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October 2016 Posts

The Safe Roads Amendment: Time to Hold Springfield Accountable (10-31)
No, Mark Kirk is not in hiding (10-31)
Question of the day (10-31)
Take it with a large mountain of salt (10-31)
Fighting a refinery fire with an eye dropper (10-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Another paper editorializes against the lockbox (10-31)
Separated at birth? (10-31)
Anyone remember the crime problem? (10-31)
Biss PAC ups spending to $8.8 million (10-31)
A greater power than money? (10-31)
Today's number: $6.88 billion (10-31)
Because... Baby Madigan! (10-31)
Remember the budget? (10-31)
Frustrated by social media political posts? You're not alone (10-31)
TV ads as far as the eye can see (10-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - Defiant Kirk responds *** HRC, Giffords' group unendorse Sen. Kirk (10-29)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-28)
Caption contest! (10-28)
Exelon Caught In $1.4 Billion Tax Dodge - While Making $841 Million In Quarterly Profits (10-28)
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More awful pension news (10-28)
Question of the day (10-28)
New Exelon bailout bill emerges (10-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Duckworth responds *** Kirk apologizes to Duckworth (10-28)
Some budget hostages finally released (10-28)
Starving the beast (10-28)
Will the anti-Madigan stuff work? (10-28)
Rate the new anti Rauner/Trump TV ad (10-28)
The reviews are in... and they're lousy (10-28)
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Kirk's debate comment called "racist" and "despicable" (10-27)
Aldermen behaving badly (10-27)
Exelon Caught In $1.4 Billion Tax Dodge - While Making $841 Million In Quarterly Profits (10-27)
Illinois Policy Institute claims AFSCME rejecting offers that would benefit state workers (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Durbin "has the support" to stay in Senate leadership slot (10-27)
Question of the day (10-27)
I don't think this is gonna work as planned (10-27)
More like this, please (10-27)
Rauner doesn't escape this time (10-27)
One of the best ads of 2016 (10-27)
Asbestos lawyers launch high-dollar ad campaign in appellate race (10-27)
Back to the drawing board (10-27)
Proft on GOP, Trump and Madigan (10-27)
As usual, the blowhard walks it back (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - LIVE VIDEO *** Kirk taking page from Trump debate playbook (10-27)
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The clown show strikes again (10-26)
Here we go again (10-26)
Local media doing its job right (10-26)
"It's just not possible" (10-26)
Question of the day (10-26)
Today's number: 7 years (10-26)
I'd pay to see this ad (10-26)
The Democrats' year of the woman (10-26)
Too poor to make bail (10-26)
Don't even think about it (10-26)
Debaters showed more spark than the Cubs last night (10-26)
Cloonen ad lands on USA Today's "five worst" (10-26)
*** UPDATED x4 - Rauner admin response - Breast cancer task force responds *** I kinda doubt he'll take this question (10-26)
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Program reminder (10-25)
I am dreading this World Series (10-25)
Question of the day (10-25)
The Financial Times reports from... Ottawa? (10-25)
Caption contest! (10-25)
Nope. That was the Russians, not us (10-25)
Another Republican touts Green Party vote to help Rauner (10-25)
The opposite of transparent (10-25)
Tribune attempts Kirk diagnosis (10-25)
Wagers made on World Series (10-25)
A good question (10-25)
Could the SJ-R move the needle for DelGiorno? (10-25)
Chicago appears to account for most of state's net voter registration gain since '08 (10-25)
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Dold demanded DCCC ad linking him to Trump be taken off the air (10-24)
Rauner handing out bonuses to non-union employees (10-24)
Miles away and worlds apart (10-24)
Question of the day (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Everybody wants to get into the act (10-24)
The opposite of slick (10-24)
The Trib's closing argument: It's all about Madigan (10-24)
The expectations game (10-24)
Did Rauner kick a big can? (10-24)
More unintended consequences? (10-24)
