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October 2021 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-29)
AG Raoul asks IL Supreme Court to move DeVore's student mask lawsuits to Cook or Sangamon counties (10-29)
Question of the day (10-29)
COVID-19 roundup (10-29)
Poll: 69 percent of Chicagoans support coronavirus vaccine mandate for city workers, 21 percent oppose (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A look at the schedule (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rewriting history (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A quick look at Bost vs. Miller (10-29)
*** UPDATED *** Marie Newman, mapped into the 4th CD, says she will run for reelection in 6th District, likely against Sean Casten (10-29)
The more things change... (10-29)
After being mapped in with LaHood, Kinzinger announces he won't run for reelection (10-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Gaming bill passes both chambers, will allow in-person betting on in-state college sports outcomes, abolishes "push tax" (10-29)
Open thread (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-29)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-29)
2021 veto session cheat sheet (10-29)
*** UPDATED *** Congressional remap bill passes with minimum 71 votes (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Senate, House plan to adjourn on April 8 next spring (10-28)
Dale Righter leaving SGOP, will be replaced as chief of staff by Jenna Mitchell (10-28)
*** UPDATED x5 *** New congressional remap proposal posted online (10-28)
It's been a whipsaw day for the remap (10-28)
Caption contest! (10-28)
*** UPDATED x5 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Remap update (10-28)
Question of the day (10-28)
After vote on nominees is stalled, Sen. Tracy warns that state could be without a legislative inspector general soon (10-28)
Proposal would bar direct contributions to judicial campaigns from dark money groups and out-of-state sources (10-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Quick remap update (10-28)
One Central tries to get sneaky (10-28)
The rest of the story (10-28)
Remap trouble (10-28)
HCRCA amendment coverage roundup (10-28)
PNA repeal coverage roundup (10-28)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-28)
*** UPDATED x5 *** EV bill prospects looking up (10-28)
Illinois: Tell Congress To Count All Copays (10-28)
Open thread (10-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-28)
House votes to repeal Parental Notification of Abortion law 62-51-3 (10-27)
Amendment to Health Care Right of Conscience Act passes House 64-52-2 (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** New congressional maps have been posted (10-27)
Question of the day (10-27)
Remap, East St. Louis, Politics, Supreme Court and 2022 (10-27)
COVID-19 roundup (10-27)
Pritzker to travel to London and Glasgow next week for economic development trip, climate change conference (10-27)
Organizations Call For Repeal of PNA (10-27)
Newly revised amendment introduced to Health Care Right of Conscience Act, no immediate effective date (10-27)
Disinformation, misinformation and hate abound on HCRCA amendment (10-27)
A little EV stuff for your perusal (10-27)
Open thread (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-27)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-27)
Senate votes to repeal Parental Notification of Abortion law, bill moves to House (10-27)
Question of the day (10-26)
COVID-19 roundup (10-26)
PNA repeal bill surfaces in Senate (10-26)
Careful what you wish for (10-26)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-26)
Illinois: Tell Congress To Count All Copays (10-26)
Organizations Call For Repeal of PNA (10-26)
Facebook violence roundup (10-26)
Tribune can't confirm Ives' claim (10-26)
In other business before the House and Senate... (10-26)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Current version of HCRCA bill in serious doubt (10-26)
Um, no (10-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (10-26)
Bailey says his lieutenant governor will oversee Chicago (10-26)
Open thread (10-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-26)
Progress in the Dixmoor water crisis, thanks in part to Blue Island stepping up (10-25)
Question of the day (10-25)
Chicago Sky will be at Statehouse tomorrow (10-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - AFSCME responds *** Two AFSCME bargaining units agree to vax mandate, while IDOC/IDJJ dispute headed to arbitration after impasse (10-25)
COVID-19 roundup (10-25)
Dems inch forward on PNA repeal (10-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Changes to Health Care Right of Conscience Act surface in House (10-25)
Congressional remap coverage roundup (10-25)
Why the May state redistricting plan was rejected, and what comes next (10-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (10-25)
Pantagraph says the quiet part out loud (10-25)
Open thread (10-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Partisan breakdown of newly proposed congressional map (10-23)
*** UPDATED - Comments now open *** Democrats release new congressional map - More Latino strength - Newman, Casten in same district - Kinzinger, LaHood mapped together - Miller, Bost mapped together (10-23)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-22)
Question of the day (10-22)
The debate continues over the labor force participation rate (10-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker expands vax/test mandate to workers at licensed day care centers (10-22)
COVID-19 roundup (10-22)
Despite pleas and even threats, IDOC worker vax rate remains about the same (10-22)
Can't somebody at the state step in and help Dixmoor with its water problem? (10-22)
Giannoulias hit for accepting campaign money from his brothers, others (10-22)
Illinois: Tell Congress To Count All Copays (10-22)
Open thread (10-22)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-22)
Question of the day (10-21)
Today's must-read: The Good Part About ‘Waning’ Immunity (10-21)
Illinois unemployment rate 2 points higher than national rate (10-21)
Remap roundup (10-21)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-21)
*** UPDATED x2 - Governor protected by "absolute privilege" of executive immunity - DeVore threatens lawsuit *** Pritzker calls DeVore a "grifter" (10-21)
Illinois Supreme Court shoots down Cook County's tax on firearms and ammo (10-21)
Open thread (10-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-21)
Question of the day (10-20)
DeVore files Macoupin County lawsuit against more than 100 school districts over mask mandate (10-20)
ISP honors its past with Trooper 262 Project (10-20)
Illinois: Tell Congress To Count All Copays (10-20)
Your government "at work" (10-20)
Campaign roundup: Delegation grumbles about remap; Burn rates; Supreme race; Wildest 2022 primary? (10-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Senate also cancels *** House cancels Thursday session (10-20)
