he didn’t mind after getting married before a crowd of family, friends and strangers.

“At the end of the day it is just an imprint of a rat on the sidewalk, but I think there is so much more to it,” Sarathy said. “The rat hole is a legacy of Chicago.”

This isn’t the end of the rat-themed activities for the couple either, as their honeymoon will be a series of trips taking them to some of the rattiest cities in the world. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Tell me something good …

It’s Restaurant Week in Chicago! What are your favorite restaurants and what do you recommend ordering?

Jerry Levy writes:

“I suggest Le Colonial for lunch and sink your teeth into a banh mi ( the Vietnamese pork sandwich) — it’s awesome!”

And Renuka writes:

“The fries at Five Guys ARE JUST OUT OF THIS PLANET, the orange chicken at Urban Vegan or the spinach pan pizza from Pequod’s with the tasty, carefully burnt crust.”

Feel free to email me, and your response might be shared in the newsletter this week.