From 23 down to 0 (10-24)
Hey, Cub fans! (10-24)
An amateur nails it (10-24)
It can always get worse (10-24)
Republicans dispute Trib numbers, say Madigan doing better than realized (10-24)
Trump not cooperating with Rauner's best laid plans (10-24)
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This just in... $12 million contribution to Leader Durkin, $2 million to Munger (10-24)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-21)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Duckworth doesn't play in Peoria (10-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Let's be careful out there (10-21)
Question of the day (10-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Political events calendar (10-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** What today's cyber attack could mean for election day (10-21)
Rewriting history (10-21)
Army Corps of Engineers taking back state park (10-21)
Fire everything!!! (10-21)
More horrible pension news (10-21)
More flowery Madigan praise from Bradley (10-21)
Because... Madigan! (10-21)
Looking on the dark side (10-21)
Lawyers: Mayor Emanuel is "not a policymaker for the city" (10-21)
Duckworth has huge cash advantage (10-21)
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Good morning! (10-21)
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Jak Tichenor named interim Simon Institute director (10-20)
Board of Elections states the obvious to the clueless (10-20)
Vote Yes On Safe Roads Amendment (10-20)
Pay Now coalition asks Supremes to review state employee pay issue (10-20)
Question of the day (10-20)
Vote no because driverless cars! (10-20)
ILGOP ups ante on anti-Bradley ad, shows Dem comparing MJM to Lincoln (10-20)
Creamer tries to explain away the undercover video (10-20)
Caption contest! (10-20)
A bit much (10-20)
Munger puts Rauner's $1 million contribution to good use (10-20)
IDES says Illinois lost 800 manufacturing jobs last month (10-20)
IDOC moves to reform solitary confinement rules (10-20)
A massive game of "chicken" (10-20)
Why was that anti-Bradley ad taken down by YouTube? (10-20)
By popular demand, here's that Madigan/Trump/Clinton photo (10-20)
Good for the goose... (10-20)
About last night... (10-20)
Munger gets another million (10-19)
Kirk tries to make lemonade (10-19)
Manar and McCann want to stop cabinet officials from politicking (10-19)
Question of the day (10-19)
GOP fundraising, spending vastly higher than Democrats (10-19)
When government is run like a private equity firm (10-19)
Creamer bails after O'Keefe video published, Lasonde calls for Schakowsky resignation (10-19)
Yes... but (10-19)
Democratic poll has Schneider up by 10 (10-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - "Negative collection of disconnected data points" *** A meticulous and exhaustive Duckworth takedown (10-19)
Rauner to avert food stamp cutoff (10-19)
Today's quotables (10-19)
Unintended consequences? (10-19)
Paper says candidate is owned by Rauner, and that's a good thing (10-19)
Bradley's Madigan nominating speech used against him (10-19)
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Unclear on the concept (10-18)
Question of the day (10-18)
Cyclist's death spurs change to state's "Rules of the Road" manual (10-18)
Your moment of Zen (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AFSCME calls attention to assaults on prison workers (10-18)
"Run your dishwasher at the wrong time, watch your electric bill soar?" (10-18)
Rate Schneider's new Obama ad (10-18)
Madigan has big bucks on hand (10-18)
Rauner says it's "baloney" to think he's heartless (10-18)
Republicans play "follow the Rauner" on Trump (10-18)
Springfield Clinic to begin billing patients their share before collecting from the state (10-18)
Rauner won't comment on new Biss ads, while two new spots air (10-18)
Durbin: "No ambitions to run for any other office" (10-18)
Good morning! (10-18)
I assume Illinois won't be on the target list? (10-17)
Question of the day (10-17)
Crain's: Chicago's government "still costs more than it brings in" (10-17)
Rauner forms "Competitiveness Council" (10-17)
Unclear on the concept (10-17)
Unconventional Dart asks for new power to help inmates get out of jail (10-17)
