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November 2023 Posts

Afternoon roundup (11-30)
Supreme Court rules HIPAA workers exempt from BIPA (11-30)
ISP creates online form to help Illinoisans report suspected corruption (11-30)
Unclear on budgetary concepts (11-30)
A dumb rule that needs to end (11-30)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (11-30)
It’s just a bill (11-30)
LSSI Holiday Drive: Let's build on this wave of kindness (11-30)
Illinois Supreme Court rules people can't legally FOIA their FOID card info (11-30)
Open thread (11-30)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-30)
Live coverage (11-30)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (11-29)
Concerns growing over O'Hare expansion costs (11-29)
Ed Burke trial coverage roundup (11-29)
C'mon, people (11-29)
Mayor's office refuses to acknowledge federal claims of city's discriminatory housing process (11-29)
*** UPDATED x3 - $10,000 matching contribution received - Match level met and exceeded - Donor will match up to $10,000 for contributions made today *** Please help these kids (11-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (Updated) (11-29)
Open thread (11-29)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-29)
Live coverage (11-29)
Afternoon roundup (11-28)
I'd laugh if this wasn't so depressing (11-28)
Another moral panic (11-28)
ISP touts progress with Clear and Present Danger reports (11-28)
Filing day coverage roundup (11-28)
Pritzker gives wide-ranging interview (11-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It's that time of year again (11-28)
Open thread (11-28)
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Live coverage (11-28)
Rate the new SEIU Healthcare Illinois radio ad (11-27)
Afternoon roundup (11-27)
Bus arrivals trending upward again (11-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sam McCann's federal trial starts today (11-27)
Petition filing begins today (11-27)
Open thread (11-27)
Live coverage (11-27)
Pre-Thanksgiving news roundup (Comments now open) (11-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news (11-21)
Reader comments closed for Thanksgiving (11-21)
Afternoon roundup (11-21)
Happy Thanksgiving! You're all fired (11-21)
Gun rights advocates want full appellate court to re-hear assault weapons ban case (11-21)
Migrant news coverage roundup (11-21)
Question of the day (11-21)
Open thread (11-21)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-21)
Live coverage (11-21)
City moved all asylum-seekers out of one police station and into shelters during the weekend (11-20)
Afternoon roundup (Updated) (11-20)
State's rainy day fund surpasses $2 billion, GOMB projects new net surplus of $422 million (11-20)
AG Raoul blasts lawmakers for allowing his criminal enhancement penalty law to expire (11-20)
Lots of crucial, unanswered questions after train crash (11-20)
Staging area population drops, but migrants keep coming (11-20)
CDC report: Those who lived near Willowbrook Sterigenics facility face a greater risk of cancer (11-20)
Chicago's government summed up in two news stories (11-20)
*** UPDATED x2 *** When you're more interested in a straight uphill legislative fight than finding a win, you'll likely lose (11-20)
Question of the day (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (Updated) (11-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-20)
Open thread (11-20)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-20)
Live coverage (11-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-17)
Afternoon roundup (11-17)
ICC lauded for 'earthquake in Illinois utility regulation' (11-17)
Question of the day (11-17)
If you can't beat 'em... (11-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to Thursday's edition (11-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (11-17)
City lays out its new migrant plan (11-17)
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Open thread (11-17)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-17)
Live coverage (11-17)
Afternoon roundup (11-16)
Today's quotable (11-16)
Pritzker on why state is stepping in: Chicago 'isn't moving fast enough' and 'We cannot have people freezing on the streets of Chicago' and the city did not make the case to legislature for direct funding (11-16)
Rate the new Monarch Butterfly Specialty License Plate (11-16)
Outline of Pritzker's $160 million migrant plan emerges (11-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Mayor Johnson says he supports half-appointed school board plan, CTU President says she's still 'trying to understand' Harmon's plan (11-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Pritzker announcement preview (11-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-16)
Open thread (11-16)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-16)
Live coverage (11-16)
State to lay out 'next steps in managing the asylum seeker crisis' tomorrow (Updated) (11-15)
Afternoon roundup (11-15)
The state needs to step in now (11-15)
An insight into the Crimo family (11-15)
Question of the day (11-15)
I kid you not: Freshman Republican legislator claims electing a Chicago school board in November is actually a scheme to elect Dems statewide in perpetuity (11-15)
Pritzker puts $1 million into Nevada abortion rights effort, may also assist in Arizona (11-15)
Top mayoral aide offered to empty homeless encampment in exchange for floor votes (11-15)
Open thread (11-15)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-15)
Live coverage (11-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign stuff (Updated) (11-14)
Afternoon roundup (11-14)
Pushes to override Pritzker vetoes faded during veto session (11-14)
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, please (11-14)
'Rare' solution heralded (11-14)
Major Chicago news outlet finally notices decline in migrant influx (11-14)
It's not as simple as they're making it look (11-14)
Open thread (11-14)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-14)
