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January 2016 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-29)
Your weekly Oscar the Puppy fix (01-29)
Cullerton sandbagged by Operation PUSH (01-29)
Is your checking account free? (01-29)
Question of the day (01-29)
Another hostage dies (01-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Obama to address GA Feb. 10 (01-29)
Phil Rock passes away (01-29)
More of this, please (01-29)
Kirk trying not to think about top of the ticket (01-29)
It's just the first step (01-29)
Theory vs. reality (01-29)
It's just a bill, Part 27,483 (01-29)
Here's something you don't see every day (01-29)
Good point (01-29)
Madigan spokesman says Rauner "just like" Blagojevich (01-29)
Could a CTU strike be averted? (01-29)
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Former Bears star advocates for medical marijuana (01-28)
Question of the day (01-28)
Yesterday's protesters (01-28)
Land of Lincoln Credit Union Announces Charity of the Year (01-28)
Caption contest! (01-28)
Today's numbers: Horrific (01-28)
Contribution caps busted in two legislative races (01-28)
Know Everything All the Time with TrackBill (01-28)
Rauner lashes out at AFSCME (01-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Trib fact check *** He makes a good point (01-28)
Rauner's 10 goals (01-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Nuding warns on Dems' MAP grant bill (01-28)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (01-28)
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Dunkin: Waiting for Madigan to negotiate is "plantation mentality" (01-27)
Question of the day (01-27)
Mistakes happen (01-27)
Hinz on taxation, revenues (01-27)
*** LIVE *** State of the State Address coverage (01-27)
Simple answers to simple questions (01-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Oops (01-27)
SOTS preview (01-27)
Easier said than done (01-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (01-27)
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Richards to take over as Cullerton's new chief (01-26)
It's all about trust, or lack thereof (01-26)
Question of the day (01-26)
Because... Don Fanucci! (01-26)
There ought to be a (revised) law (01-26)
Today's quotable (01-26)
Rauner "should have the sense of duty to govern" (01-26)
Today's "State of the State" infographic (01-26)
Not as bad as you might think (01-26)
Do red light cameras work? (01-26)
Unclear on the concept (01-26)
Mautino says expenditures "standard, reasonable" (01-26)
The governor pens a snarky note (01-26)
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Today's number: 145,441 (01-25)
Mautino under fire (01-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - WIU approves layoffs *** EIU President: "Our state government is literally starving its public universities" (01-25)
How Bruce met Rahm (01-25)
Not safe for work (01-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - Durkin responds *** Question of the day (01-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Political events list (01-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Senate President Cullerton's City Club address (01-25)
I was actually being charitable (01-25)
Another big charitable closure on the way? (01-25)
Emanuel says Rauner is "his own worst enemy" (01-25)
Meh (01-25)
Lutheran bishops: The state's "reliability has failed" (01-25)
Setting the record straight: The governor just lied (01-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Gov. Rauner press conference (01-25)
When I was a child, I spoke like a child (01-25)
Crisis intervention services to be suspended in Englewood and West Englewood (01-25)
Look past the theatrics (01-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Early voting could start late (01-25)
You also gotta walk the walk (01-25)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-22)
Sorry, this just doesn't cut it, Governor (01-22)
LSSI to close 30 programs, eliminate 750 positions (01-22)
A bit harsh (01-22)
Question of the day (01-22)
Cullerton wants to put it in writing (01-22)
Kennedy: Legislative campaign spending could reach $150 million this year (01-22)
AFSCME responds, while Rauner looks for workers (01-22)
Poll shows strong support for expanding medical marijuana (01-22)
CPS to pols: Tell us which of your projects to cancel (01-22)
Cullerton's turn (01-22)
This might explain some things (01-22)
War through weakness (01-22)
A major first: Rauner kinda admits a mistake (01-22)
Proft goes after McCann (01-22)
Illinois gets a reprieve (01-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (01-22)
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Question of the day (01-21)
Rauner threatens to "call out" Downstate, suburban Dems (01-21)
President of majority black university responds to Rauner attacks (01-21)
Rauner clarifies, says they're in agreement (01-21)
*** UPDATED x2 - Cullerton: "This is not my plan" *** Madigan: No (01-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More like this, please (01-21)
A quick (and deleted) peek behind the curtain (01-21)
Quinn backs Noland, Durbin backs Raja (01-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** GOP pension reform presser (01-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** CSU may skip some bond payments to keep doors open (01-21)
The rest of the story (01-21)
Our sorry state (01-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - Statewide lawsuit? *** Could a lawsuit be coming? (01-21)
Today's number: 5,210 (01-21)
Here we go again... (01-21)
A few last thoughts for the day (01-20)
