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November 2012 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-30)
The labor beat (11-30)
Question of the day (11-30)
2nd District roundup (11-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Beavers can talk about repayment *** Always an uphill climb (11-30)
Proposed medical marijuana monopoly wreaking havoc on legalization bill (11-30)
Deja vu all over again (11-30)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (11-30)
Ford vehemently defends self against federal charges (11-30)
Credit unions serve as not-for-profit cooperatives; Banks elect Subchapter S to avoid taxes (11-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-30)
This just in... Rep. Ford indicted for bank fraud (11-29)
Poll: Lisa Madigan has biggest leads, Quinn in huge primary trouble (11-29)
Question of the day (11-29)
*** UPDATED x1 - Burns to drop out *** Zuccarelli backing Trotter for Jackson seat (11-29)
Momentum builds for licenses for undocumented immigrants as Republicans cooperate (11-29)
14 Republicans stand with AFSCME (11-29)
Currie hints at higher corporate taxes (11-29)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (11-29)
Quinn thoroughly thumped on assault weapons ban (11-29)
Jacksonville facility emptied out (11-29)
Today's quote (11-29)
STOP ComEd Rate Hikes – Vote NO on SR 821! (11-29)
McCarter fails to oust Radogno, gripes on Twitter (11-29)
EIMA Creates More Than 700 Jobs Through Third Quarter (11-29)
Quinn loses budget vote, won't change outcome (11-29)
Don’t Shortchange Our Students: Support HB 5440! (11-29)
*** LIVE *** Veto Session Coverage (11-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-29)
"They do more harm by their evil example than by their actual sin" (11-28)
Question of the day (11-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Senate passes fee hike bill *** Flider ripped, approved (11-28)
EIMA Creates More Than 700 Jobs Through Third Quarter (11-28)
Republican governor ridicules Illinois' treatment of state employee unions (11-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Statehouse roundup (11-28)
Don’t Shortchange Our Students: Support HB 5440! (11-28)
STOP ComEd Rate Hikes – Vote NO on SR 821! (11-28)
Cross reelected, Radogno up tonight (11-28)
*** LIVE *** Veto Session Coverage (11-28)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (11-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-28)
*** LIVE *** Veto Session Coverage (11-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a roundup (11-27)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (11-27)
Quote of the day (11-27)
Question of the day (11-27)
Half a million bucks disappears from Stroger account (11-27)
Anti gun coalition tries to remind legislature about opposition (11-27)
Don’t Shortchange Our Students: Support HB 5440! (11-27)
Illinois 9th most Democratic state in last six presidential elections (11-27)
Edgar talks about Madigan (11-27)
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Quinn: Special election to be held on local primary day (11-26)
Buried gold (11-26)
Question of the day (11-26)
Illinois' new super majorities, one-party control aren't unusual at all these days (11-26)
Squeezy ain't exactly in good company (11-26)
One vote can make a big difference (11-26)
More on the contract termination (11-26)
Halvorson joins growing list of Jackson replacement candidates (11-26)
State eavesdropping law blocked by US Supreme Court (11-26)
Credit unions serve as not-for-profit cooperatives; Banks elect Subchapter S to avoid taxes (11-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-26)
This just in... Congressman Jackson resigns - Says he's cooperating with investigators (11-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (11-21)
Happy Thanksgiving! (11-21)
This just in... AFSCME: Quinn terminates union contract - Quinn says union won't offer ideas (11-20)
Freep this poll!!! (11-20)
HB 5440: Don’t Let Illinois Fall Behind (11-20)
Shifting on the cost shift (11-20)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (11-20)
Question of the day (11-20)
First test on Latino rights coming soon (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (11-20)
Madigan the diplomat? (11-20)
Squeezy the Python inspires others (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a roundup (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (11-19)
Question of the day (11-19)
Will it take more time? And Quinn backs away from backing away (11-19)
Just a third of incoming, returning House Democrats are white and male (11-19)
Quote of the day (11-19)
A snake? Really? (11-19)
Fahner's irrelevance and TRS backs off (11-19)
Credit Union (noun) – volunteer led, locally owned, democratically controlled cooperatives (11-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-19)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-16)
Caption contest! (11-16)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (11-16)
Question of the day (11-16)
Today's graph (11-16)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (11-16)
Unbelievable histrionics (11-16)
Today's assignment: New Lincoln website (11-16)
Feds "going down every rat hole" (11-16)
Report: Downstate child abuse reports rise (11-16)
A Republican dilemma: Govern or harangue? (11-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a roundup (11-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-16)
Today's number: 61.66% (11-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Veto session update (11-15)
