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December 2018 Posts

Reader comments closed until January 7th (12-20)
"A narrow, jagged death-tunnel" (12-20)
Preckwinkle poll has her leading in first round and runoff (12-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dan Hynes, Christian Mitchell, Jesse Ruiz will serve as deputy governors in Pritzker administration (12-20)
Where do we rank nationally? (12-20)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-20)
SB 1226 Endangers Safe Drinking Water & Public Health (12-20)
Shriver Center to Rodney Davis: "Starving people is not an effective job creation program" (12-20)
Richard Porter was fourth person Rauner asked to run in his place (12-20)
People like Travis Reinking should not have access to firearms (12-20)
AG Madigan finds 500 additional allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and clergy (12-20)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-20)
Krupa says FBI agent reached out to him about petition challenges (12-19)
Poll: Preckwinkle leads Mendoza in first round by 5, but Mendoza leads runoff by 6 (12-19)
SB 1226 Endangers Safe Drinking Water & Public Health (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Preckwinkle drops challenge to Mendoza's petitions (12-19)
More controversy over Satanic Temple display in Rotunda (12-19)
Former Cabrini-Green site and former suburban Navy base now among fastest-growing concentrations of wealth in the nation (12-19)
Yet another appeal filed over HB40 (12-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Transitions (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** What could possibly go wrong with Elon Musk's "loop"? (12-19)
Quit the union and use that cash for Christmas shopping! (12-19)
Tax opponents oppose tax hike (12-19)
Kinda sorta slightly good news for the state, not so much for the city, CPS and Cook (12-19)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-19)
Caption contest! (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Illinois lost 45,116 people in one year (12-19)
But his e-mails... (12-19)
The hollowing-out of state government (12-19)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-19)
But his e-mails... (12-18)
Permanent Legislative Inspector General finally named (12-18)
Rockford airport still waiting on its money (12-18)
Fight for change, but don't succumb to cynicism in the meantime (12-18)
Open thread (12-18)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-18)
Quick mayoral roundup (12-18)
Ives backs Krupa even after allegations emerge (12-18)
Did Dahleen Glanton nail it? We'll know soon enough (12-18)
An army of one (12-18)
Thanks! (12-18)
SB 1226 Endangers Safe Drinking Water & Public Health (12-18)
I just don't see it happening (12-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-18)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (12-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Tribune asked 16 mayoral candidates to release tax returns, 6 complied (12-14)
A rough idea of what they're looking at (12-14)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-14)
Rauner was wrong about "record levels" of unionization (12-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Stava-Murray updates (12-14)
Pritzker's inauguration ball tix will benefit Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic and Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation (12-14)
Rauner claims he's been too busy to reflect on his term (12-14)
Pritzker's day in DC (12-14)
*** UPDATED x3 - Morrison wants emergency meeting of ILGOP - McConnaughay explains - Schneider responds *** Rauner says he tried to drop out of race after primary (12-14)
Feds re-raid Ald. Burke's office (12-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-14)
Open thread and another LSSI reminder (12-13)
In defense of Mary Todd Lincoln on her 200th birthday (12-13)
Caption contest! (12-13)
Rauner says he'll file end of term report, clear clemency backlog (12-13)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-13)
Pritzker roundup (12-13)
Cook County Public Guardian sues DCFS: "Abject moral and human rights failure" (12-13)
Mendoza signature clearance rate is high during first round (12-13)
Your holiday season moment of Zen (12-13)
Pritzker criticized over lack of Active Transportation Alliance members on his transition committee (12-13)
Color me skeptical (12-13)
Pritzker heading to White House today (12-13)
Sen. Schimpf wants Satanic sculpture removed from rotunda as Rep. Bryant introduces condemnation resolution (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (12-13)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-13)
Pritzker roundup: Private schools; Inauguration; Cannabis legalization; Jobs; Rauner (12-12)
Caption contest! (12-12)
Bid on tickets through Friday night to support LSSI! (12-12)
Krupa roundup (12-12)
Rauner taking final swing at AFSCME (12-12)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Enyia's spokesperson resigns citing "several unknown and troubling factors" (12-12)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-12)
Where we're heading and where we've been (12-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Transitions (12-12)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Emanuel/Emmanuel (12-12)
