Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar

December 2016 Posts

Drury points to early GOP help for Madigan as Speaker election looms (12-28)
Saturday news roundup (12-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-23)
Reader comments closed for the holidays (12-22)
And the winners are... (12-22)
It looks like the lid is on (12-22)
*** UPDATED x2 - AFSCME responds *** Rauner demands AFSCME pay $2 million a day during impasse (12-22)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Rauner contributes $50 million to his campaign fund (12-22)
Today's quotable (12-22)
"It's gonna be a hard year" (12-22)
EFAB wants to increase K-12 spending by $4.6 billion (12-22)
Question of the day Part 2 - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-22)
The impasse is killing our state (12-22)
Just go away, dude (12-22)
K-12 funding reform solution still elusive (12-22)
Mayor Emanuel agrees to release e-mails from private account (12-22)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-22)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-21)
Social service providers want court to treat their contracts like AFSCME's (12-21)
Why are traffic fatalities rising here? (12-21)
Griffin explains why he backs Rauner and Emanuel (12-21)
Hammond wants prison's bill paid to avoid shutoff (12-21)
Is Pritzker a "secret agent" for Madigan? (12-21)
Because... Madigan! (12-21)
Proft claims Rauner could be in "deep trouble," Hughes says "no way" Rauner can run as outsider (12-21)
Rauner shares, receives #FunFacts (12-21)
Oops: GOP urges retiring Democrat to vote against Madigan (12-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** Kennedy responds to Republican attack (12-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-21)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Rauner on homeless shelter's closing: "Change is hard" (12-20)
Our sorry state (12-20)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-20)
EDGE "fell through the cracks" (12-20)
Picking a nit (12-20)
*** UPDATED x2 - Purvis responds - Thumbs down from Cullerton *** Koehler: Shut the schools down until we get a budget (12-20)
Chicago murders driving up national rate (12-20)
Thanks! (12-20)
Today's number: -37,508 (12-20)
It's put up or shut up time (12-20)
Expect lots of nastiness long before 2018 gets here (12-20)
Kennedy mocked for elevator comments, Madigan ties (12-20)
React to Christmas with Rich Miller (12-19)
Today's Number: 8,807 (12-19)
Reboot announces subscription service (12-19)
LIVE FEED: Rich Miller addresses City Club of Chicago (12-19)
Rauner: Change taking longer than it should (12-19)
*** UPDATE 2x - Missing person reports filed *** Five group home residents missing (12-19)
Ag to survey fair goers as Auditor report reveals overcharging (12-19)
*** UPDATED 1x *** Carrigan: Legislators "rightly refused to knuckle" on budget (12-19)
Morning Shorts (12-19)
Question of the Day (12-19)
Pat Quinn and his "extraordinary" portrait (12-19)
Former first lady Dorothy Ogilvie has died (12-19)
Once the intern... (12-19)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-16)
And away we go... (12-16)
A little holiday cheer (12-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner administration responds *** AFSCME explains Rauner's overtime pay demand (12-16)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-16)
Rep. Riley: Let's move on (12-16)
Caption contest! (12-16)
Manar added to enemies list (12-16)
Why is this still happening in the 21st Century? (12-16)
Kennedy, Pawar start hiring (12-16)
A rare display of bipartisanship, but... (12-16)
Republicans highlight Democrat's call for term-limiting Madigan (12-16)
But what if Drury does run? (12-16)
Drury contemplates bid for House Speaker (12-16)
A budget hostage pleas for help (12-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rep. Welch claims Rauner has canceled further negotiations (12-15)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-15)
The trust issue - HDem version (12-15)
Man, what I wouldn't give to see this (12-15)
Unemployment rate unchanged, IDES still gloomy (12-15)
Where everything went off the rails (12-15)
Who's telling the truth? (12-15)
An age-old argument over legislator pay (12-15)
Here we go again (12-15)
Manar: Rauner has "divided our state into pieces" (12-15)
"Must be Rauner" (12-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-14)
Rauner called out on Madigan tax hike comments (12-14)
Dimas pledges more transparency after Tribune probe (12-14)
