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December 2021 Posts

*** UPDATED x1 *** AFSCME loses vax arbitration case; Pritzker and IHA urge hospitals to expand bed capacity (12-30)
Hospitalizations up 33 percent from a week ago, nearing all-time high (12-30)
Three-judge federal appellate panel upholds Democrats' legislative remap plan (12-30)
House, Senate will meet Wednesday, but cancel next Tuesday and Thursday session dates, following week "likely to be canceled" (12-30)
Reader comments closed for the holidays (12-17)
And the winners are... (12-17)
Pritzker signs repeal of Parental Notification Act into law (12-17)
Emptying my in-box ahead of the holidays (12-17)
Cases, deaths, ICU usage all increased 19% in past week, hospitalizations up 16% (12-17)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (Part 2) (12-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-17)
Bailey makes his pitch to Ken Griffin (12-17)
Another day, another failed lawsuit (12-17)
Oppo dump! (12-17)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-17)
As expected, arbitrator rules against city workers on vax mandate (12-16)
COVID-19 roundup: Peoria-area hospitals filling up fast, McLean County hospitals at capacity (12-16)
Illinois unemployment rate continues to fall, but also continues to lag nation (12-16)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (Part 2) (12-16)
Illinois' statewide mask mandate appears to be working when compared to the plight of other Midwestern states (12-16)
A different way of looking at punitive gun laws (12-16)
Mayor proposes children's drink ordinance that is already covered by state law (12-16)
Irvin has apparent change of heart about running statewide (12-16)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-16)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (12-15)
Unclear on the concept (12-15)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-15)
COVID-19 roundup (12-15)
State takes "massive step forward" toward selling the Thompson Center (12-15)
More state R3 grants announced (12-15)
State's school readiness test questioned (12-15)
After years of perserverance, midwives will finally be a licensed profession (12-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** No replacement yet for LIG Pope (12-15)
The Jesse White primary (12-15)
Sen. Bush won't run again; Cannabis Czar Hutchinson leaving administration (12-15)
Open thread (12-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-15)
Durkin introduces organized theft bill while blasting Pritzker, but IRMA says it's working on a more comprehensive approach (12-14)
Former Rep. Acevedo pleads guilty to one federal tax count (12-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** House Black Caucus chair on LG candidate Trussell: "Exactly the kind of pick we'd expect from this field of far-right extremists" (12-14)
COVID-19 roundup (12-14)
Giannoulias wins Cook County Dem slating (12-14)
Study looks at possible blueprint to change mental illness crisis response (12-14)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-14)
A key point Amazon is making doesn't appear to add up (12-14)
Pritzker flatly disputes NY Times story, saying he has "never" spoken publicly or privately about running for president (12-14)
Insurance companies win big in appellate ruling on business closure coverage (12-14)
Saying pandemic "clearly" isn't over, Illinois among 8 states seeking interest waiver on Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debt (12-14)
Today's quotable (12-14)
Open thread (12-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-14)
*** UPDATED x3 *** The "Trump primary" begins for Miller, Davis and Bost (12-13)
Some Amazon questions answered, others remain (12-13)
Dems unveil new Cook County judicial subcircuit maps (12-13)
The US Supreme Court might have wound up siding with Pritzker after all (12-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Hospitalizations have risen 38 percent since the beginning of December (12-13)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-13)
Pritzker issues disaster proclamation (12-13)
Fighting monopolistic meat processor price hikes by creating jobs in southern Illinois (12-13)
Unanswered questions about Amazon's worker protections in Edwardsville (12-13)
Pritzker pushes back when Durkin says new law will "further weaken the criminal justice system" (12-13)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Stephanie Trussell picked as Darren Bailey running mate (12-13)
Pritzker's name floated again for president (12-13)
Handing a needless (and potentially dangerous) victory to the anti-vaxxers (12-13)
Oppo dump! (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-13)
Open thread (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-10)
