 The Windy City will host the DNC for the first time since 1996. During a news conference Monday, United Center officials presented the committee with a giant commemorative key to represent handing over the keys to the building. And the state of Illinois is creating a new department that will house all child care and early childhood education programs. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that would allow the Department of Early Childhood to begin work on July 1st.