Cat's Oberhelman to retire after "spectacularly mistimed" $10 billion spending spree (10-17)
*** UPDATED x2 - Comptroller says oldest voucher is from August *** Comptroller hasn't released Downstate transit funds since January, putting systems at risk of closure (10-17)
Biss super PAC funders revealed (10-17)
Poll: Illinoisans have favorable views of unions, but supposedly favor "right to work" (10-17)
Madigan responds (10-17)
Today's must-reads (10-17)
He did this to himself (10-17)
Some Democrats also have a bit of a Trump problem (10-17)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-14)
Rauner gives $3 million to Leader Durkin (10-14)
Your afternoon Bob (10-14)
"Pants on Fire" for Cloonen (10-14)
Define "never" (10-14)
CTU says contract will cost $100 million more than the one they rejected (10-14)
Question of the day (10-14)
Jimenez won't let DelGiorno run away from Madigan (10-14)
GOP union-themed mailer ties Dem to Rauner (10-14)
Of course he deserved it (10-14)
"Their minds or their bodies are too broken for them to work" (10-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - "Low blow and cheap shot" *** Citing Kirk's stroke, Tribune endorses Duckworth (10-14)
Rauner to close Stateville's roundhouse (10-14)
Poll: 64 percent say prioritize environmental protection over economic growth (10-14)
GOP poll has Dold up by 7, but DCCC calls it "a joke" (10-14)
Dem candidate says he has "no intention" at "this point" of voting for Madigan (10-14)
Davis: Think Madigan, not Trump (10-14)
Good morning! (10-14)
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Question of the day (10-13)
Wheeler urging caution on "lockbox" proposal (10-13)
Rauner: "I have not endorsed, I have not endorsed, not supported" (10-13)
Tribune's blue boxes disappearing in Chicago (10-13)
Today's number: 92 percent (10-13)
Madigan declined Clinton campaign offer of more delegates to move primary date (10-13)
Vote Yes On The Safe Roads Amendment (10-13)
Caption contest! (10-13)
Roskam is back to supporting Trump... for now (10-13)
Nobel Prize for Dylan (10-13)
Democratic poll: Rep. Jimenez in unexpectedly tight race (10-13)
You use what works (10-13)
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Question of the day (10-12)
Illinois African-American Republican teen blamed for huge national poll skew (10-12)
FEC complaint filed against Proft newspapers (10-12)
How "blue" is Illinois this year? (10-12)
Paging ITLA! (10-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Drilling down into the impasse impact (10-12)
*** UPDATED x1 - Parody video reposted *** More details emerge from the murk (10-12)
Ask a stupid question... (10-12)
Roskam's flip-flop on Trump (10-12)
Duckworth hit again on VA issues (10-12)
Voting Green to help Rauner? (10-12)
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Mendoza cries foul, cites Rauner as Munger throws the kitchen sink at her (10-12)
The Moody brothers get their due (10-11)
Yeah, this'll all end soon (10-11)
Hey, Cub fans! (10-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Ad buy details for LIFT PAC (10-11)
Question of the day (10-11)
Vote Yes On The Safe Roads Amendment (10-11)
Rate the new anti-Dold TV ad (10-11)
Rauner administration claims it's doing better on EDGE credits (10-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Anti-Rauner TV ad launched by new federal super PAC (10-11)
"The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board has no Republicans" (10-11)
Kirk says Trump could cost Republicans both the Senate and the House (10-11)
Abandon ship! Almost half of Illinoisans say they want to leave (10-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - That new LIFT ad (10-11)
Rauner finally speaks out against Trump, but won't say if he still supports him (10-11)
Unclear on the concept (10-11)
CTU and CPS reach tentative agreement on teacher contract (10-11)
Republicans sticking with the Madigan "issue" (10-11)
GOP wants to give Dems a taste of their own medicine (10-11)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** The Illinois angle to the national political meltdown (10-08)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (10-07)
Ken Griffin gives $2 million to Durkin (10-07)
Barclay leaving governor's office (10-07)
