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January 2017 Posts

Madigan: Reinstate EDGE credit that was already temporarily reinistated (01-31)
Question of the day (01-31)
AFSCME calls JT allegations "misinformation" (01-31)
Rauner: Send power back to the states (01-31)
Unclear on the particulars (01-31)
CPD suicide rate far higher than elsewhere (01-31)
Because... Madigan! (01-31)
Rate the new ILGOP ad: "Drop the Mike" (01-31)
Illinois Policy Institute: Slash funding for local governments, universities, schools, Medicaid (01-31)
It's just a bill (01-31)
Cat moving HQ to Chicago area (01-31)
Maybe it's time to consider consolidating villages? (01-31)
More on the strike authorization vote (01-31)
Durbin calls AG Madigan filing a "bold move" (01-31)
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*** UPDATED x3 - Rauner admin responds to Mendoza - AG declines comment - Mendoza responds *** Rauner lawyer urges comptroller to keep paying workers even if AG Madigan wins (01-30)
Koch brothers looking to spend up to $400 milion on the 2018 cycle (01-30)
More lip service (01-30)
Administration warns AFSCME members on strike costs (01-30)
Harris wants to penalize drivers for hitting people in crosswalks (01-30)
Question of the day (01-30)
Today's number: $700 million (01-30)
The Illinois Policy Institute offers up a compromise stopgap (01-30)
AG Madigan's timing questioned (01-30)
Responses roll in on Trump travel ban EO (01-30)
Lee to shutter its Statehouse bureau (01-30)
Drury takes credit for AG action (01-30)
A simple answer to a simple question (01-30)
The attack has failed twice in a row (01-30)
Drury throws Morrison under the bus (01-30)
Biss wins Dem straw poll (01-30)
Timing, the constitution and the governor's "leverage" (01-30)
AG Madigan: Filing will "solve the crisis, not create it" (01-27)
A message from Steve Schnorf (01-27)
Rep. Kelly Burke makes pitch for "aggressive" reforms (01-27)
Bond doubles, but jail time craters (01-27)
JT rubs it in (01-27)
Question of the day (01-27)
AFSCME's Lynch: AG Madigan action "harmful and irresponsible," Rauner caring about workers is a "bunch of baloney" (01-27)
We love you, Schnorf! (01-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - Governor vows "all legal options" in e-mail to employees *** Rauner: "Let's not block our progress by creating a crisis" (01-27)
One of Trump's claims about Chicago murders doesn't check out (01-27)
More finger-pointing (01-27)
More on AG Madigan's motion (01-27)
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*** UPDATE x11 *** THIS JUST IN...ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN MOVES TO DISMISS STATE EMPLOYEE PAY ORDER (01-26)
Rauner in a trick bag? (01-26)
Question of the day (01-26)
Maybe Madigan's moves are a positive sign after all (01-26)
Senate leaves town, will try again in two weeks (01-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Drury lists "retribution" for votes, including no gift bag (01-26)
Trump on Chicago's violence and voting fraud (01-26)
Mostly good headlines for the governor (01-26)
*** UPDATED x1 -AFSCME responds *** Rauner's top lawyer talks about using National Guard if AFSCME strikes (01-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** And now for something completely different (01-26)
IMA wants Rauner, other legislators to get involved with Senate plan (01-26)
A look at the executive order on sanctuary cities (01-26)
The Black Caucus responds to the SOTS address (01-26)
Caption contest! (01-26)
How does this move the ball forward? (01-26)
*** LIVE *** Session Coverage (01-26)
Rauner's gettin' "better" at droppin' his "g" (01-26)
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A couple of possible Dem candidates weigh in (01-25)
"Boss Madigan" wins (01-25)
What was up with that football stuff yesterday? (01-25)
Cullerton remains optimistic, but challenges remain (01-25)
Question of the day (01-25)
Madigan: House to begin "thorough vetting process of proposals" to create jobs, help middle class (01-25)
SOTS open thread (01-25)
Deal reached for "substantial" protections of parolee rights (01-25)
More react to Trump tweet (01-25)
A quick look at the revenue angle (01-25)
A straight uphill climb (01-25)
Emanuel and Rauner lash out at each other as POTUS jumps into the fray (01-25)
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SOTS preview (01-25)
*** LIVE *** Session & State Of The State Coverage (01-25)
Republicans rip House rules, Drury again votes against his party (01-24)
Question of the day (01-24)
Reproductive Health Care for all in Illinois (01-24)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Service tax, "opportunity tax" introduced (01-24)
The Senate's higher ed funding numbers are not all they appear to be (01-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Subject matter only" in Senate committees today (01-24)
Today's number: Up to 95,000 lost jobs (01-24)
