Afternoon updates
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor) * It won’t be long before this post becomes “Live Session Coverage.” Act accordingly…
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Question of the Day
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor)
* The question: How much will social issues impact this year’s gubernatorial? Explain.
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#AOLhacked
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor) * As many of you now know, Capitol Fax was one of the many victims of last week’s AOL hack. Rich has interrupted his time off on more than one occassion to post the latest updates to you about the situation, and pressure the once tech-staple to resolving the issue. This was part of a text message thread he sent late last night…
Hard to argue that point. As a result of the hack, many Capitol Fax subscribers received auto-generated phishing emails. AOL’s statement via the Tribune…
A Twitter hashtag has been started to monitor the situation. You can follow it along here…
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GOP Leaders are “Nay” to Obama library
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor) * Leaders Durkin and Radogno both are against the Speaker’s $100 million grant for the presidential library…
* You will recall the “Leave” controversy that got the bill out of a subject matter hearing. Steve Brown…
* Although one media outlet reported he is staying out of it, Fox Chicago says Gov. Quinn has given the proposal a thumbs up…
Related…
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Reilly talks up TIF changes over prop tax
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor) * From this morning’s Sun-Times…
You might want to read the whole thing. The story is full of information.
Brace yourselves for a lot more of that back and forth. Related…
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Morning Shorts
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor)
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Rich’s syndicated column
Monday, Apr 21, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor) * As subscribers already know, a recent Capitol Fax/We Ask America poll showed Speaker Madigan’s unfavorable rating is even higher than Gov. Quinn’s…
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Another AOL update
Monday, Apr 21, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller * Well, AOL didn’t fix the email problem. Somebody is still spoofing my email address. According to the company, even deleting the account won’t stop this problem. They claim to be working on it, but they say nothing can be done in the interim. As you might imagine I’m not happy with this turn of events. I’m very sorry for any inconveniences this may cause you. But I, along with many others, appear to be a helpless victim here.
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Today
Monday, Apr 21, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor) * Welcome to the last week of the calm before the storm that is the month of May in Springfield. The master of the house is still away, so this week the blog should be light. We will have a full Morning Shorts and posts tomorrow and Thursday. We might even toss up a few questions and caption contests on Friday. Regardless, we will still have our trusty ScribbleLive to track breaking news. Of course you can send me materials for consideration by clicking my name at the top of the post. Enough from me for now. Resume breaking…
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