Today's number: 3,203 seniors (01-20)
Question of the day (01-20)
Circling back on the child care program (01-20)
Leave ISU aloooooone!!!!!!! (01-20)
Et tu, Goldner? (01-20)
Madigan doubles down on Flint accusation (01-20)
Rauner administration attacks majority black college (01-20)
*** UPDATED x3 - "Distraction" theme expands *** Because... Rauner! (01-20)
Because... Who else? (01-20)
Is this a pattern? (01-20)
Interesting, nuanced reporting (01-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Durkin, Radogno press conference (01-20)
Rauner to AFSCME: "If you do choose to strike, we’ll stand up to you and we’ll win" (01-20)
CPS can't account for equipment from closed schools (01-20)
Before the fall (01-20)
Rauner launches another missile (01-20)
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You just can't get any more "Bruce Rauner" than this (01-19)
Blagojevich's expensive swaps are about to cost Illinois even more money (01-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Message received? (01-19)
Um, maybe not (01-19)
Dunkin doubles down; Simpson and DFA endorse MJM opponent (01-19)
Question of the day (01-19)
Your weekly Oscar the Puppy post (01-19)
Survey: Chicagoland small business owners "have lost confidence in the local, state and national economies over the past year" (01-19)
Jim Edgar's not so hidden agenda (01-19)
*** UPDATED x2 - Cable buy deets - Rotering goes up *** Durbin goes with Rotering (01-19)
Crime and (no) punishment (01-19)
Inaction has consequences (01-19)
Caption contest! (01-19)
Gov. 1.4 Percent (01-19)
Good morning! (01-19)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (01-15)
Curious About the Credit Union Business Model? (01-15)
Question of the day (01-15)
AFP: AFSCME is "wildly out of touch" (01-15)
*** UPDATED x4 - Toni Preckwinkle responds - Rep. Ed Sullivan responds - Radogno responds - Durkin responds *** Legislative react to AFSCME impasse move (01-15)
Long-term gain, MAP Grants and weakening the middle class (01-15)
Random weirdness (01-15)
Caption contest! (01-15)
RNUG referees (01-15)
Today's quotable (01-15)
*** UPDATED x2 - IEA responds: "Shameful" that Rauner is "unwilling or unable to govern" - IFT responds, says Rauner engaged in "fanatical game" and "forcing chaos" *** AFSCME responds: "Rauner is wrong to walk away" (01-15)
This just in... Rauner: Parties at an impasse, "Further negotiation is no longer worthwhile" (01-15)
Quinn says he wants to do a petition drive (01-15)
Tyrrell out at CMS (01-15)
Find another way (01-15)
Change for the better (01-15)
State owes LSSI $6 million (01-15)
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Good morning! (01-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AFSCME disputes Rauner's statements on impasse, asks for clarification (01-14)
Question of the day (01-14)
No dupes? Oops! (01-14)
Doom and gloomers proved wrong... Again (01-14)
"The revenue generated doesn't come close to what this state needs to even keep the lights on" (01-14)
Today's number: 1.4 percent (01-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Report: Legislative district competitiveness "extremely low and getting worse" (01-14)
Find another way (01-14)
Simple answers to simple questions (01-14)
Foxx is slated by county Dems (01-14)
Shootings, murders way up, but police stops, gun arrests way down (01-14)
Gross, Phelon leaving SDem staff (01-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The endless war causes another casualty (01-14)
Good morning! (01-14)
AFL-CIO endorses GOP Sen. Sam McCann (01-13)
Remap reform group piggybacks on Obama speech (01-13)
Goldberg: Tie MAP Grant funding to university spending restrictions or reforms (01-13)
Poll has Shimkus leading McCarter 65-13 (01-13)
Question of the day (01-13)
Duckworth outraises Kirk, but there's a catch (01-13)
Because... Rauner! (01-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Senate session (01-13)
Did the mayor just pull a string? (01-13)
Our sorry state (01-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Radogno responds *** City won't help CPS (01-13)
Rauner disputes report that AFSCME made a big new offer (01-13)
CSU expects "massive disruption of operations" by March 1 (01-13)
Caption contest! (01-13)
It Pays to be a Credit Union Member (01-13)
Brown looks back, and forward (01-13)
The consequences of bad management (01-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "We hope the Governor uses the magic soon" (01-13)
Rauner: Turnaround Agenda would help curb Chicago violence (01-13)
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Good morning! (01-13)
Today's quotable (01-12)
We've fallen behind.... Oklahoma? (01-12)
AFSCME backs Noland (01-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Batinick says he has bipartisan support for pension proposal (01-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Legislator calls for reason, is whacked by state party (01-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A sign of the times? (01-12)
Question of the day (01-12)
Jail on lockdown after staff doesn't show up (01-12)
Unclear on the concept (01-12)
Rauner lashes out at Fahner (01-12)
A quick look ahead (01-12)
Because... Madigan! (01-12)
The governor really wants you to read this (01-12)
Rauner wants to move away from court-ordered spending (01-12)
2020? (01-12)
*** UPDATED x2 - Transcript - New audio link *** Five questions for Rauner (01-12)
Good morning! (01-12)
More gun deaths than vehicle deaths in Illinois (01-11)
Caption contest! (01-11)
There is more than one "status quo" in Illinois (01-11)
The beginning of the end? (01-11)
