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November 2022 Posts

Afternoon roundup (11-30)
Christine McVie (11-30)
Yeah, no (11-30)
Appellate court finds judge abused discretion; reverses, vacates contempt rulings against DCFS Director Smith, but doesn't let agency off hook (11-30)
It's just a bill (11-30)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (11-30)
It's just a plaque (11-30)
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Morning briefing (11-30)
Open thread (11-30)
Live coverage (11-30)
SAFE-T Act amendment pops (11-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Local 150 backs Chuy Garcia for mayor (11-29)
Pritzker announces agreement to eliminate unemployment trust fund debt (11-29)
Post-election coverage roundup (11-29)
Sorry, Mr. Rickets, but your site is worthless to me (11-29)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (11-29)
Rep. Ford attempts to clarify remarks (11-29)
It's just a bill (11-29)
Giving Tuesday is a great day to help a foster kid (11-29)
Illinois at heart of railroad labor dispute (11-29)
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Morning briefing (11-29)
Open thread (11-29)
Live coverage (11-29)
Afternoon briefing (11-28)
Sen. Hastings will not chair a committee in new GA, but caucus is divided (11-28)
Pot tax cut pushed, despite continuing growth and huge retail markups (11-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (11-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (11-28)
Tony McCombie news coverage roundup (11-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A few updates (11-28)
When literally all else fails, blame the people (11-28)
After election results, a constitutional amendment on abortion appears in the cards (11-28)
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Morning briefing (11-28)
Open thread (11-28)
Live coverage (11-28)
Reader comments closed for the Thanksgiving break (11-22)
You may get a chance to meet these three new House Speakers next year (11-22)
Afternoon roundup (11-22)
Question of the day (11-22)
It's just a union questionnaire... so far (11-22)
Oscar is 10 today (11-22)
It's time for the US Attorney's office to step back in (11-22)
Welch optimistic, but won't definitively say an assault weapons ban will be approved in January (11-22)
The elephant in the room (11-22)
Open thread (11-22)
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Live coverage (11-22)
Afternoon roundup (11-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (11-21)
Welch to Republicans: Abandon extremism if you want a seat at the table (11-21)
Fun with numbers (11-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and a campaign update (11-21)
Our sorry state (11-21)
A quick look at turnout (11-21)
Question of the day (11-21)
Watch the bottom line, please (11-21)
Today's number: 16 years (11-21)
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Morning briefing (11-21)
Open thread (11-21)
Live coverage (11-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-18)
Afternoon roundup (11-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A couple of updates (11-18)
Governor's office accuses Sheriff Dart of "spreading misinformation" (11-18)
Question of the day (11-18)
McCombie talks about the difficulty of protecting moderate candidates from attacks by the "far right" (11-18)
Abortion providers worry about "escalation" in cross-border legal actions (11-18)
Ayala to retire at end of January (11-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Morning briefing (11-18)
Open thread (11-18)
Live coverage (11-18)
Post-campaign notebook (11-17)
State unemployment rate still lags nation by almost a point (11-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Vote-counting update (11-17)
Amazon's pending layoffs prompt look at its $5.1 billion in state and local subsidies, including $732 million here (11-17)
Question of the day (11-17)
It’s just a bill (11-17)
More proof that the Tribune editorial board doesn't read its own newspaper (11-17)
Sarah Garza Resnick to take over at Personal PAC (11-17)
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Morning briefing (11-17)
Open thread (11-17)
Live coverage (11-17)
Post-campaign notebook (11-16)
Question of the day (11-16)
State pension payments projected to hold at 20.1 percent of state expenditures over five years (11-16)
Where did the the constitutional amendment succeed? (11-16)
Rate the new Lightfoot TV ads (11-16)
Good luck, Eleni! (11-16)
Eastern Bloc gonna Eastern Bloc (11-16)
McFarland Mental Health Center workers warn of "severe staff shortage" (11-16)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Sens. Harmon, Curran receive support from their members (11-16)
Open thread (11-16)
Morning briefing (11-16)
Live coverage (11-16)
House Republican caucus elects McCombie as leader (11-15)
AP finally projects win for Workers' Rights Amendment (11-15)
A flurry of post-election announcements by AG Raoul (11-15)
It’s just a bill (11-15)
Fellow WIND talk show host puts Dan Proft on blast: "Would you call a doctor whose patients all died?" (11-15)
Want a new job? (11-15)
The SAFE-T Act's future (11-15)
Post-campaign notebook (11-15)
Another in the many Uihlein losses (11-15)
Illinois residential consumers had fifth lowest average electricity bill in the country during 2021 (11-15)
Wirepoints president speaks at secessionist convention (11-15)
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Morning briefing (11-15)
Open thread (11-15)
Live coverage (11-15)
Post-campaign notebook (11-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (11-14)
Today's quotable (11-14)
Pritzker wants to use big, one-time revenue bump to boost rainy-day fund, pay off some bonds and put more into the UI trust fund (11-14)
Illinois Medicaid contractor failed to deliver basic medical services to foster children (11-14)
Proft offers an explanation (11-14)
Abortion news coverage roundup (11-14)
Question of the day (11-14)
Speaker Welch claims reelection victory (11-14)
Report: Workers' Rights Amendment has more than enough votes to pass (11-14)
It's just a bill (11-14)
Money woes, spending blunders and a widely ignored state law (11-14)
Republicans assess the damage (11-14)
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Open thread (11-14)
Morning briefing (11-14)
Live coverage (11-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Saturday post-campaign updates: McCombie has 23 votes for Leader; Mazzochi tries to invalidate mail ballots; Greenwood opponent declares victory (11-12)
