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November 2015 Posts

Pressure builds on Alvarez, McCarthy (11-30)
Final day to file! (11-30)
SEIU claims court victory on health insurance (11-30)
Question of the day (11-30)
So long, Kurt! (11-30)
Will "right to work" pop up again? (11-30)
A little bit of what's at stake this week (11-30)
More poison pills (11-30)
Time heals most wounds (11-30)
NYT looks at Griffin, Rauner (11-30)
LaQuan McDonald case: Three suggestions for state action (11-30)
Happy Thanksgiving! (11-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Five unanswered questions (11-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (11-25)
Caption contest! (11-25)
Crossing the line (11-25)
Moody's warns Illinois (11-25)
The Credit Union Difference (11-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - Franks responds *** Uh-oh (11-25)
Then and now (11-25)
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Here we go... (11-24)
Question of the day (11-24)
Kirk's confidence (11-24)
Unclear on the concept; And pot, meet kettle (11-24)
*** UPDATED x2 *** The supreme power of video (11-24)
More lip service (11-24)
A union overreach? (11-24)
Duckworth fires back against Zopp for "cheap political" shot (11-24)
Republicans side with unions in court case (11-24)
Rauner pushes Gaming Board to back off fantasy sports site issue (11-24)
No known impact of Rauner opposition to refugees (11-24)
Benton circulating against McCann (11-24)
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Dwindling away (11-23)
Question of the day (11-23)
He's ba-ack! (11-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A LaQuan McDonald primer (11-23)
Rauner speaks with White House on refugees (11-23)
Be smart about it for a change (11-23)
Caption contest! (11-23)
Dueling press releases (11-23)
The Sun-Times exodus continues (11-23)
Voting with their feet (11-23)
SEIU files restraining order over health insurance (11-23)
The Credit Union Difference (11-23)
About that letter (11-23)
The price of delay (11-23)
Biss formally announces withdrawal (11-23)
Divided they could fall (11-23)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Candidate filing day! (11-23)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Biss won't confirm report that he's dropping out (11-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Fundraiser list; Campaigns; IHA (11-20)
Dorothy Brown hire indicted (11-20)
Rauner, others write the president (11-20)
Question of the day (11-20)
*** UPDATED x4 - Dems attack Rauner involvement *** As expected, it's Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez (11-20)
Did the RGA recruit Rauner? (11-20)
New stuff! (11-20)
Federal judge sends lottery case to settlement talks (11-20)
Poll purports to show Illinoisans can be convinced to oppose ethanol (11-20)
Credit Unions – Helping families in times of need (11-20)
Report: Rush to run again (11-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Immigration groups to meet with Rauner staff on Syrian refugees (11-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Meeks shows up *** ISBE responds to harsh criticism (11-20)
Sanguinetti committee passes optional collective bargaining proposal (11-20)
The least popular freshman governor (11-20)
Today's quotable (11-20)
Group, legislators claim "undemocratic" decision on charters (11-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Dold "responds" *** Some stats and facts to keep in mind, and some hyperbole to avoid (11-19)
Remap group staffs up (11-19)
Question of the day (11-19)
Today's number: 2.96 percent (11-19)
Killing a bill ain't passing one (11-19)
In a word: No (11-19)
NCSL publishes "refugee primer" (11-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Is Illinois' "climate change" for real? (11-19)
Jimenez likely Poe successor (11-19)
Byrne claims "increasingly hostile" environment at racing board (11-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Maybe not *** I think Duckworth won this round (11-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (11-18)
No need to read more than this (11-18)
*** UPDATED x2 - SEIU Healthcare responds - AFSCME Responds *** Rauner reaches new contract agreement, lashes out at AFSCME (11-18)
Weirdest story of the day (11-18)
Good government groups: Skip the opening remarks and get on with the meeting (11-18)
Focus on this now (11-18)
That's optimism? (11-18)
Kirk backs away from "100 percent assurance" demand on refugees (11-18)
An idea whose time has come (maybe) (11-18)
Rauner to intervene in Springfield's House appointment (11-18)
Oops (11-18)
About that poll (11-18)
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Question of the day (11-17)
*** UPDATED x6 - Rep. Dunkin responds - Thapedi wants more assurances - Rauner backtracks *** Hutchinson: "That is not what I agreed to" (11-17)
House Majority Leader could have primary challenger (11-17)
Caption contest! (11-17)
Missing the point (11-17)
Remap reformers say they've collected 400,000 signatures (11-17)
Today's number: $835,000 (11-17)
Community college prez wants property tax hike ASAP ahead of caps (11-17)
*** LIVE VIDEO *** Chicago pension case (11-17)
A moderate mushroom revolt (11-17)
Ken Dunkin roundup (11-16)
Problem-solvers complain they can't solve problems without budget (11-16)
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Question of the day (11-16)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Compare and contrast the two sets of proposals (11-16)
IllinoisGO floats mega deal (11-16)
*** UPDATED x3 - It's a pause, not a shut-off *** Rauner: State to suspend accepting new Syrian refugees (11-16)
What could possibly go wrong? (11-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - Richly ironic *** CMS sues AG Madigan over workers' comp for personal assistants (11-16)
Today's number: 48 percent (11-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Events calendar (11-16)
When you try to win by making others lose, you lose (11-16)
State money has nothing to do with this (11-16)
Police inaction means mentally ill keep their guns (11-16)
Outgoing IG says at least three aldermen under federal scrutiny (11-16)
Your (now rare) "right to work" roundup (11-16)