You gotta be pretty gullible to believe a "Departing Taxpayer Fee" is actually a thing (12-12)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-12)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker spox re-confirms "pensions are a promise" *** Rahm Emanuel jumps aboard Tribune's pension bandwagon (12-11)
Caption contest! (12-11)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-11)
Let's be careful out there (12-11)
A constitutional amendment for pensions is just not in the cards (12-11)
Preckwinkle pushing new tax hike (12-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Buy a ticket to "Christmas with Rich Miller" and help a great cause (12-11)
Study: Illinois schools need guidelines for dealing with sexual misconduct cases (12-11)
*** UPDATED x2 - Emanuel: Hike gas tax by 20-30 cents - Blankenhorn: Hike gas tax by at least 15 cents *** We really need a capital bill (12-11)
SOTS or no SOTS? (12-11)
"It's a first" (12-11)
Illinois Policy Institute responds to CTBA's response to Fitch (12-11)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-11)
Two Burke-related scoops by the Sun-Times (12-10)
Today's must-read (12-10)
More details emerge about cannabis legalization (12-10)
Did Pritzker defeat an incumbent Illinois governor by the biggest margin ever? (12-10)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-10)
Caption contest! (12-10)
Sun-Times begins to hold candidates' feet to the fire (12-10)
CTBA responds to Fitch Ratings (12-10)
Unclear on the concept (12-10)
So far, so good for Illinois auto jobs (12-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Tax credit could help small biz deal with minimum wage hike (12-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-10)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-07)
US EPA releases new Sterigenics test results (12-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A look at Rauner vs. Republican candidates, plus McCann's party status (12-07)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - "Impressive gains" (12-07)
Maybe they should read the platform? (12-07)
Open thread (12-07)
One wrong vote and Conyears-Ervin is on the outs (12-07)
Despite spending millions on maintenance, shuttered Tamms prison "rampant" with mold (12-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 13th Ward files 2,700 revocation affidavits for opponent's 1,703 petition signatures (12-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-07)
Today's must-read: "Daley pension debacle - Where did $54 million go?" (12-06)
Today's number: 5.1 billion robocalls in November alone (12-06)
Don't be fooled by junk marijuana "science" (12-06)
Daley gonna Daley (12-06)
What the heck is going on at the Pontiac prison? (12-06)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-06)
Rauner's IDOT chief: Gas tax and registration fee increases are inevitable (12-06)
Tillman claims he wants to work with Democrats on pension reform (12-06)
Hard times are driving African-Americans away from Chicago area (12-06)
Pritzker changed the map (12-06)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-06)
Vaccinate your kids! (12-05)
IBHE wants 16.6 percent funding increase (12-05)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-05)
Outline begins to emerge of marijuana legalization (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Transitions (12-05)
A huge reason why property taxes are so high (12-05)
Voter turnout here topped 57 percent (12-05)
Pritzker should stick to his fair map pledge (12-05)
Musical interlude: "Welcome to the Machine" (12-05)
Caption contest! (12-05)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-05)
Jesse White keeps racking up the big wins (12-04)
Your weather-related questions answered (12-04)
First ever charter school strike in Chicago (12-04)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-04)
Final score: Pritzker 54.5, Rauner 38.8, McCann 4.2, Jackson 2.4 (12-04)
Caption contest! (12-04)
Pritzker transition unveils infrastruction committee (12-04)
Blagojevich after arrest: "How does my hair look?" (12-04)
♫ It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ♫ (12-04)
Because... Madigan! (12-04)
A look back at Raoul's campaign (12-04)
"I want justice for my child. I want justice for my grandchildren" (12-04)
Pritzker reaffirms support for $15 an hour minimum wage (12-04)
Rauner and Pritzker headline bicentennial event (12-04)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-04)
Musical interlude: Who's zoomin' who in Chicago? (12-03)
As expected, Ives joins call for ILGOP shakeup (12-03)
Our sorry state (12-03)
Fitch downplays outmigration, warns Democrats (12-03)
Happy birthday, Illinois! (12-03)
Ed Burke roundup (12-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker says he wants to settle Quincy veterans home case (12-03)
SIU president spreads rumors of 8 percent hike for higher education (12-03)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-03)
Pritzker transition announces Job Creation and Economic Opportunity Committee (12-03)
Why does this sound so familiar? (12-03)
Baise warns Republicans: "Democrats start out with a natural advantage in this state" (12-03)
Taylorville hit hard in apparent record tornado outbreak (12-03)
The rising tide didn't lift Rauner's boat (12-03)
Rauner’s loss might be Tillman’s gain (12-03)
The rest of the story (12-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-03)

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