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October 2019 Posts

Third vaping-related death in Illinois (10-31)
Lightfoot appears open to compromise on real estate transfer tax (10-31)
There's the right response and then there's this one (10-31)
SEC now probing Exelon and ComEd lobbying (10-31)
CTU strike is over (10-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker: Up yours *** Exelon threatens to shutter four nuke plants if it doesn't get what it wants (10-31)
Question of the day (10-31)
Today's fun Illinois fact (10-31)
*** UPDATED x2 *** A miscommunication or is somebody not telling the truth? (10-31)
Judicial candidate slapped with emergency no-stalking order (10-31)
Pramaggiore resigns from Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (10-31)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-31)
*** UPDATED x3 *** CTU House of Delegates to meet tonight to discuss strike settlement - but one sticking point remains (10-30)
You don't see this every day (10-30)
Question of the day (10-30)
Ethylene oxide phase-out bill narrowly clears House (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cullerton, SDems concur *** Madigan defers consideration of CTU-backed bills until spring session (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It's just a bill (10-30)
*** UPDATED x2 *** C'mon, Bill (10-30)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Senate Republican proposal addresses half the problem identified by former IG (10-30)
Fun (literally) with numbers (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker: "I'm glad, frankly, that people are being caught and sent away" (10-30)
Two totally different styles (10-30)
"How could that be legal?" (10-30)
Feds are also looking at the Crestwood mayor's mileage reimbursements (10-30)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-30)
Gaming Board ignored admissions of illegal gambling and tax fraud, and that came back to bite them today (10-29)
Gov. Pritzker claps back at President Trump (10-29)
CPS strike updates (10-29)
NCAA switches course on athletes benefiting from their names (10-29)
Cullerton says state/city owned casino off table, Fix the FOID still stalled in Senate (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Madigan files paperwork to initiate process of removing Arroyo from office (10-29)
Cullerton wants legislator lobbying addressed, wants two-chamber solution, talks about expulsion, addresses Link questions (10-29)
Sen. Link: "I'm not going to continually answer this every day of my life" (10-29)
Durkin's EtO bill goes down in House committee (10-29)
Question of the day (10-29)
Clean Jobs Coalition says it has stopped negotiating with Exelon (10-29)
Unclear on the concept (10-29)
Arroyo at sweepstakes hearing: "Somebody here is lying" (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Quick update to today's edition (10-29)
Madigan: "I’m not a target of anything" (10-29)
*** UPDATED x2 - Cullerton addresses issue - Now 13 *** Nine Chicago House members say they'll vote against Lightfoot's real estate transfer tax bill (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 - Shimkus says he's re-thinking plans *** Shimkus says he's been asked to reconsider retirement (10-29)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sun-Times, Tribune claim Sen. Link is the cooperating witness against Arroyo (10-28)
Durkin files paperwork to begin proceedings against Arroyo (10-28)
Madigan to Arroyo: Resign or I will take the steps to remove you (10-28)
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Question of the day (10-28)
Great timing by the Illinois Supreme Court /s (10-28)
*** UPDATED x5 - Pritzker responds - Durkin to initiate proceeding to kick Arroyo out if he doesn't resign today*** Feds: Arroyo offered $2,500 per month to unnamed Senator who was already cooperating with the feds (10-28)
*** UPDATED x3 - Sweepstakes legislation involved - "Bribery of a state official" *** This just in... Rep. Arroyo arrested on public corruption charges (10-28)
Lots of folks tied to the federal probe were connected to Tobolski's government-owned hangout (10-28)
The governor should stop using state resources to support a ballot issue (10-28)
Why I'm not buying the numbers that the CTU is selling (10-28)
Pritzker campaign hired Leon Finney's not-for-profit media company to do field consulting (10-28)
Veto session preview (10-28)
Pritzker supports allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals (10-28)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-28)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-25)
It's awful early for this, but here you go (10-25)
Question of the day (10-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Hutchinson; Pappas; Veto Session; McDermed (10-25)
Must-see CPS strike videos (10-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker orders subordinates not to participate in City Club events (10-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Durbin slammed for blocking bill, Club for Growth targets (kinda) Underwood (10-25)
Flavored tobacco/vape ban bill set for Monday hearing (10-25)
A look at the stats (10-25)
"You are praising the Israeli people and the Jewish civilization as if they are great people" (10-25)
"Southwest suburbs that feds visited use insurance broker where Madigan’s son is an exec" (10-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-25)
Rep. Unes announces he won't run again (10-24)
Second Illinois vaping-related death reported, but health officials still don't know the cause (10-24)
No, calls are not suddenly growing for taxing retirement income (10-24)
The challenges facing CEJA (10-24)
Question of the day (10-24)
