* Block 37 bailout for CTA

City Hall is planning another subsidy for Block 37 — this time a three-phased bailout of an el station under construction there that’s running more than $100 million over budget.

* Sketchy transportation plans drag down Chicago’s Olympic bid

* Olympian quest: Buff city’s image

* Obama makes cameo at Daley Plaza Olympic rally

* McCain backs Olympic bid, but watch spending

* Third grandchild joins Daley clan

* Prominent blogger defends subjective, secretive plans to squander taxpayer money

* Jackson County Mass Transit awarded grant for new vehicle

* Commuters: Get ready for I-270 makeover and lane closings

* So Much For Not Blowing

* Bernard Schoenburg: Cahnman pushing a ‘FAB’ idea for county board

* Dear Guv, About my bill: Never mind.

* Gaming News

* State Capitol Notebook: A look at the week that was in state government

* Fairmount welcomes ruling requiring casinos to share revenue with tracks

* Thomson lawyer seeks to unseat incumbent Boland

* Case with Walgreens a drop in the budget hole

* A commuted sentence, and a life reborn

* 2008 Competitive U.S. House races chart

* A Campaign Lacking a Sense of Proportion and Lying

* Lobbyists Are Citizens, Too

* New Democratic committeeman promotes Aurora in D.C., Springfield

* Illinois politics in D.C.

* “And don’t get me started about my daughter-in-law…”

* Oberweis Asset Management:” Recession fears meant a tough quarter for U.S. stocks, but “we’re not seeing that in China, at least not yet”

* Bean poses open voting record bill

“Why is it easier to get a consumer guide to get a home appliance or consumer electronics … than it is to see if your representative is voting in a way that represents your values?” Bean said.