Rauner announces changes to pharmacy oversight (01-24)
This didn't have to happen (01-24)
*** LIVE *** Session Coverage (01-24)
Senate leaders promise their budget will balance in FY 18 (01-24)
New House rules proposed by Leader Durkin (01-24)
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It's just a (gun) bill (01-23)
How will the strike authorization vote work? (01-23)
Rauner admin complains about ACA, warns about federal Medicaid changes (01-23)
After Madigan's election, Republicans move on to Madigan's rules (01-23)
Question of the day (01-23)
Unsolicited advice (01-23)
Chairman's association announces straw poll (01-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Institute" keeps the heat on SGOPs (01-23)
Tribune, Daily Herald give Senate deal some breathing room (01-23)
Blair Hull back in the news (01-23)
Dem candidates start to staff up (01-23)
Ambition isn't always blind (01-23)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-20)
Summers compares Trump to Rauner (01-20)
New White House website references "thousands of shootings in Chicago" (01-20)
Let's try cashing in on our rich heritage (01-20)
And now for a little bit of good news (01-20)
Unemployment up, jobs down (01-20)
Question of the day (01-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kirk declined to fly with Obama *** Kirk won't stop saying goofy things (01-20)
Um... about that "fully funded" boast (01-20)
Cullerton, Radogno "playing coy" about tax hike percentage (01-20)
"Institute" ginning up opposition to Senate deal (01-20)
A SOTS preview? (01-20)
IDOT warns of doom for I-55 toll lanes (01-20)
Is the end near for legislator pensions? (01-20)
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Obama won't free Blagojevich (01-19)
Illinois now exporting rat disease (01-19)
Repub analysis shows 50-50 partisan split on 2016 campaign spending (01-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** New Thompson Center plan pushed (01-19)
Question of the day (01-19)
Some economic development food for thought (01-19)
AFSCME responds to JT: Stop using state email to "spread your falsehoods and fear-mongering" (01-19)
Rauner not thrilled with Medicaid block grant idea (01-19)
Progress? (01-19)
Pawar talks about his plans and addresses the "Madigan question" (01-19)
Today's number: 50 years (01-19)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rauner admin responds to SEIU *** Rauner blasts basic child care service as "institutionalized brain damage" (01-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** GOMB says Senate budget plan is unbalanced (01-18)
Moody's: Get a sustainable budget already (01-18)
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Our sorry state (01-18)
Caption contest! (01-18)
I hadn't thought of it that way (01-18)
Question of the day (01-18)
Rauner: "We need a capital plan" (01-18)
Exelon files yet another appeal on Byron plant (01-18)
The Pepsi challenge (01-18)
Put up or shut up (01-18)
Survey finds substitute teacher shortage (01-18)
Pot, meet kettle (01-18)
Proft gets another cash infusion from Uihlein (01-18)
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More Illinois Democrats say they won't be attending Trump inauguration (01-17)
Question of the day (01-17)
What could possibly go wrong? (01-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The tide shifts a bit (01-17)
Vallas says CSU will not be absorbed (01-17)
We've come a long way, baby (01-17)
Rauner won't say where he stands on "repeal and replace" (01-17)
Zombies!!! (01-17)
Treating the symptoms (01-17)
Manar wants Rauner to "personally" negotiate AFSCME contract (01-17)
And Petrella makes 8 (01-17)
Candidate preview at Rainbow PUSH (01-17)
On inauguration day, a study in contrasts (01-17)
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Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (01-13)
"The State will call on whatever resources it needs" to maintain services during a strike (01-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner admin responds *** CPS announces furlough days after Rauner veto (01-13)
Vallas to CSU board (01-13)
Kool changes his tune, now pushing solar (01-13)
Rauner administration responds to AFSCME setting strike authorization vote (01-13)
The "war on sugar" is about to hit a new level (01-13)
The rest of the story behind Madigan's corporate tax cut idea (01-13)
We desperately need some unifying doers (01-13)
Question of the day (01-13)
AFSCME sets strike authorization vote (01-13)
CMS moving ahead with scaled back layoff plan (01-13)
Justice Department finds reasonable cause to believe CPD engages in unconstitutional pattern of deadly force (01-13)
Rep. Jones accused of misusing campaign funds (01-13)
Unclear on the concept (01-13)
Open thread (01-13)
Cullerton's speech, lightly annotated (01-12)
Question of the day (01-12)
Durkin speaks out, but what will he do? (01-12)
Rauner doing another Facebook Live thingy today (01-12)