Report: Average IDOT infrastructure spending for each House Republican district will be more than double spent in HDem districts (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pressure intensifies on both sides as legislators stand with CTU (10-24)
Boondoggle or potential boon to a hard-hit region? (10-24)
State running out of flu vaccines for low-income kids (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - "I will not vote for a bill that is solely set up on helping just Chicago" *** Will the Statehouse back Lightfoot's plans? (10-24)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-24)
GOMB projects $19 billion bill backlog in five years without new revenue sources (10-23)
Lightfoot unveils budget, but questions remain (10-23)
Question of the day (10-23)
It's not so much the taxes, it's the growing debt (10-23)
New GOP candidate announces in Shimkus district (10-23)
Morning Consult poll: Pritzker the 8th least popular governor (10-23)
Today's quotable (10-23)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-23)
Legislator who voted against funding road and bridge projects "excited to announce major road and bridge projects" (10-22)
IDOT ups the ante on Peotone airport (10-22)
Question of the day (10-22)
Pick a lane, please (10-22)
Homeless advocates bash Lightfoot budget proposal (10-22)
Anti-abortion group challenges RHA in federal complaint (10-22)
"I run a couple of newspapers. What do you do?" (10-22)
The redlight cam issue needs to be addressed ASAP (10-22)
"We have neglected the roads and bridges for so many years, something like this had to be done" (10-22)
Watch the Dems dance (10-22)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-22)
Nothing is ever easy, but persistence pays off for @ChicagoBars (and everyone) (10-21)
Question of the day (10-21)
Despite narrow win last year, Rodney Davis continues going all-in for the president (10-21)
Quirk addressed in state rule that made school admin costs appear much higher than other states (10-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lightfoot patches almost a quarter of city deficit with bond refinancing scheme (10-21)
Casino roundup and a semantics nitpick (10-21)
Get it together, IDOC (10-21)
Pritzker unveils multi-year IDOT plan, claims "rigorous and objective criteria" used (10-21)
CTU to Lightfoot: Nope (10-21)
It's just a bill (10-21)
College football open thread (10-21)
ISRA plans veto session lobby day (10-21)
"Mr. Resilient" Dick Lockhart doing better (10-21)
Big legal setback for former Rep. Sauer as state's revenge porn law is upheld (10-21)
WBEZ: Madigan named in City Club subpoena (10-21)
Some of the ComEd back-story (10-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lightfoot again says she'll have to raise property taxes unless Springfield helps (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** WBEZ: Feds raid Jay Doherty's City Club office, John Hooker cut loose as Kasper lobbyist (10-18)
East St. Louis closes fire house, lays off firefighters to help make pension payments (10-18)
Question of the day (10-18)
“The number of defendants would be many more” (10-18)
CTU strike bits and pieces (10-18)
Today's corruption roundup (10-18)
I think they call this a "meta" post (10-18)
Lightfoot unveils congestion tax (10-18)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-18)
IPPFA wants to spend $480K on lobbyists to stop Pritzker consolidation (10-17)
Poll: Only 6 percent of Illinoisans strongly oppose fingerprinting for FOID applicants (10-17)
Question of the day (10-17)
Expert: Illinois needs $175 million to upgrade election cybersecurity (10-17)
Durbin has $3.8 million vs. all GOP candidates' $140K (10-17)
Get the word out about this state law (10-17)
Tribune: Grand jury investigation began in early 2017 (10-17)
Two (count 'em) The Godfather Part II references in one post! (10-17)
"School segregation’s new frontier" (10-17)
Unsolicited advice (10-17)
Underfunded pensions have "been a problem forever" here (10-17)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-17)
Question of the day (10-16)
60-30-1 (10-16)
At least three grand jury subpoenas issued so far in Quincy veterans home probe (10-16)
State per pupil spending jumps from 45th to 24th after reform (10-16)
ILGOP has another weak quarter, while Madigan's legal bills continue piling up (10-16)
Two problems taken care of, several to go (10-16)
Sen. Landek's township campaign committee listed in Lyons warrant (10-16)
Amanda Kass' take on the pension consolidation task force report (10-16)
Heidner claims Gaming Board was fully informed about his business ties (10-16)
Tribune source: "Pramaggiore is one focus of the ongoing federal probe" (10-16)
A missed opportunity (10-16)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-16)
Question of the day (10-15)
Exelon Utilities CEO retires "effective immediately" (10-15)
Gov. Pritzker, worth $3.4 billion, reported $6 million in taxable income for 2018 (10-15)
When "bargaining for the common good" is not nearly enough (10-15)
Stabilize the system first (10-15)
Pritzker kills state sale to undercut Heidner's racino deal (10-15)
Not sure if there's any actual "there" there (10-15)
A little good news for a change (10-15)
Feds "appear to be looking into at least 10 distinct alleged schemes" (10-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - Link says votes aren't there *** Lightfoot's Statehouse asks: Publicly owned casino, graduated real estate transfer tax (10-15)
Red light camera fines totaled $1 billion over 10 years (10-15)
How did this potential racino owner get a video gaming license? (10-15)
Poll: Just 38 percent of Chicago voters oppose CTU strike (10-15)
Could this be a possible template for the future? (10-15)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-15)
If you're Dick Lockhart's friend, please get in touch with him ASAP (10-12)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (10-11)