More like this please: Safe2Help Illinois (10-20)
Don't believe everything you read (10-20)
The Truth About PNA And Human Trafficking (10-20)
Appeals court finds that IHSA constitution and by-laws don't address schools placed on probation (10-20)
Open thread (10-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-20)
Question of the day (10-19)
PNA Does Not Strengthen Family Communications (10-19)
Federal court tosses out first legislative remap, will now look at redo remap (10-19)
Our sorry state (10-19)
COVID-19 roundup (10-19)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-19)
Changes urged to HCRCA (10-19)
The other side of the "Fair Map" debate (10-19)
Huge I-80 project set to begin, but infrastructure is about more than just roads and bridges (10-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (10-19)
Open thread (10-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-19)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-19)
Question of the day (10-18)
New union agreement means almost 2,000 state workers under vax mandate (10-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (10-18)
COVID-19 roundup (10-18)
Chicago Sky open thread (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More remap stuff (10-18)
There's always something more that can be done about big problems like armed violence (10-18)
Pritzker spent more than $7 million on advertising in third quarter (10-18)
Harvard's former Motorola plant appears to have been transferred from one alleged international money-launderer to another (10-18)
PNA repeal back on the front burner (10-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (10-18)
Open thread (10-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password (10-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-18)
Saturday remap update: Bobby Rush blasts new map; Chris Christie and Mike Pompeo to attack Illinois map; Map called 'dummymander' by DC pundit; Head fake? (10-16)
Friday evening updates: New maps aren't as Dem as earlier portrayed; Lipinski eyes comeback on first draft maps; Vaccinated Catanzara muzzled by judge (10-15)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - HDem money update (10-15)
IDPH will follow new CDC recommendations on school-associated outbreaks (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Partisan analysis of newly proposed districts (10-15)
Question of the day (10-15)
COVID-19 roundup (10-15)
The Tribune takes a look at Jesse Sullivan's background (10-15)
Billionaire governor and spouse reported just $2.2 million in federally taxable personal income last year (10-15)
15,669 new cases over the past week; 54 percent of all Illinoisans fully vaxed; 1,500 hospitalized; 341 in ICU; 2.5 percent test positivity rate (10-15)
*** UPDATED x5 *** New congressional maps released (10-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP gloats *** ILGOP actually raised more federal/state/local cash than DPI during third quarter (10-15)
Harmon's chief of staff Jake Butcher recovering from "mild" breakthrough case (10-15)
Today's must-read (10-15)
Pritzker quietly extends vax deadline during union negotiations while Lightfoot seeks injunction against the FOP (10-15)
Open thread (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-15)
Lynn Sweet: New congressional map will give Dems 14-3 advantage (10-14)
Question of the day (10-14)
Rep./Mayor Thaddeus Jones accused of bullying... again (10-14)
Timuel Black (10-14)
Pritzker preparing huge incentive package for electric-vehicle manufacturing industry (10-14)
Campaign roundup (10-14)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-14)
Today's quotable (10-14)
Pritzker's office responds to Pfleger's "state of emergency" demand (10-14)
Open thread (10-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-14)
Question of the day (10-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Duckworth raises $1.8 million in Q3 *** News from the campaign trail (10-13)
COVID-19 roundup (10-13)
It's just a bill (10-13)
Pritzker pressed on PNA repeal (10-13)
Calabrese shows how to create two Latino congressional districts as group files complaint with Department of Justice over legislative maps (10-13)
Chicago FOP urges members to defy vax reporting order (10-13)
Open thread (10-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser lists (10-12)
COVID-19 roundup (10-12)
Congressional remap process begins (10-12)
ISP's DNA backlog significantly reduced (10-12)
Question of the day (10-12)
Perhaps the Tribune should apply these same standards to everyone else (10-12)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-12)
Campaign roundup (10-12)
Thompson Center sale inches closer to possible reality (10-12)
Why the Democrats believe they can legally justify their new remap (10-12)
It’s Time For The World’s First Engineering-Based Medical School (10-12)
Open thread (10-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-12)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-12)
IEA intervenes in mask/testing lawsuit against tiny handful of non-compliant teachers (10-08)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (10-08)
Two more small state employee unions agree to mandated vaxes (10-07)
Illinois Republican delegation responds to state's first congressional redistricting hearing of the season (10-07)
COVID-19 roundup (10-07)
Question of the day (10-07)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-07)
Factory towns a big trouble spot for Democrats (10-07)
Effingham County gonna Effingham County (10-07)
Horde of Illinois Nazis descended on Statehouse last weekend for anti-vax rally (10-07)
New complaints filed in remap legal battle (10-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Senate Republicans introduce crime package (10-07)
Open thread (10-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-07)
Pritzker signs EO eliminating subminimum wage in state contracts for people with disabilities (10-06)
Question of the day (10-06)
COVID-19 roundup (10-06)
46,000 gallons of toxic foam pumped into burning coal mine (10-06)
Griffin's beef is with the mayor (10-06)
Judge's ruling prompts ISBE rule change (10-06)
Open thread (10-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-06)
Support Regulated Pet Stores And Defeat Puppy Mills (10-05)
A fundraising pitch for Claire Serdiuk Anderson's family (10-05)
Question of the day (10-05)
C'mon, man (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign roundup: Bailey has early lead; Sullivan launches TV ads; Pathetic DGA videos; Unclear on the concept (10-05)
Griffin provides partial 2022 preview (10-05)
Sheriff Hartman would've fit right in with Cahokia Heights (10-05)
Oh, for crying out loud (10-05)
Griffin eagerly echoes Trump's Chicago rhetoric while criticising Trump's divisiveness (10-05)
Harmon on Pritzker (10-05)
Open thread (10-05)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (10-05)
I think another day (10-04)

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