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This just in… Evans endorses Hare
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller
U.S. Rep. Lane Evans, D-Ill., is endorsing his district representative, Phil Hare, to replace him on the Democratic ticket in the 17th Congressional District this fall. [Hat tip to a sharp-eyed commenter] Rumor has it that Rahm Emanuel has his own candidate. You’d think he’d learned his lesson about this stuff. If the Rahminator was such a big issue in DuPage, imagine what the reaction would be downstate.
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Senate cancels Friday… and some afternoon shorts
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller Senate President Emil Jones just announced that the Senate will reconvene on Tuesday. Here are some more updates, since session is just about finished for the day and I have some time while I’m waiting on some return calls. · Chutzpah award, from Bernie’s column today: [Alexi] Giannoulias told me he thought his financial background was the key to his win. I said some people thought his TV ads featuring U.S. Sen. BARACK OBAMA, D-Ill., had a lot of effect. · Ryan jury seeks transcripts · Sweeny slams Rep. Winters. Greg strongly disagrees. · A ten-million-dollar plan to reduce public school class sizes in Illinois won House approval today and goes to the governor for his signature. But even supporters question whether there’s money to fund the plan and whether the money wouldn’t be better spent in other education areas. · Gov. Blagojevich’s “Less Red Tape†bill wins House approval, heads to Governor’s desk for his signature · State employees would help fund new Amtrak routes, supporters say · Rep. Reitz joins Century Club · Roskam interview · Precinct committeemen — don’t give away your vote in 17 · Homeschooling Freedom– Is it ebbing away in Illinois? · Cheap Trick will name their new album ‘Rockford’ after their home town of Rockford, Illinois. · Who will be the Kingmaker? · State may add 2 daily train trips to Chicago · Lawmakers close to letting prostitutes sue pimps
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Question of the day
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller This question was suggested by blogger Carl Nyberg. If Illinois had its own money, who would be depicted on the coins and bills?
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Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller
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Lane Evans retirement open thread
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller What are you hearing about replacements? By the way, here’s a map of that crazy 17th District. (pdf file)
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Rhetoric heats up
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller I had a little about this in this morning’s Capitol Fax, but here is a much longer story. For the second time in as many days, a white south suburban mayor has called on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to lease 4,200 acres of land to build the long-discussed third airport in the region. And here’s another one. Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson said supporters of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Peotone airport plan must be getting desperate. Read the whole thing. Pretty intense. You can see Mayor Welch’s full press release here.
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Backlash against dereg
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller It doesn’t look like the General Assembly will take up this issue before the end of spring session. The electric deregulation juggernaut that swept the nation in the late 1990s has been replaced by a consumer backlash against energy price increases that threatens to reverse free-market reforms.
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Madigan wants different budget
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller Capitol Fax had pretty much this same story yesterday. He co-chairs the governor’s re-election campaign, but House Speaker Michael Madigan isn’t sold on the governor’s budget proposal.
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Latinos don’t like guv’s idea
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller I had this in yesterday’s Capitol Fax, and the Daily Herald picked it up today. Latino lawmakers are asking Gov. Rod Blagojevich to abandon his call to give tax breaks to the parents of college students with good grades, saying it would help “higher-income†families while others struggle.
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Tristano roundup
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller · Today’s Tribune story. CBS2’s story. Daily Herald’s story. · Here’s the original Crain’s story that started it all. · I did a follow-up in the Capitol Fax a couple of days later. (pdf file). Here’s a shorter version that I did for my syndicated newspaper column. This is a story that explained the Crain’s piece to my readers. (pdf file) · The original Tristano indictment and a story about it. · First indication that Tristano was cutting a deal. · And if you didn’t look at it yesterday, here’s the final plea agreement. (pdf file)
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Morning shorts
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller · What he said. · The head of a Chicago public relations firm highlighted in a scathing state audit called the report “a blatant lie” that grossly inflated undocumented billings by her firm to the Illinois Department of Transportation. · Sun-Times hits IDOT on audit. · Pantagraph raps Blagojevich for pharmacy signs. · Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago): “I don’t think [Gov. Blagojevich] is going to sail to victory. I think it is going to be a very tight election. It depends on what happens in the next couple of months, if the Feds do any type of investigation of his administration.” · “Chicago police officers were on hand as a huge street fight spilled into City Hall Wednesday afternoon.” Didn’t look like much of a fight to me. · Yet another breathless lede. · Son says Stroger is talking, exercising · What the heck is going on in Kane County? · Businesses called on to lobby for train line · Lawmakers may rename beach to honor Geo-Karis · Calumet City: “Tear down this wall!”
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