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October 2017 Posts

More on the Silverstein allegations (10-31)
Question of the day (10-31)
*** UPDATED x2 - More Madigan - Madigan says there've been "deficiencies" over the years *** Madigan announces sexual harassment task force (10-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Skillicorn endorses Ives (10-31)
*** UPDATED x3 - Silverstein recorded - Madigan responds - Silverstein responds *** Sen. Silverstein accused of harassment during House hearing (10-31)
Ives opposed bailout of running mate's home town nuke plant (10-31)
State school report card released (10-31)
AG Madigan issues Halloween warning (10-31)
Ives on the budget (10-31)
Open thread (10-30)
GOP legislator blasts use of state funds for Obama library infrastructure (10-30)
Almost 60 percent of seized Chicago guns came from out of state dealers (10-30)
Caption contest! (10-30)
Question of the day (10-30)
Rauner in Israel (10-30)
Quigley endorses Pritzker (10-30)
The Daily Herald's unsolicited advice (10-30)
Two takes on Rauner's new TV ad (10-30)
RAGA ridicules potential Quinn candidacy (10-30)
New legislation would require social media disclosure (10-30)
No attempt to override veto of $15 minimum wage (10-30)
"That’s not too much to ask" (10-30)
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It's an Ives-Morthland ticket (10-28)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-27)
Pat Quinn to run for attorney general (10-27)
"This is the Republican Party, not the mob" (10-27)
Dem AG candidate claims "all voting machines have been penetrated by the Russians in Illinois" (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - The next trick bag? (10-27)
Duckworth, Durbin demand state exit Crosscheck (10-27)
Question of the day (10-27)
"The Water Drain" (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner won't answer bump stock ban questions (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - Another one *** Governing Magazine ranks IL governor's race "Lean Democratic" (10-27)
Facebook and Twitter roll out changes to fend off regulation (10-27)
Because... Madigan! (10-27)
GA's inspector general post still vacant (10-27)
*** UPDATED x2 - Mendoza responds *** Rauner defends veto that was unanimously overridden by the House (10-27)
Rauner travels to Israel next week (10-27)
Rick Scott makes his case with PR stunt (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Orr endorses Berrios' primary opponent (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Study: Opioid crisis driving down labor force participation (10-27)
"Out of town stupid" (10-26)
Caption contest! (10-26)
It's just a bill (10-26)
Claim: ILGOP boots Chicago GOP from office over Ives allegiance (10-26)
Another AG candidate will announce tonight (10-26)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kennedy responds *** Moylan's bump stock ban fails on House floor (10-26)
House overrode veto of Frerichs life insurance bill (10-26)
*** UPDATED x1 - Hearing scheduled on Madigan bill *** This culture is messed up and it has to be changed (10-26)
House unanimously overrides Debt Transparency Act veto (10-26)
GOP Leaders heavily reliant on Rauner bucks (10-26)
Rotering announces AG campaign (10-26)
Question of the day (10-26)
"Right to work" roundup (10-26)
House overrides veto of cursive instruction mandate (10-26)
Chicago enlists Capt. Kirk in HQ2 bid (10-26)
*** LIVE *** Veto session coverage (10-26)
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Question of the day (10-25)
House fails to override Rauner's local "right to work" zones veto (10-25)
State bond yield lures investors (10-25)
Do Your Job, Inc. has new online ad (10-25)
Providers: Managed care program forcing huge administrative cost hikes (10-25)
Three GOP governors criticized back home for appearing in new Rauner ad (10-25)
Should campaigns pay their interns? (10-25)
DCFS starts de-privatizing program after Tribune exposes problems (10-25)
Bump stock ban advances out of House committee (10-25)
Roskam backs away from Rauner pension idea (10-25)
Statehouse women talk about their experiences, demand changes to culture (10-25)
Civic Federation weighs in with support for veto override (10-25)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pritzker, DGA respond *** Florida governor on jobs poaching mission to Illinois (10-25)
*** LIVE *** Veto session coverage (10-25)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** First big veto session loss for Gov. Rauner (10-24)
Republican sponsors bill to ban bump stocks, claims ISRA support (10-24)
*** UPDATED x4 - Kennedy responds - Durkin "fully supports" - Brady agrees to co-sponsor *** Madigan wants law to require sexual harassment training for legislators, staff and lobbyists (10-24)
A good point (10-24)
Proft on Rauner (10-24)
Penny Pritzker, Laura Ricketts, others co-chair Ruiz campaign finance committee (10-24)
Rauner repeats "Pants On Fire" lie about his grandparents (10-24)
Question of the day (10-24)
Asked and answered (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** Madigan: "The governor’s ad highlights his own failure to lead" (10-24)