Intelligence officials aren't ready to blame Russian government for state election board hacks (10-07)
IDHS claims proposal "pretty close to perfect" after feds complain (10-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - AG Madigan responds *** Illinois Policy Institute loses big round on election day registration (10-07)
"Don't let the Democrats steal this election" (10-07)
Poshard says he's visiting 48 counties before election day (10-07)
Question of the day (10-07)
Chicago charter school network could face first-ever teachers strike (10-07)
Adventures in early voting (10-07)
I may have been too hasty (10-07)
Today's quotable (10-07)
The budget problem gets worse by the day (10-07)
Winning lottery ticket bought with drug money seized (10-07)
Sweet Cub tickets come with a harsh pricetag (10-07)
Today's must-read (10-07)
Trump takes a swipe at Kirk (10-07)
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Munger again warns of delayed pension payment (10-06)
Gill concedes the inevitable, bows out (10-06)
Fun with editorial boards (10-06)
AG Madigan argues against Mautino hearing delay (10-06)
Question of the day (10-06)
The Rolling Stones get back to where they once belonged (10-06)
Is a state law actually discouraging development? (10-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Gov. Rauner's Facebook live event (10-06)
A very good question (10-06)
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Was a terrible tragedy averted in Darien? (10-06)
SIU's Dunn complains about ICCB agreement with the University of Iowa (10-06)
McAuliffe TV spending already at $2 million (10-06)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Munger responds *** Two big new campaign cash developments (10-06)
Clowns! (10-05)
US Attorney, AG Madigan meet with Kankakee County state's attorney (10-05)
Rate Susana Mendoza's first TV ad (10-05)
Question of the day (10-05)
Getting a little tense in the trenches (10-05)
Claypool berates Quinn for filing lawsuit to force elected Chicago school board (10-05)
More like this, please (10-05)
Unclear on the concepts (10-05)
A national minimum for workers' comp? (10-05)
Because... Madigan! (10-05)
Munger levels new "pay to play" allegation at Mendoza (10-05)
I kinda doubt these questions will be addressed tomorrow (10-05)
Poll: Remap reform support at record high (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - New ads released *** Poll: 80 percent support proposed "lockbox" amendment (10-05)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Common Cause responds *** Federal appeals court stays decision that blocked in-precinct election day registration (10-05)
Cloonen campaign slams "illegal and unethical conduct" by Kankakee County state's attorney, clerk and sheriff, alleges "voter intimidation" (10-04)
*** UPDATED x1 - Parkhurst responds *** Kankakee state's attorney opens voter fraud investigation in Rep. Cloonen race (10-04)
Question of the day (10-04)
Putting Ken Griffin's wealth into perspective (10-04)
Fun with numbers (10-04)
Rauner goes back on Facebook this Thursday (10-04)
Huge profits made on CPS market uncertainty (10-04)
Ty Fahner behind LOLIllinois campaign (10-04)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Poll: Clinton, Duckworth leading bigly (10-04)
Poll: Mendoza leads Munger 40-32 (10-04)
Poll: 55 percent disapprove of Rauner, but 63 percent disapprove of Madigan (10-04)
Most distracting endorsement video ever (10-03)
Question of the day (10-03)
Duckworth poll has her ahead of Kirk 46-37 (10-03)
Sausage-making can be a slow process (10-03)
Caption contest! (10-03)
TIFs to the rescue? (10-03)
Today's number: 23rd place (10-03)
Schneider poll has him ahead by 5, Dold launches new TV ad (10-03)
The Illinois campaign money tree has a lot of branches (10-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** US Senate candidates debate (10-03)
Report: Tronc sale imminent (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Frerichs to suspend "billions of dollars" of investment activity with Wells Fargo (10-03)
Ventura out, Renteria in (10-03)
S&P downgrades Illinois a notch (10-03)
How Mendoza could make life miserable for Rauner (10-03)
Long-forgotten court case bubbling up again (10-03)
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