*** UPDATED x2 - "Agreed to step down" *** Pritzker withdraws nomination of Cesar Santoy to Tollway board (10-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Afternoon update (10-11)
Question of the day (10-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (10-11)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Sanguinetti bows out of congressional race (10-11)
Open Letter: The University Of Illinois Must Protect First Amendment Rights (10-11)
*** UPDATED x2 - Sandoval submitted chairmanship resignation letter *** Sandoval's chairmanship appears to have been yanked (10-11)
*** UPDATED x19 *** Senate Democrats release unredacted Sandoval search warrant (10-11)
Take it easy (10-11)
Forbes: Gov. Pritzker is 6th wealthiest Illinoisan (10-11)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (10-10)
Question of the day (10-10)
*** UPDATED x3 - Firefighters support - Pritzker disses IPPFA - ILFOP expresses "strong concerns" *** Pritzker task force favors first responder pension asset consolidation, but stops short of recommending pension benefit administration consolidation (10-10)
Winchester lawsuit finally tossed after a year and a half (10-10)
The current trend is not his friend (10-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Legislators want AG to investigate standardized test maker over data sales (10-10)
The 13th Ward never gives up, and that is now a problem (10-10)
State automatically enrolling people in lowest rated Medicaid managed care program (10-10)
*** UPDATED x2 - Sens. Bush, Morrison want chairmanship stripped - Mendoza says Sandoval should step aside *** Leader Brady wants Sandoval chairmanship yanked (10-10)
*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to this morning's Capitol Fax (10-10)
ComEd and Exelon hit with grand jury subpoena on Sen. Sandoval (10-10)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-10)
Question of the day (10-09)
Pritzker doubts energy bills will advance during veto session (10-09)
Pritzker unveils mandated five-year economic plan (10-09)
Maybe take it with just a touch of salt (10-09)
Justice Burke has some explaining to do (10-09)
World's Greatest Newspaper (10-09)
CTU wants to negotiate affordable housing issues (10-09)
This is one huge dragnet (10-09)
What's the dealio on Cullerton and Sandoval? (10-09)
Sun-Times names rumored cooperator: "Our partner has run amok" (10-09)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-09)
Um, make that Wednesday (10-08)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (probably) (10-04)
Pardoned war veteran granted citizenship (10-04)
Question of the day (10-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (10-04)
Bot site botches ripped-off content, posts nice lady's phone number online (10-04)
Massive plundering and then a huge crash (10-04)
Our sorry state (10-04)
Credit where credit is due (10-04)
"You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's" (10-04)
It's already banned and the ban clearly doesn't work well (10-04)
Chicago's largest downtown office tenant in deep doo-doo, but other problems are afoot (10-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-04)
It looks like the feds may have at least two cooperating witnesses (10-03)
Mansion to close for more renovations (10-03)
Question of the day (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Tobolski has apparently ghosted (10-03)
This is why we can't have nice things (10-03)
We need a better plan (10-03)
Pro teams want sports betting monopolies in their zones (10-03)
WBEZ sues to obtain unredacted Sandoval search warrant (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lou Lang an adviser on the Danville casino (10-03)
Museum of Science and Industry to be named after state's wealthiest resident (10-03)
Why is Sandoval still a Senate Democratic leader? (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Think Big responds *** We're number one! (10-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-03)
Pritzker distances administration from Sandoval, tries to assure public that capital plan is "on the up-and-up" (10-02)
After years of darkness, Statehouse lights restored (10-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cullerton responds *** Pritzker wants Sandoval's chairmanship yanked (10-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Legislative Inspector General releases reports on Kevin Quinn, Tim Mapes (10-02)
Mayor uses unpopular president to boost census participation (10-02)
Foxconn division enters $100 million partnership with the U of I (10-02)
Chris Cleveland calling it quits (10-02)
Raided town's cops clear out municipal building after super-brief village meeting (10-02)
Illinois coal production is up, but trouble is ahead (10-02)
Danville picks casino operator (10-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker addresses approp *** Question of the day (10-02)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-02)
Sun-Times: Feds also probing red-light cam company (10-01)
Feds searched for evidence in Sandoval's office of "Interference with commerce by threats or violence" (10-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Redacted Sandoval search warrant released (10-01)
Will County will be a hotbed of political activity next year (10-01)
Question of the day (10-01)
New laws (10-01)
It's just a bill (10-01)
For all its many faults, Illinois did do something right (10-01)
Anecdotes vs. data (10-01)
Flash Index rises partly on annualized 10 percent growth in state income tax receipts (10-01)
Some hiring progress at DCFS (10-01)
Leader Brady: "We're looking to find common ground" (10-01)
Um, no (10-01)
Reefer madness is definitely still a thing (10-01)
Open thread (10-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-01)

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