Open letter alleges widespread sexual harassment (10-24)
*** LIVE *** Veto session coverage (10-24)
Sticking to the script (10-24)
Rauner's rollout (10-24)
Ives will announce exploratory committee this week (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - DGA responds *** Republican governors "thank" Madigan in new Rauner ad (10-24)
More instability coming for social service providers (10-24)
Biss and Wallace want legislators, staff and lobbyists to receive sexual harassment training (10-24)
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Question of the day (10-23)
The great Rauner pivot of 2017 (10-23)
Rauner's rollout (10-23)
Kennedy's "revolution" (10-23)
Plummer jumps into crowded field (10-23)
Report: HQ2 incentive package could top $2.25 billion (10-23)
More support for overriding Rauner veto of debt transparency bill (10-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Yet another problem at DCFS (10-23)
Will Illinois really break the spending record? (10-23)
Ives gears up, Walsh waits in wings (10-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "I’ve had hands up my skirt. I’ve had my hair pulled - There’s just kind of nothing you can really do" (10-23)
Rauner's federal pension idea allows "some level of bankruptcy" (10-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dems pounce on new Rauner ad (10-23)
Poll: Pritzker leads Kennedy and Biss 39-15-6 (10-23)
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Rate the Rauner campaign kickoff video (10-23)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-20)
Amazon HQ2 site list unveiled (10-20)
Out of sight out of mind? (10-20)
Frerichs tries to use state investments to prod Facebook into cleaning up its act (10-20)
The rise of the billionaire governors (10-20)
Camelot promises to grow lottery sales by 40 percent (10-20)
Munger tries to defend Rauner veto of Debt Transparency Act (10-20)
Rauner: "I can’t comment on any business disputes" (10-20)
Question of the day (10-20)
Rauner finally takes a stand on a federal issue (10-20)
Moody's says "political backlash" against pop tax could make other tax hikes more difficult (10-20)
Report: Amazon subsidy could add up to $2 billion (10-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 10,800 jobs lost in a single month, but Illinois media barely notices (10-20)
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MLB open thread (10-20)
Kennedy unveils "government reform agenda" (10-19)
Accidental (and apparently harmless) password leak could prompt move away from Crosscheck program (10-19)
Question of the day (10-19)
Another legislative gun fight (10-19)
A consolidation stalemate in McLean County (10-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Denied *** Dynegy seeking a new deal on pollution control (10-19)
*** UPDATED x3 - Biss responds - DCEO upbeat *** Illinois lost 10,800 jobs last month (10-19)
Status hearing sheds no light on lawsuit against Rauner, except he wants it dismissed (10-19)
Pritzker buys into pot myth, but is right on the broader point (10-19)
Welcome to our world, Mr. Coates (10-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Brown responds *** The devil is always in the details (10-19)
Rauner eliminates manufacturing program during Manufacturing Month (10-19)
Make this happen, please (10-19)
Define "investing" (10-19)
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Legionnaires' Disease again plaguing state's veterans home (10-18)
Republican Party mocks Pritzker, Kennedy for not releasing their tax returns (10-18)
Random Twitter likes (10-18)
WBEZ Investigation: CPS Secretly Overhauled Special Education At Students’ Expense (10-18)
Question of the day (10-18)
Kankakee's "innovative" plan will allow Amazon execs "to create their own incentive package" (10-18)
Some "experts" confounded by latest bond sale (10-18)
Rauner administration preparing cuts (10-18)
*** UPDATED x4 - Manar, DGA, IWT, IMA respond *** Illinois loses out on Toyota/Mazda plant (10-18)
Kennedy and Rush keeping it all in the family (10-18)
Manar: "There's a financial incentive for Facebook to allow lies" (10-18)
Statehouse women fight back against sexual harassment (10-18)
New SEIU radio ad rips Rauner's home services overtime cuts (10-18)
Rauner to unveil potentially huge Chicago project (10-18)
Dems talk taxes at forum (10-18)
Chris Kennedy warns high-dollar campaigns could mean "the end of American democracy" (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** Pritzker responds to "The Madigan Question" by saying he favors term limits for legislative leaders (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 - RAGA responds *** Ruiz announces for AG (10-18)
Dem candidates make big promises on the environment (10-18)
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Rauner releases tax returns, made $91 million last year (10-17)
Barickman gets "The Rauner Question" (10-17)
Question of the day (10-17)
Insurance Department devises way around Trump's ACA executive order (10-17)
ILGOP mocks Madigan's online debut (10-17)
Rauner raised the most small-dollar contributions, Pawar raised the highest percentage then dropped out (10-17)