Tables turned on Madigan (11-16)
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Leaders' meeting postponed (11-14)
This just in... Rauner announces leaders' meeting agenda, wants private talks (11-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-13)
Rush to retire? (11-13)
This just in... Poe gets Ag (11-13)
Question of the day (11-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** National stuff (11-13)
Today's number: $3.50 (11-13)
Chicago's low property tax rates (11-13)
*** UPDATED x3 - Sims fires back *** SUBSCRIBERS ONY - CPS responds to Rep. Sims story (11-13)
Credit Unions: Honoring Veterans (11-13)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner loan plan emerges (11-13)
The Democrats' millionaire (11-13)
Don't get your hopes up (11-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "He's clearly standing in the way" (11-13)
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Biz leaders want private talks (11-12)
Restating the obvious (11-12)
Question of the day (11-12)
Mayors to pressure Majority Leader (11-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Awaiting a response (11-12)
This could be a real circus (11-12)
The human cost of the impasse (11-12)
State receives utility shut-off notice, administration blames Madigan (11-12)
Godwin's law invoked (11-12)
EPA Official Encourages State Action to Preserve Nuclear (11-12)
Dunkin media blitz roundup (11-12)
Quote of the week (11-12)
Du Quoin to the rescue! (11-12)
*** UPDATED x2 *** What Dunkin said he got (11-12)
*** UPDATED x1 - Not quite *** Another hostage released? (11-12)
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Lawsuit filed against SEIU (11-11)
House to succeed Mathis at county Dem chairman association (11-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (11-11)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Bill to save state museum heads to governor (11-11)
Looking on the bright side (11-11)
Poe to Ag (11-11)
Regarding Ken Dunkin (11-11)
Madigan's turn to take a "hostage" as tension builds with Senate (11-11)
Rauner releases two more "hostages" (11-11)
"Don't talk to him" (11-11)
We need to walk back the war (11-11)
US Chamber lashes out at "rogue state treasurer" (11-10)
Moody's: It's really bad (11-10)
Question of the day (11-10)
This Just In: Exelon Profits Exceed Expectations - $629 Million (11-10)
A happy update to the Ashley Goodwin story (11-10)
*** UPDATED x5 - "No" *** Yet another Rauner compromise (11-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Let's get it done already! (11-10)
Don't get your hopes up (11-10)
The tiny town that said "No" (11-10)
A Clean Energy Policy for All Customers (11-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Oops (11-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - CTU responds *** That was a practice strike vote? (11-10)
Rauner again peels off Dunkin (11-10)
*** LIVE OVERTIME SESSION COVERAGE *** (11-10)
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Rauner rescinds DON score change (11-09)
Exelon "open to an alternative" to a state bailout (11-09)
Our crumbling human service infrastructure (11-09)
Question of the day (11-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Biz and labor reach unemployment insurance deal (11-09)
It's probably worse now (11-09)
In a word: No (11-09)
*** LIVE PRE-SESSION COVERAGE *** (11-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Why there's no link (11-09)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Rauner reverses course, issues new rules on child care eligibility (11-09)
Today's quotables (11-09)
Today's number: $700 million (11-09)
Our sorry state (11-09)
Money talks (11-09)
High hopes (11-09)
What do they hope to accomplish with this public meeting? (11-09)
Report: Business refused to relocate to Illinois specifically because of the impasse (11-09)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-06)
Question of the day (11-06)
Concurrence, with reservations (11-06)
*** UPDATED x6 *** Governor AV's bipartisan DON score bill (11-06)
Our childish, cartoon world (11-06)
All over the place (11-06)
Paper makes exception to its impasse support (11-06)
Our rapidly decaying human service infrastructure (11-06)
The McCarter plot thickens (11-06)
Illinois' "most unusual" ancestry (11-06)
Today's number: $2.05 billion (11-06)
"We’ve modeled every personality of every voter in the United States" (11-06)
Crime and punishment (11-05)
This Just In: Exelon Profits Exceed Expectations - $629 Million (11-05)
Plant Closures Show the Need for Action in Illinois (11-05)
Question of the day (11-05)
Look past the heat and at the numbers (11-05)
Charters say they're doing pretty well (11-05)
Yeah, this'll work (11-05)
Caption contest! (11-05)
The true believers want this war (11-05)
Dedication to People – The Credit Union Difference (11-05)
Unclear on the concept (11-05)
Today's number: $175 million (11-05)
How can we miss you if you won't go away? (11-05)
Good news, bad news and... What the heck? (11-04)
McCarter hit for campaign spending (11-04)
"Since we are unwilling to make numbers up, we are unable to refute the Governor’s claims" (11-04)
Question of the day (11-04)
Oh, please (11-04)
Today's quotable (11-04)
*** UPDATED x1 - Success! *** Join the bacon caucus! (11-04)
Somebody needs to call a plumber (11-04)
Rahm in the middle (11-04)
The "ultimate betrayal" (11-04)
Tone it down, please (11-04)
Seems about a hundred years ago (11-04)
Can't anybody play this game? (11-04)
Today's number: $7,300 (11-04)
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Question of the day (11-03)
"Now is the time to prove that we care" (11-03)
#Winning (11-03)
Dedication to People – The Credit Union Difference (11-03)
Get 'er done (11-03)
A county on the brink (11-03)
Both sides are "top down" (11-03)
Edgar responds to critics (11-03)
Tone it down, please (11-03)
"How dare you?" (11-03)
Despite early enthusiasm, GOP continues to downplay, denigrate public leaders meeting (11-03)
Unclear on the concept (11-03)
Looking at Rauner's ROI (11-03)
Learning from the ABATE experience (11-03)
*** UPDATED x2 - Retracted *** OK, I gotta reopen the blog for this (11-02)
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