* 3 more PR deals puts Daley’s tab at $50 mil.

* Collins to Introduce Foreclosure Moratorium Legislation for Homeowners

* Commission OKs probe of tollway chief’s ‘revolving door’ waiver

The state Ethics Commission will allow Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s staff to review former tollway chief Brian McPartlin’s request for a waiver from the “revolving door” law to take a new job.

McPartlin’s last day with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority was Oct. 24. He left the agency to accept a job with McDonough Associates Inc., an engineering and architectural firm that’s received more than $30 million in contracts with the tollway.

* A.G. to investigate rising road salt prices

* Road salt soars; Illinois cities want answers

* City Hall reacts to Vrdolyak guilty verdict

“Eddie has dodged so many bullets for so many years, it’s a shock that he ever got nailed, let alone at this point in his life. Everybody thought he was playing ball with the government. I guess you can’t trust anybody these days. Or maybe he just let his guard down.”

* ‘I guess all the clout is gone’

* Former Ald. Ed Vrdolyak pleads guilty to conspiracy

Asked to describe the mail fraud conspiracy in his own words, Vrdolyak, who had deep circles under his eyes, told the judge: “I didn’t know at the time they were going to be mailed. I was hoping my client would get the deal.”

* Health, education and computers: Jobs that survive a recession

* Lockdown eased at Menard Correctional Center

* End of line for city’s free trolleys

* Chicago officials cut free trolley service

* Red-light cam firm gets $32M payday