Reframing the lawmaker paycheck battle (12-14)
Chicago alderman indicted (12-14)
While they're fighting, revenue growth slows (12-14)
More on those anti-Pritzker robocalls (12-14)
The blame game (12-14)
Pritzker added to "Boss Madigan" list (12-14)
Yes, Chicago needs more cops, but it also needs to assign more cops to hot spots (12-14)
Edgar says damage is worse than under Blagojevich (12-14)
Daily Herald demands vote against Madigan (12-14)
Clinton outperformed HDems (12-14)
Today's number: $95 million (12-14)
"Here we come a-borrowing" (12-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-14)
"Drink up and drop your ammo" (12-13)
Oppo dump! ILGOP goes off on Pritzker for second time in a day (12-13)
Abortion bills could see light of day soon (12-13)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-13)
Fun with numbers (12-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker camp responds *** GOP targets JB Pritzker over Blagojevich tapes (12-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Gov. Rauner's Facebook Live event (12-13)
A few quick takeaways from Rauner's Monday event (12-13)
Sente, Fine and Mussman added to GOP enemies list (12-13)
Topinka son sues pension system over death benefit (12-13)
Were Illinois Lottery players scammed? (12-13)
"Rauner should lead the way" (12-13)
"He starves us slowly" (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-13)
Rauner won't say if there's a fall-back plan (12-12)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-12)
"Angels we have heard on high" (12-12)
So, what's the answer? (12-12)
Statehouse loses 6 reporters in less than a month (12-12)
There's an automatic repealer in Illinois' abortion law, but does it mean anything? (12-12)
A look ahead to 2018 (12-12)
The insider's insider retires (12-12)
FBI told ILGOP in June it was likely hacked (12-12)
RIP JBT (12-12)
Don't hold your breath (12-12)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-09)
Today's number: 89 percent (12-09)
Today's video: Rauner victory lap (12-09)
Ask a silly question... (12-09)
Blagojevich arrested eight years ago today (12-09)
Pritzker, Lisa Madigan added to enemies list (12-09)
Rauner loves him some DeVos (12-09)
Good news for Mitsubishi plant? (12-09)
Cullerton to Rauner: Cut a deal with AFSCME before pension reform (12-09)
The finger-pointing continues (12-09)
Sneed: Madigan "disappointed" in Kennedy's fundraising this year (12-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-09)
"We need a little budget" (12-08)
Rauner: Legislative pay lawsuit a "stunning reminder of why we need term limits and real change" (12-08)
Todays graphic (12-08)
CPS board approves budget with $215 million hole, Republicans edgy about vote (12-08)
Question of the day - Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-08)
Our sorry state (12-08)
Could a legendary bipartisan pay for his Trump support? (12-08)
Where's your plan? (12-08)
Stop the presses! (12-08)
Paper: Forget the constitution (12-08)
Myerscough rules that Schock case will remain in Springfield (12-08)
Surprise! Moody's says Exelon bailout is "credit positive" (12-08)
Kennedy: "I'm in" (12-08)
ILGOP operative defends tracker involvement (12-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-08)
*** UPDATED x2 - Cullerton responds *** Rauner won't schedule leaders meeting until Dems "are ready" (12-07)
Mendoza bumps manager bonuses to back of the line (12-07)
Caption contest! (12-07)
CPS prospectus includes mention of "hypothetical bankruptcy" (12-07)
Fun with numbers (12-07)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-07)
CMS blames AFSCME for halt to bonuses (12-07)
Good news and not so great news in Site Selection report (12-07)
Chris Kennedy added to "Boss Madigan" list (12-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Are we really going to have to wait until 2018? (12-07)
Rauner's dark money prince could wind up running the RNC (12-07)
Madigan on the attack, offers to discuss modified version of "Turnaround Agenda" (12-07)
IMA says Rauner signature on Exelon bill weakens manufacturing (12-07)
It's more than just a website and e-mails (12-07)
Kennedy may file candidate papers "in short order," while Bustos moves up DC ladder (12-07)
Del Mar gets his plum (12-07)
Emanuel meeting with Trump this morning (12-07)
So now they tell us (12-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cullerton optimistic but firm *** Rauner slams Madigan for refusing to put forward a budget, wanting a tax hike, stalling to force a crisis (12-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Leaders meeting notes (12-06)