Former budget hostages still struggling to survive (10-17)
Pritzker makes Forbes list again while Illinoisans' discretionary income ranks lowest in Midwest (10-17)
CTU's Karen Lewis reveals she had a stroke last week (10-17)
Governor's race fundraising tops $100 million (10-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republican AG candidate claims she was warned to make sure her brakes were working (10-17)
Rauner touts higher education advantages despite damage caused by impasse (10-17)
Biss again demands that Pritzker and Kennedy release their tax returns (10-17)
Question of the day (10-16)
Facebook appears to be earning its reputation as evil (10-16)
Small ball (10-16)
Community Care Program fight extends to task force membership flap (10-16)
We can't even put on a decent bicentennial celebration (10-16)
Dynegy looking for two separate subsidies for its coal-fired plants (10-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** New website features Speaker Madigan's softer, gentler side (10-16)
Our sorry state (10-16)
A tale of two states (10-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - Carrigan apologizes *** Heat cranks up on AFL-CIO president (10-16)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pritzker camp responds - Unappropriated spending was $2.8 billion *** This Is Illinois (10-16)
Porter to ILGOP: Madigan forked us, so don't blame Rauner (10-16)
The damage done to higher education (10-16)
Today's number: $30,363 per job (10-16)
Still no GOP opponent for Frerichs (10-16)
What goes around, comes around (10-16)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner vetoes bill that would've scuttled largest procurement ever (10-13)
Lang accuses Rauner of using new opioid task force "to advance his wobbly reelection hopes" (10-13)
Because... Taxes! (10-13)
Question of the day (10-13)
Dem candidates lash out at Trump over ACA moves (10-13)
Dem House members want state to withdraw from flawed national voter registration crosscheck system (10-13)
Good news, bad news (10-13)
So, what's up with those new Rauner ads? (10-13)
Caption contest! (10-13)
IDOC hit for allegedly sending violent prisoners to lower security prisons to save money (10-13)
AFL-CIO accused of sexism by Kennedy fundraiser (10-13)
Kennedy again tries to explain his position on legalizing marijuana (10-13)
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*** UPDATED x2 *** Daiber names social worker as running mate (10-13)
Schuh hired as Rauner's deputy chief of staff for communications (10-13)
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Raoul gets Bluhm boost (10-12)
Breen, McConchie file “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” bill (10-12)
Question of the day (10-12)
Bustos predicts opponent's fundraising could "doom" her campaign (10-12)
Voices for Illinois Children releases its annual Illinois Kids Count report (10-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Facing the pension music (10-12)
Biss campaign manager warns of viability issue (10-12)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pawar ends his campaign, cites money (10-12)
We're missing out on lots of revenue by not legalizing pot (10-12)
Rauner's new focus on international trade (10-12)
Pop tax repeal opens door to more taxes, but Cook residents to get state break on property taxes (10-12)
They like the governor's money, but they don't like him (10-12)
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*** UPDATED x2 - DGA responds *** Report: Rauner allegedly keeping lawsuit under wraps (10-11)
Rauner campaign gives ILGOP $4.45 million for the "2018 Madigan Retirement Plan" (10-11)
Today's must-read (10-11)
Pop tax goes down in flames, Preckwinkle blames everyone but herself (10-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rep. Hammond gets primaried (10-11)
Trees showing signs of damage in Illinois, fingers point to herbicide (10-11)
Republican talking points clash on education funding bill (10-11)
Kennedy to shine spotlight on problem of guns robbed from unsecured freight trains (10-11)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Lake County GOP gun raffle will proceed as scheduled (10-11)
Mom+Baby group is back in the news (10-11)
National types again involved in the 5th House District (10-11)
Rochelle's smart, can-do attitude (10-11)
Bannon "exploring" fielding candidates in gubernatorial races (10-11)
CME chief warns against a state derivatives tax (10-11)
New JB Pritzker ad features Secretary of State Jesse White (10-11)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker campaign responds *** Gov. Rauner launches new TV ad on education funding reform (10-11)
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Pop tax repeal clears major hurdle (10-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker pledges not to dictate to Democratic legislators, Kennedy won't commit to assault weapons ban (10-10)
Question of the day (10-10)
Keeping up with Scott Kennedy ain't easy (10-10)
Worth a thousand words (10-10)
HB40 political earthquake continues to reverberate (10-10)
Fairley announces AG bid (10-10)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pritzker buries the lede, Kennedy shoots down LaSalle St. tax idea (10-10)