Veterans Day updates: McCombie, Curran likely in; Butler out; SAFE-T Act talks continue (11-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Even more news (11-10)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (11-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More news (11-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (11-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Some updates (11-10)
Leader Durkin begins exit interviews: "People look at Republicans as extremists" (11-10)
Question of the day (11-10)
Post-campaign notebook (11-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** DCEO offers direct forgiveable loans for cannabis social equity participants (11-10)
What's next for the SAFE-T Act? (11-10)
Do better, AP (11-10)
Despite Darren Bailey dropping the idea, a handful of people still want to secede from Illinois (11-10)
Rate Chuy Garcia's mayoral announcement video (11-10)
Speaker Welch reacts to Leader Durkin stepping down (11-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - An update and a supplement to today's edition (11-10)
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Open thread (11-10)
Morning briefing (11-10)
Live coverage (11-10)
Today's quotable (11-09)
Chicago reporters press Pritzker on presidential run, mayoral endorsement (11-09)
Question of the day (11-09)
Campaign updates: MKO declares victory; Proft's down-ballot scorecard; Pritzker's gamble; Too close to call on Amendment 1; King concedes, but Peterson won't; Curran on abortion; Asian Americans win more races (11-09)
Senate GOP Leader McConchie decries "rigged system" (11-09)
Somebody has some explaining to do (11-09)
Legislative leaders declare victory (11-09)
Rep. Conroy declares victory in DuPage County (11-09)
Morning briefing (11-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Durkin will not seek another term as House GOP Leader (11-09)
Open thread (11-09)
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Live coverage (11-09)
Results open thread (11-08)
Evening thread (11-08)
Late afternoon/early evening precinct reports (11-08)
Question of the day (11-08)
Dick Bigger Jr. to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight (11-08)
Afternoon precinct reports and some other stuff (11-08)
Champaign County Clerk blames "repeated D-DOS attacks" for slow voting issues (11-08)
Bost's mail-in ballot lawsuit delayed until December (11-08)
Late money: Todd Ricketts contributes to DeVore; Raja still pitching; Ozinga gives to self; Chicago FOP goes Downstate (11-08)
Election officials across Illinois boost security (11-08)
Early voting by the numbers (11-08)
Mid-morning precinct reports (11-08)
Closing arguments (11-08)
Misinformation alert! State Board of Elections says sharpies are often preferred for ballots (11-08)
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Morning briefing (11-08)
Morning precinct reports (11-08)
Live coverage (11-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (11-07)
Campaign notebook (11-07)
Question of the day (11-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** DeVore, Bailey close their campaigns on vax mandates (11-07)
Shenanigans! (11-07)
A look at the attacks on the proposed constitutional amendment (11-07)
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Video of the day (11-07)
Open thread (11-07)
Morning briefing (11-07)
Live coverage (11-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-04)
Appellate court strikes down Chicago FOP's vax lawsuit (11-04)
Campaign notebook (11-04)
Report reveals 16 energy plants in Illinois with coal-ash dumps contaminating groundwater (11-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (11-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-04)
Today's clickbait (11-04)
Can this AI generator predict our tweets? (11-04)
Woman featured in Proft ad will respond to "malicious" Pritzker TV spot (11-04)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Tribune claims possible evidence of alleged illegal coordination (11-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Now he belongs to the ages (11-04)
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Open thread (11-04)
Morning briefing (11-04)
Live coverage (11-04)
Hinsdale hit by racist troll (11-03)
Campaign notebook (11-03)
Big hugs to Sen. Bryant (11-03)
Jesse White calls new Proft ad "highly offensive," Ald. Beale slams Bailey and Proft "and their racist, fear-mongering propaganda machine" (11-03)
Question of the day (11-03)
Thanks, @Gannett! (11-03)
Tribune looks at turnout (11-03)
Rate the new Pritzker ad (11-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-03)
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Morning briefing (11-03)
Open thread (11-03)
Live coverage (11-03)
Today's quotable (11-02)
Uber Eats Is Investing In Illinois Communities (11-02)
Question of the day (11-02)
Shenanigans! (11-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Another supplement to today's edition, more ads and some campaign news (11-02)
Abortion news coverage roundup (11-02)
CPD says man confessed to making disgusting death threat against Bailey (11-02)
Give it back! (11-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The Proft, Tillman, Uihlein and Bailey connections (11-02)
Republicans launch new anti-Hastings cable TV/digital ad (11-02)
Republicans complain about big money (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and some new TV ads (11-02)
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Morning briefing (11-02)
Open thread (11-02)
Live coverage (11-02)
Today's quotable (11-01)
As an aside... (11-01)
Sen. Hastings' former spouse speaks out after his campaign sends out "boneheaded" letter (11-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Well-intentioned helpers can cause real damage when they don't know what they're doing (11-01)
Campaign notebook (11-01)
Question of the day (11-01)
Rate Sen. Duckworth's closing ad (11-01)
Jesse White steps in to local library fight, but new legislation may be necessary (11-01)
Proft, DeVore claims about Paul Pelosi case called "pathetic lies" by Pritzker campaign (11-01)
"Darren’s been clear he will accept the outcome of the election" (11-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-01)
Morning stuff (11-01)
Open thread (11-01)
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Live coverage (11-01)

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