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January 2014 Posts

Swing and a miss? (01-31)
Attorney: Allegations against Rutherford are “serious and real” (01-31)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-31)
Still going strong (01-31)
Question of the day (01-31)
Money reports not looking so good for a couple of congressional challengers (01-31)
*** UPDATED x3 - SCRIPT - VIDEO *** Mysterious radio/TV ad launches, attacks Rutherford, Brady, Dillard but not Rauner (01-31)
Stand by for news... Rutherford claims Rauner behind shakedown attempt (01-31)
Behind the MJM tax cut proposal (01-31)
Caption contest! (01-31)
Tribune headline: "Records cast doubt on any strong link between GOP candidate, convicted power broker" (01-31)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** A recipe for disaster? (01-30)
A somewhat odd proposal (01-30)
Question of the day (01-30)
Not a monolithic partisan issue (01-30)
Rauner continues attacks, Trib wants everyone to chill (01-30)
A very good question (01-30)
Report: Emanuel wants property tax hike, but he wants the state to do it (01-30)
Tacking leftward (01-30)
Rauner dumps another million into his campaign (01-30)
*** UPDATED x5 - Rutherford, Brady, Quinn, McSweeney, Franks respond - NFIB responds *** Madigan wants $1.5 billion corporate income tax cut (01-30)
*** UPDATED x2 - CTU responds - Travis campaign responds again *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (01-30)
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"Death spiral" drama queens (01-30)
Moody's revises worst in the nation job projections (01-29)
Question of the day (01-29)
Today's quotable (01-29)
Pension lawsuit roundup (01-29)
SOTS preview (01-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Schilling: "Genocide is not a right" (01-29)
Stock prices and the SOTS (01-29)
Drilling down into the OR (01-29)
*** LIVE *** STATE OF THE STATE AND SESSION COVERAGE (01-29)
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Rauner talks Levine (01-28)
Gay marriage law "work of the devil" (01-28)
Question of the day (01-28)
Illinois Republicans issue "reality check" ahead of SOTS (01-28)
Pure, unadulterated comment bait (01-28)
Topinka, Cross and both their Democratic opponents endorsed by Equality Illinois (01-28)
Open for business (01-28)
This just in... We Are One Illinois Coalition files pension lawsuit (01-28)
Here we go again (01-28)
No traction (01-28)
A look back (01-28)
Some stuff to ponder (01-28)
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Rauner again attacks three rivals (01-27)
Propane emergency declared (01-27)
Question of the day (01-27)
Rutherford TV ads to debut during Olympics (01-27)
Bill Brady piles on (01-27)
Fun with numbers (01-27)
New ad buy attacks graduated income tax (01-27)
Things that make you go "Hmm..." (01-27)
Topinka earned it (01-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Quote of the day (01-27)
Rate the new Cross web ad (01-27)
*** UPDATED x3 - Brady responds - Dillard responds - Rutherford responds *** Rauner calls on opponents to speak out about impending media buys (01-27)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-24)
What the media didn't tell you about last night (01-24)
Question of the day (01-24)
A silly Friday diversion (01-24)
Good luck with that one (01-24)
Union membership up 50,000 in Illinois last year (01-24)
Not great, not even good (01-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Reopen Tamms? (01-24)
Pick 'em (01-24)
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Watch tonight's debate right here (01-23)
PCB rejects Quinn's petcoke emergency rules (01-23)
Question of the day (01-23)
Today's quote (01-23)
Rauner company paid $3.75 million for "blatant" misclassification of workers as independent contractors (01-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Frerichs pulls announcement video: "We messed up" (01-23)
'Tis the season (01-23)
Brady wants all pay raise pension costs shifted to school districts (01-23)
Guns, weed and the feds (01-23)
Dillard campaign asks: "Where is Mr. Rauner’s moral compass?" (01-23)
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SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (01-22)
Rauner to amend disclosure reports (01-22)
Your medical pot or your gun (01-22)
This one's gonna sting (01-22)
Question of the day (01-22)
Swinging at straw men (01-22)
Grotesque ISRA paranoia has not yet subsided (01-22)
Sullivan may be right (01-22)
The great divide (01-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rate the Frerichs intro video (01-22)
Things that make you go "Hmm..." (01-22)
Today's Raunerpalooza (01-22)
Cross voted for it before he was against it (01-22)
It's just a bill (Part 42,967) (01-22)
Today's numbers are lousy (01-22)
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These kids today... (01-21)
More fun with numbers (01-21)
Rate the new Cross ad (01-21)
Question of the day (01-21)
Fun with numbers (01-21)
In which I agree with Kirk Dillard (01-21)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Two sides of union debate (01-21)
Wheels grinding slowly (01-21)
Unclear on the concepts (01-21)
"One of the worst accounting frauds ever" (01-21)
So far, so good (01-21)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (01-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Did he really say that? (01-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Will the remap proposal survive the test? (01-17)