Pawar heavily dependent on wealthy benefactor (10-10)
Tribune helps rewrite history (10-10)
Pritzker fumbles Madigan question (10-10)
Comptroller: Much of Dept. of Corrections' bill backlog is unappropriated spending (10-10)
Rauner brushes off possible Ives primary challenge (10-10)
The 2017 exodus (10-10)
Pro-life groups lash out at Rauner over "dastardly legislation" (10-09)
IDCCA votes to endorse Pritzker (10-07)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (10-06)
Rauner staff meeting play-by-play (10-06)
Caption contest! (10-06)
Open thread (10-06)
Question of the day (10-06)
Formal announcement made on Rasmussen, Heaton (10-06)
Candidate Question 7: Lessening the risk of a mass shooting (10-06)
"16 shots" prosecutor mulls GOP bid for AG (10-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Announcement made to staff *** Rauner's chief of staff likely to be replaced today (10-06)
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*** UPDATED x1 - ILDCCA responds *** MadiganMadiganMadiganMadiganMadigan... (10-06)
Commissioner Morrison to file new pop tax repeal plan, says he has the votes to override veto (10-06)
"We're all free agents now" (10-06)
There will be some city tax relief, but not on beverages (10-06)
Rauner promises small biz center for Aurora after allowing several to close during impasse (10-06)
Biss reports raising $825K (10-06)
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Question of the day (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republican Rauner ad uses Democrat Bustos tagline (10-05)
Kennedy raised just over $1 million in 3rd quarter - $250K was from himself (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Daley flips to "No" *** Pop tax hurting Preckwinkle petition efforts (10-05)
Barickman on Rauner: "In our house, that’s a lie" (10-05)
Pritzker unveils domestic violence plan (10-05)
Pritzker airs ad about his mother (10-05)
Rauner candidate emerges for secretary of state (10-05)
DCCC to run ads against against Bost and Davis, while Davis calls for review of "bump stocks" (10-05)
Progressive groups announce upcoming Dem candidate forum (10-05)
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Morning video: Speaker Madigan interview (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Things are getting a little testy between the Pritzker and Kennedy camps (10-04)
Question of the day (10-04)
Kennedy says it's "dangerous" to embrace legalizing marijuana (10-04)
Proft calls Rauner a liar (10-04)
The partisan redistricting debate moves to SCOTUS (10-04)
ILGOP once again blasts Dems for "silence" on the pop tax (10-04)
Damaging their brand... Again (10-04)
Roskam the lone congressional holdout in Harold endorsement (10-04)
McRaith ponders AG bid as field continues to grow (10-04)
We need a capital bill (10-04)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Rate the new Rauner TV ad (10-04)
State's unpaid employee health insurance tab rises to $5 billion (10-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Gov. Rauner responds to Las Vegas shootings (10-04)
Rep. David Harris the latest to say he won't run for reelection (10-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** IL's GOP congressional delegation criticizes Rauner, touts its own abortion bill (10-03)
New JB Pritker online ad calls President Trump "a racist and a xenophobe" (10-03)
Because... Chicago! (10-03)
Question of the day (10-03)
Acevedo files paperwork to run against Dart (10-03)
Ives: "I’m letting it kind of boil up" (10-03)
Murphy slated for Sara Wojcicki Jimenez district (10-03)
It's just a bill (10-03)
Today's number: 0.02 percent (10-03)
White House again uses Chicago to deflect on gun topic (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Illinois truly needs a boost (10-03)
Rauner mailer: "I am running for reelection" (10-03)
"Rauner decided he could betray the ones who took his money" (10-03)
Rauner's reelection race previewed (10-03)
ILGOP: "When Republicans are fighting each other, Mike Madigan wins" (10-03)
The governor's credibility problem (10-03)
Can Pritzker be stopped? (10-03)
Question of the day (10-02)
Four different views on the governor and HB40 (10-02)
Where are the candidates on the Amazon HQ2 bid? (10-02)
Dart claims Speaker Madigan "emasculated" the House (10-02)
Will the pop tax reduce consumption? (10-02)
Temp workers win new protections (10-02)
A bit of Illinois history you might not know (10-02)
Shooting deaths are down in the city, but there's a big caveat (10-02)
Governor puts over 550 Illinois National Guardsman on alert for Puerto Rico assistance (10-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Arrest made in brutal assault of DCFS investigator (10-02)
Local react to Las Vegas shootings (10-02)
Here's the number to call if you need to locate someone in Las Vegas (10-02)
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*** UPDATED x2 - Proft "excited" about candidate *** This just in... Primary opponent surfaces against House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (10-01)

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