Rate Schneider's new TV ad (01-11)
I guess that's one way of saying it (01-11)
Uh-oh (01-11)
January, 2017? (01-11)
Today's quotable (01-11)
A river of debt (01-11)
"Bruce doesn't have a social agenda" (01-11)
Your tax dollars at work (01-11)
Question of the day (01-11)
Durbin claims Rauner said that some unions "just have to go away" (01-11)
Superintendent study: Illinois facing "severe, growing" teacher shortage (01-11)
Plan afoot to "affect trading" at Chicago exchanges this Friday (01-11)
Who's hiding behind whom? (01-11)
New year, new attitude (01-11)
Fahner states the obvious: "Not having a budget is harmful to the interests of the state" (01-11)
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Good morning! (01-11)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (01-08)
Rauner finally releases his appointments calendar (01-08)
This just in... House cancels session next week (01-08)
Feds back down on IL driver's license ban for flying (01-08)
*** UPDATED x5 - AFSCME: No bargaining dates were scheduled next week - Rauner points to AFSCME canceling next week's bargaining - DelGiorno responds - Rauner responds, says no official impasse yet declared *** This just in... AFSCME claims Rauner administration has declared an impasse in negotiations (01-08)
Meet the 114th House District Republican candidate (01-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - More responds *** Party could back Foxx (01-08)
Question of the day (01-08)
Mixed week for Dold (01-08)
Hospitals could be facing huge property tax bills (01-08)
Your weekly Oscar the Puppy pic (01-08)
And while you're at it, Rahm... (01-08)
Smart training = Better cops (01-08)
Today's number: 8 (01-08)
Another day, another Rahm flip-flop (01-08)
Comparing us to the French (01-08)
Moving to the Bilandic? (01-08)
Time to start the real work (01-08)
Universities reveal impasse impacts (01-08)
Rauner administration warns bond buyers: "The state's financial condition is now materially worse than the state's anticipated financial condition" (01-08)
Club for Growth slams "anemic" Shimkus, backs "fresh breath" McCarter (01-07)
This is not #winning (01-07)
Napoleon Harris will remain on the ballot (01-07)
Continuing troubles for MAP Grants, particularly at community colleges and the privates (01-07)
Caption contest! (01-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** AFSCME: Rauner scheme is "cronyism" and won't work - "It is hard to imagine anything more tone-deaf and heartless" (01-07)
Question of the day (01-07)
Today's number: $25 billion (01-07)
Rather them than us (01-07)
More kicks off state's attorney campaign (01-07)
Lights out? Not yet, but Springfield's struggling because of state's past due utility bills (01-07)
A new twist on the gift ban (01-07)
Rauner administration details bonus plan for non-union workers and bonus offers to unions (01-07)
Just get it done (01-07)
Chicago-area billionaires helping Clinton take advantage of Supreme Court ruling (01-07)
Good questions (01-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (01-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (01-07)
Question of the day (01-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Brown denies he said it *** April? (01-06)
Rauner: Madigan is "main reason we're in such big trouble as a state" (01-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Political events calendar (01-06)
Taking us for fools (01-06)
Caption contest! (01-06)
Bracing for Illinois borrowing backlash as CPS bonds tumble (01-06)
Complicated business stuff that impacts many of us (01-06)
He’d be willing to make an exception, he said, "if it’s 20 below" (01-06)
Then and now (01-06)
Bill would exempt manufacturers' profits from state income tax (01-06)
Firing up the base (01-05)
License plate renewals plunge (01-05)
Question of the day (01-05)
More lip service (01-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Governing has consequences (01-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** Mayor returns fire (01-05)
Then and now (01-05)
Chicago's code of silence (01-05)
Unclear on the concept (01-05)
Today's number: $150 billion (01-05)
Meister busts the cap (01-05)
Krishnamoorthi raises $450,000 in the fourth quarter (01-05)
The coming showdown (01-05)
Putting a human face on line items (01-05)
Proft calls out GOP legislative leaders on Rahm recall (01-05)
Strangest forgery ever (01-05)
You can still bet on football, for now (01-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Fixed *** Message to subscribers (01-05)
It only looks easy (01-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (01-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (01-05)
Good morning! (01-05)
Rauner raw audio (01-04)
The Pat Quinn rehab tour continues (01-04)
Why are they leaving? (01-04)
Lawsuit allegations called "an outright lie" (01-04)
The power of video (01-04)
Stuff that works (01-04)
More quality schools, please (01-04)
Report: Impasse could be hurting growth (01-04)
Illinois Policy Institute to buy IRN (01-04)
Question of the day (01-04)
Today's number: $33 million a day (01-04)
Rauner inserts poison pills into consolidation plan, warns Chicago (01-04)
Firefighters back Noland (01-04)
Rauner stirs the pot (01-04)
Schock complains about LaHood story (01-04)
So... which is it? (01-04)
Another downgrade coming? (01-04)
A look at the 2011 workers' comp reforms (01-04)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Rauner zinged for more secrecy (01-04)
State will borrow for construction projects (01-04)
Happy new year! (01-04)

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