*** UPDATED x3 - Complicated - E-Mail suggests it's true - DOC claims Dillard gun allegation false *** Two Dillard press releases (01-17)
Question of the day (01-17)
Today's numbers are bleak (01-17)
*** UPDATED x2 - Frerichs doing it, too - Clear Violation *** Why is Rauner hiding staff salaries? (01-17)
All class (01-17)
Sole openly gay Republican drops out of House race, cites "family concerns" (01-17)
Natural Resources Defense Council wants better state rules on petcoke (01-17)
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This just in... Topinka, Quinn endorsed by AFL-CIO - Union group vows to defeat Rauner (01-16)
Martin and Meeks (01-16)
Behind Jaffe's latest gripe (01-16)
Question of the day (01-16)
Republican debate coverage (01-16)
Moneywise, it's no contest (01-16)
The Democratic primary will proceed... sorta (01-16)
Rauner needs to answer for all of this (01-16)
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Today's numbers (01-15)
United now "official airline" of Equality Illinois (01-15)
Caption contest! (01-15)
Time for an attitude adjustment (01-15)
Let's be careful out there (01-15)
Today's must read (01-15)
Full steam ahead (01-15)
Rutherford first to file campaign finance report (01-15)
Question of the day (01-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dillard flier: Rauner "Not a Republican" (01-15)
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Today's numbers (01-14)
Question of the day (01-14)
Ignoring science (01-14)
Dillard vs. Dillard (01-14)
Running mate disqualified (01-14)
Old slam resurfaces, lawsuit results (01-14)
Rauner tries defense (01-14)
The curious case of Keith Matune (01-14)
Another view on the pension lawsuits (01-14)
It's your friends who hurt you most in this business (01-14)
Today's best tweets (01-14)
Dillard asks the right question (01-13)
"Clark the Cub" debuts (01-13)
Today's numbers (01-13)
No current interest in pursuing back interest (01-13)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner bites back (01-13)
Legislators want former gang members barred from some state employment (01-13)
Just a coincidence? (01-13)
Question of the day (01-13)
Reforming the EDGE (01-13)
"Baron von Carhartt" (01-13)
Mayer Brown loses state bond contract (01-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Monday puppy pics (01-13)
Pay to play? (01-13)
Dillard attempts to move back to the center a little (01-13)
Did he now create a problem with GOP voters? (01-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner, right to work and a graduated income tax (01-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-10)
Ed Duffy (01-10)
The dogs of Munich (01-10)
Everybody wants to get into the act (01-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Big buckaroos (01-10)
Question of the day (01-10)
For him when it suits their purposes (01-10)
Today's numbers are bad, too (01-10)
Caption contest! (01-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fix it now (01-10)
Another new Rauner clip surfaces (01-10)
Rate Rutherford's new video (01-10)
Ballot troubles for Hardiman, Sanchez (01-10)
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Shearer finally emerges, lashes out (01-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** FEMA denies assistance for nine counties (01-09)
Uh-oh - Another Rauner minimum wage comment surfaces (01-09)
Question of the day (01-09)
Rauner accuses union leaders of "bribing" politicians (01-09)
Madigan blamed for job loss (01-09)
Today's numbers ain't good, either (01-09)
Rauner kicks in another million bucks (01-09)
Quinn signs local pension bill (01-09)
Quinn compares Republican opponents to Mr. Burns (01-09)
Kay proposes "knockout" bill (01-09)
Dillard wants Godinez sacked (01-09)
RNUG's analysis of the three pension reform lawsuits filed so far (01-09)
New Rauner ad attempts to preempt union barrage (01-09)
Rauner tries to walk it back (01-09)
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Tobin picks a horse (01-08)
Frerichs tries to coattail onto the minimum wage issue (01-08)
Red ink as far as the eye can see (01-08)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rutherford weighs in - Brady calls Quinn, Rauner "out of touch" on minimum wage *** Dillard says "marketplace" should decide minimum wage (01-08)
Today's numbers ain't good (01-08)
Question of the day (01-08)
Rauner now hedges on lowering minimum wage (01-08)
Dillard wants lots more debates with Rauner (01-08)
Not ready for prime time (01-08)
The unions prepare a Rauner assault (01-08)
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I just gotta say... (01-07)
Vallas won't join campaign until March (01-07)
Rauner commits to five debates (01-07)
Question of the day (01-07)
Another Chicago gun ordinance bites the dust (01-07)
Dillard continues attack, but only by press release (01-07)
A tip of the hat to some very hard-working folks (01-07)
The problem with patronage (01-07)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Fun with numbers (01-07)
Quinn rewrites history (01-07)
Polar vortex snowmageddon 2014 snark (01-07)
One is all we get (01-06)
Morning Shorts (01-06)
*** UPDATED 3x *** Winter Weather Closures (01-06)

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