*** UPDATED x2 - AFSCME responds to TRO - Rauner admin blasts AFSCME's "hand-picked judge" *** Judge issues TRO in AFSCME contract case (12-06)
*** LIVE *** Leaders meeting coverage (12-06)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-06)
Poll: Illinois crime victims want less prison spending, more education, rehab and mental health/drug treatment (12-06)
Report: White Sox trade Sale (12-06)
Could a Kentucky case spur local "right to work" in Illinois? (12-06)
A bill so nice, he's signing it twice (12-06)
*** UPDATED x2 - Radogno responds - GOMB responds *** Harris wants budget working group reinstated (12-06)
There are only two "sides" to pick from (12-06)
Because being governor apparently isn't enough work (12-06)
Yingling's second inartful Madigan dodge (12-06)
It's time to start taking this threat seriously (12-06)
"Personal economic coercion" harshly denounced (12-06)
Emanuel wants Rauner to publicly side with him on sanctuary cities issue (12-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-06)
Caption contest! (12-05)
Rauner on ILGOP hits: "This is the job we've chosen" (12-05)
Rauner says he's "proud" of the Exelon deal (12-05)
*** UPDATED x2 - Plaintiff responds to Rauner - Rauner weighs in *** Some legislators considering intervening in pay lawsuit over "Unclean Hands" doctrine (12-05)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoes (12-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Judge expected to block Rauner from implementing contract (12-05)
The school funding problem you may not have known about (12-05)
Unclear on the concept (12-05)
About those 14 minutes (12-05)
Nope. No emotional, thoughtless, negative, immature finger-pointing here (12-05)
Still crazy after all these years (12-05)
Pritzker getting more serious about bid as Cook rates race as "lean Republican" (12-05)
Rhetoric can have consequences (12-05)
Rauner was looking for an excuse to veto CPS bill (12-05)
Sunday leaders meeting notes: Madigan counts the minutes, Republicans claim "new level of stalling" (12-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** *** LIVE *** Leaders meeting coverage (12-03)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-02)
Mendoza transition team responds to the Sun-Times' Madigan conspiracy theory (12-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Durkin responds *** Back to the future: Madigan demands "memorandums of understanding" (12-02)
Question of the day (12-02)
Shimkus loses out on plum post (12-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Moody's says Rauner veto is just one of many problems facing CPS (12-02)
*** UPDATED x4 - Mendoza responds - Munger calls suit "cowardly" *** Lawsuit filed over legislator pay (12-02)
The "green energy" side of the Exelon bill (12-02)
Caption contest! (12-02)
How is this "breaking our agreement"? (12-02)
Positioning, practicalities and politics weigh heavily against a House override (12-02)
Report: A decade to reach solvency, if leaders cooperate on tough plan (12-02)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner goes into the lion's den (12-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - Senate approves - House approves *** Exelon bill back on track? (12-01)
Question of the day (12-01)
NASW plotting mail program targeting Exelon bill supporters (12-01)
Illinois' phony debates, summed up in three legislative tweets (12-01)
Caption contest! (12-01)
*** UPDATED x8 - House doesn't vote - Senate votes to override - Emanuel responds - CTU responds - ILGOP responds - Cullerton responds - Rauner vetoes CPS funding bill *** Cullerton says there was no deal on pension reform, Madigan says he didn't suggest stopgap budget (12-01)
AFSCME files suit to stop Rauner from imposing his final contract offer (12-01)
Rauner says he wants to one-up Trump on regulation repeal (12-01)
Homeless groups to counter-program Rauner on Facebook (12-01)
Rauner explains his stopgap demands with Facebook video (12-01)
Yingling on whether he's voting for Madigan: "I don’t know, you should talk to him" (12-01)
*** UPDATED x2 - NASW wants "bailout" for human services *** More problems for Exelon bill as governor's office finds "poison pills" (12-01)
*** LIVE *** Veto Session Coverage (12-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-01)
ILGOP adds three more HDems to hit list (12-01)

WordPress Mobile Edition available at alexking.org.