Get out your Madigan decoder rings (01-12)
ILGOP launches robocalls against 18 House Dems (01-12)
Fitch warms to possible Senate deal (01-12)
Today's quotables (01-12)
So, how did that protest go? (01-12)
Rauner announces "learning tour" (01-12)
But who's gonna hire him? (01-12)
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Caption contest! (01-12)
*** LIVE *** Session Coverage (01-12)
Criminal justice reform commission issues final report (01-11)
Senate imposes term limits on its leaders via rule change (01-11)
ILGOP says HDems "ignored the will of the people" (01-11)
*** UPDATED x1 - Drury issues statement: "I chose the public over politicians" *** Question of the day (01-11)
The real problem at the Statehouse bureaus (01-11)
Today's number: 50 percent (01-11)
How does our "cooling off period" policy measure up to other states? (01-11)
Rauner reacts positively to Madigan "embracing economic changes" (01-11)
Caption contest! (01-11)
Sins of the brother (01-11)
Federal judge to decide whether Schock can freely spend campaign money (01-11)
*** LIVE *** 100th GA Inauguration Day Coverage (01-11)
Drury appears to shy away from challenging Madigan (01-11)
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Madigan promises "aggressive economic reforms" (01-11)
ILGOP to leaflet outside Madigan re-election event (01-10)
The BGA's fishing expedition and off the record e-mails (01-10)
Rep. Cassidy explains her Madigan vote (01-10)
Rauner joins push for DeVos (01-10)
EDGE heads to governor (01-10)
Question of the day (01-10)
After prodding by Bluhm, Emanuel pushed against racinos (01-10)
It is time to stop policing for profit (01-10)
"BVR is a boss too" (01-10)
Another win for criminal justice reform (01-10)
"Grand bargain" roundup (01-10)
Today's quotable (01-10)
*** LIVE *** Lame Duck Session Coverage (01-10)
"Governor Gridlock" vs. "Madigan's Mayor" (01-10)
Today's number: 13 percent (01-10)
Rauner admin calls AFSCME offer "superficial" (01-10)
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AFSCME tries to "jumpstart" contract talks (01-09)
Initial reaction from manufacturers: "A typical Illinois solution" (01-09)
The Senate's "grand bargain" pops out into the open (01-09)
Question of the day (01-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** On special elections, lawmaker pay and stipends (01-09)
Dems to get another special delivery from ILGOP (01-09)
The power of the press? (01-09)
Today's quotable (01-09)
*** LIVE *** Lame Duck Session Coverage (01-09)
Um, this is not about passing a law right away (01-09)
Take Frerichs off the 2018 governor's list (01-09)
You have some real leverage right now (01-09)
This Madigan stuff isn't just a tactic, it's the whole game so far (01-09)
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Federal judge strikes down Lincolnshire's "right to work" ordinance (01-08)
Marilyn Katz talks about a possible Valerie Jarrett bid for governor (01-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (01-06)
Question of the day (01-06)
Take what you can get, I guess (01-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds positively *** Senate deal deets begin to emerge (01-06)
Retirement system belatedly admits huge Mautino error (01-06)
On hate and crime: "Violent intolerance is unacceptable" (01-06)
Apparently, Mike Halpin was never in the Boy Scouts (01-06)
Rauner gets the celebrity treatment in Rockford (01-06)
Yet another goofy ILGOP press release on Madigan (01-06)
Madigan's tenure and his rules (01-06)
I think they're both right on this one (01-06)
Senate leaders mum about impasse talks (01-06)
Moody's frets over a "self-reinforcing cycle of population loss and economic stagnation" (01-05)
Question of the day (01-05)
Movement or motion? We'll soon find out (01-05)
Slaughter to replace Rep. Monique Davis (01-05)
Alleged Chicago torturers charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime (01-05)
Statehouse press corps exodus continues (01-05)
Rauner won't attend Trump inauguration (01-05)
More from the Rauner teevee rounds (01-05)
ILGOP launches new video ad against Madigan (01-05)
Guzzardi promising new direction for HDems (01-05)
Rauner again strains all credulity (01-05)
COGFA: Across the board revenue weakness not seen since Great Recession (01-05)
"Compromise is possible in Springfield" (01-05)
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Stufflebeam back for another try (01-04)
Question of the day (01-04)
Illinois Policy Institute planning Madigan protest (01-04)
A look ahead at 2018 (01-04)
Nuding lands at IHA (01-04)
Our public health crisis (01-04)
A peek inside Rauner's mind (01-04)
Defeated legislator says Madigan has "kinda outlived his usefulness" (01-04)
Throw him a bone or two and let's move on (01-04)
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*** UPDATED x2 *** Do the Democrats need a self-funder for 2018? (01-03)

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