Live coverage (11-14)
Bailey wants to defund FBI, Bost pledges to impeach DHS Secretary (11-13)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (11-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (11-13)
Today's quotable (11-13)
Raw sewage, floods have plagued Cahokia Heights for years, will take years to fix, leaving residents to deal with health issues, damage (11-13)
Catholic Charities San Antonio actually believes sending migrants to Chicago with zero Chicago coordination provides 'the most dignified care possible' (11-13)
Invest in Kids Act coverage roundup (11-13)
Caption contest! (11-13)
Why did CTU reject a change it had requested for years? (11-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-13)
Open thread (11-13)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-13)
Live coverage (11-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-10)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-10)
Live coverage (11-10)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (11-09)
*** UPDATED x6 *** Afternoon roundup (11-09)
Clean Air, Big Savings Central To Fleet Electrification Policy (11-09)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Senate and House tweak their respective elected Chicago school board bills (11-09)
Here’s How To Make The Tax Credit Scholarship Better (11-09)
Unclear on several concepts (11-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Despite huge federal grant, small modular nuclear power plant project goes belly-up after costs skyrocket (11-09)
The White Sox just can't seem to do anything right (11-09)
Bost announces Jordan endorsement (11-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-09)
Open thread (11-09)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-09)
Live coverage (11-09)
Harmon opposes House on Chicago elected school board bill (11-08)
Afternoon roundup (11-08)
Leader McCombie says Invest in Kids extension doesn't have enough votes to pass (11-08)
ILEPI rebuts IPI critique (11-08)
Oops (11-08)
It’s just a bill (11-08)
Some insights into the nature of the beast (11-08)
Fitch urges state to increase reserves to 10 percent of spending, warns against returning to old ways (11-08)
Today's must-read (11-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-08)
Open thread (11-08)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-08)
Live coverage (11-08)
Harmon files amendment to elect all Chicago school board members next year (11-07)
Afternoon roundup (11-07)
'The votes are not there' (11-07)
Clean Air, Big Savings Central To Fleet Electrification Policy (11-07)
Illinois credit rating upgraded for the ninth time in two years (11-07)
Potentially thousands of community volunteers waiting to be tapped (11-07)
Here’s How To Make The Tax Credit Scholarship Better (11-07)
Legislators may vote to lift nuclear power construction ban this week (11-07)
FBI: 'Declarations that all active shooters must simply be mentally ill are misleading and unhelpful' (11-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-07)
Open thread (11-07)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-07)
Live coverage (11-07)
Ticket withdrawn against Southtown reporter (11-06)
Afternoon roundup (11-06)
Pritzker's role in the UAW's Stellantis deal (11-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (11-06)
Asylum-seeker coverage roundup (11-06)
This is kinda getting ridiculous (11-06)
Father of Highland Park parade gunman takes plea deal for 60 days in jail (11-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-06)
Open thread (11-06)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-06)
Live coverage (11-06)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (11-03)
Senate Dems announce plans to elect half of Chicago's school board next year (11-03)
7th Circuit Court of Appeals says state has 'strong likelihood of success' on assault weapons ban, vacates injunction (11-03)
Bost using congressional funds to air 60-second radio ad touting his record (11-03)
Afternoon roundup (11-03)
Oak Park board passes emergency disaster resolution, allocates money to help migrants (11-03)
Stellantis to invest $5 billion to expand Belvidere facility (11-03)
Question of the day (11-03)
IBHE: Public freshman university enrollment up overall, bucking national trend, but half saw decrease (11-03)
It’s just a bill (11-03)
Despite earlier projections, state revenues continue growing (11-03)
Here’s How To Make The Tax Credit Scholarship Better (11-03)
Sam Bankman-Fried's Illinois political legacy (11-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-03)
Open thread (11-03)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-03)
Live coverage (11-03)
Afternoon roundup (11-02)
Mayor Johnson promises base camps 'before winter' (11-02)
It’s just a bill (11-02)
Musical interlude: 'Now and Then' (11-02)
Clean Air, Big Savings Central To Fleet Electrification Policy (11-02)
News media finally catching on to the other problems with the elected Chicago school board law (11-02)
Oak Park actually wants to help asylum-seekers, so give it the money Joliet refused (11-02)
Open thread (11-02)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-02)
Live coverage (11-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (11-01)
Sfondeles: Pritzker's new nonprofit has already contributed $1.5 million to pro-choice candidates/groups (11-01)
Afternoon roundup (11-01)
Here’s How To Make The Tax Credit Scholarship Better (11-01)
Asylum-seekers coverage roundup (11-01)
Supplement to today’s edition (11-01)
Question of the day (11-01)
Senate Dems release new Chicago elected school board map proposal (11-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (11-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (11-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (11-01)
Open thread (11-01)
Isabel’s morning briefing (11-01)
Live coverage (11-01)

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