Question of the day (11-15)
Credit Union (noun) – not-for-profit, consumer-focused cooperative (11-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Quinn to push borrowing for old bills again (11-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cullerton responds to Fahner *** Report: Unfunded liabilities rise by $11 billion (11-15)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (11-15)
The JJJ saga gets weirder by the day (11-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** *** LIVE *** House committee takes up Madigan's proposal to cap union contract wages (11-15)
Caption contest! (11-15)
Derrick Smith trial set for October of 2013 (11-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (11-14)
HB 5440: Close the Loophole and Support Our Students (11-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - AFSCME responds *** Fahner claims pension problem is now "unfixable," but won't release data to back it up (11-14)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (11-14)
Question of the day (11-14)
Fanning urges U of I Chancellor Phyllis Wise and Trustees not to eliminate Civic Leadership Program (11-14)
Mayor refuses to take the bait (11-14)
Did Quinn just back away from the cost shift? (11-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The GOP "media cocoon" (11-14)
Fun with numbers (11-14)
Caption contest! (11-14)
The clown show never ends (11-13)
Question of the day (11-13)
Gay candidate elected, hardly anybody notices (11-13)
Radogno tries to hold on (11-13)
Credit Union (noun) – not-for-profit, consumer-focused cooperative (11-13)
Probably not (11-13)
Latinos are now a major force in Illinois (11-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Jackson leaves Mayor Clinic *** Report: Feds threaten Jackson's wife (11-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-13)
Gill finally concedes (11-09)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (11-09)
Quote of the day (11-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Lame ducks and new members (11-09)
HB 5440: Close the Loophole and Support Our Students (11-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - Madigan moves anti-AFSCME bill *** AFSCME plans "Unity Days of Action" (11-09)
Question of the day (11-09)
Don't be so sure (11-09)
Fun with numbers (11-09)
A long, steady GOP decline (11-09)
Credit Union (noun) – an essential financial cooperative (11-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (11-09)
Question of the day (11-08)
J3 working on plea deal? (11-08)
Derrick Smith quotables (11-08)
Aftermath: Bloodbath? (11-08)
Et tu, Kass? (11-08)
Joe Walsh on the party's future and his own (11-08)
Can Schock walk his talk? (11-08)
A belated thank you (11-08)
Some big money just didn't work (11-08)
Gill still won't concede, Plummer won't man up (11-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (11-08)
Caption contest! (11-07)
Fun with numbers (11-07)
Pension amendment fails (11-07)
Question of the day (11-07)
The stain on the Democrats' big night (11-07)
It ain't just the map and it ain't just Obama (11-07)
No class (11-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (11-07)
The day after (11-07)
*** LIVE *** STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RESULTS, NEWS AND DISCUSSION THREAD (11-06)
*** LIVE *** CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS, NEWS AND DISCUSSION THREAD (11-06)
***LIVE *** Google, Capitol Fax Election Night Party (11-06)
Afternoon voting reports (11-06)
Question of the day (11-06)
NY Mag takes a look at J3 (11-06)
*** LIVE *** ELECTION DAY COVERAGE (11-06)
Kirk does robocall with Plummer, Clinton does one for Enyart (11-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (11-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (11-06)
Morning polling place updates (11-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Board refutes GOP claim *** Fun with numbers (11-05)
Question of the day (11-05)
Too little, too late? (11-05)
Today's number: $43,192,728.65 (11-05)
Tammy Duckworth's closer (11-05)
Kirk climbs Willis Tower, speaks in Biggert endorsement video (11-05)
Things get weird in Saviano race (11-05)
Quinn sends "bus loads" of workers to Wisconsin (11-05)
Today's most over the top political screed (11-05)
Credit Union (noun) – an essential financial cooperative (11-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (11-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (11-05)
Reader coments closed for the weekend (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Kathy Hartke services (11-02)
Report: Shock met with RGA about gubernatorial bid (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Saviano update (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Party time (11-02)
The spending never stops (11-02)
Unclear on the concept (11-02)
Kirk appears in Dold video, doesn't speak, but the tune rocks (11-02)
Question of the day (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: More money (11-01)
Hey, Bruce, the unions didn't underfund the system (11-01)
Question of the day (11-01)
Where's the beef? (11-01)
Credit Union (noun) – an essential financial cooperative (11-01)
Leave the gun, take the cannoli (11-01)
Enyart fires back (11-01)
Pettiness in the 10th (11-01)
Caption contest! (11-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (11-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-01)

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