Oppo dump! Sullivan supports overturning Roe v. Wade, claims political operative "showed up at my door," explains "social justice" magazine (12-10)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pritzker repeats that locals should look at stricter mitigations, says he's sending help to Winnebago County (12-10)
Caption contest! (12-10)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-10)
Cases rise by 17% in week, deaths up 46%, hospitalizations up 26%, ICU up 24%, vents up 35% - 62% vaxed, 41% boosted (12-10)
Ethics Committee extends look at complaint against Marie Newman until late January (12-10)
COVID-19 roundup (12-10)
"We are not Mississippi in 1965" - Dems defend remap (12-10)
Rockford hospitals overwhelmed, county to declare disaster (12-10)
Open thread (12-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-10)
Tribune obtains 2.5+ years of Mayor Lightfoot's text messages (12-09)
Fair hit or not? (12-09)
IRMA chief goes off on Lightfoot over crime (12-09)
Citing violent threats, Carroll abandons push to strip COVID health insurance benefits from the unvaxed (12-09)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-09)
Will the courts uphold the new contribution bans? (12-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - IL AFL-CIO endorses Budzinski *** Some campaign stuff (12-09)
Huge investment returns main cause of 10 percent drop in unfunded state pension liability (12-09)
More Jesse Sullivan oppo emerges (12-09)
Open thread (12-09)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-09)
Big casino/gaming roundup (12-08)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-08)
COVID-19 roundup (12-08)
Serious problems continue at Illinois Department of Corrections (12-08)
"Crickets" from the southern Illinois news media (12-08)
Unclear on the concept (12-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bailey claims Sullivan is part of "Democrat ploy" to nominate a Republican (12-08)
Senate committee tries to get to the bottom of Tollway power grab (12-08)
Federal judge upholds Illinois law banning ICE detentions in local jails: "States are sovereigns. Counties are not" (12-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Democrats claim racial crossover voting "is the norm" in Illinois (12-08)
Caption contest! (12-08)
Open thread (12-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-08)
Rep. Delia Ramirez announces congressional bid (12-07)
Biggest one-day hospitalization surge since November of 2020 (12-07)
Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (12-07)
It's #NationalIllinoisDay. Please celebrate responsibly (12-07)
Campaign stuff (12-07)
A blatant plea for your help (12-07)
COVID-19 roundup (12-07)
Foster could be handed a reelection gift (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (12-07)
Open thread (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-07)
The Balanoff SEIU era is coming to a close as state council gets its first Black president (12-06)
Lightfoot and Griffin tiptoe around each other (12-06)
Promises, promises (12-06)
Busy endorsement day for the IFT: Giannoulias, Budzinski and MKO (12-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day: 2021 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-06)
Get well soon, Rep. Jones (12-06)
Schadenfreude so thick you could cut it with a knife (12-06)
The best new thing on the Interwebtubes (12-06)
It's just a (headline) bill (12-06)
ILRB sends FOP's ULP vax claim to judge (12-06)
Democratic leaders battling civil rights groups in court (12-06)
ISP claims huge FOID application backlog reduction (12-06)
Open thread (12-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-06)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-03)
"I’m in it to win it. Not for a show" (12-03)
AG Raoul task force raid finds more than $1 million in stolen goods (12-03)
The trend is definitely not our friend (12-03)
Downstate vs. Chicagoland (12-03)
Question of the day (12-03)
Itasca probed by feds over NIMBY vote (12-03)
Local pension fiefdoms still fighting for survival (12-03)
Meanwhile, in Crazytown (12-03)
Open thread (12-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-03)
District-level school test results released (12-02)
Unclear on the concept (12-02)
ILGOP jumps on Pritzker's "governor of Chicago" quip (12-02)
State's borrowing costs continue to fall (12-02)
Question of the day (12-02)
Unvaxxed hospitalization rate has now surpassed last year's horrific peak (12-02)
Two years later, McClain associate denies ever knowing about a "rape in Champaign" let alone a coverup (12-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-02)
Wednesday was a big infrastructure roll-out day (12-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rabine, Kinzinger respond to Bailey's ties to man arrested in January 6 investigation (12-02)
Open thread (12-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-02)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-02)
Chicago man arrested by feds in January 6 probe had apparent ties to Bailey campaign (12-01)
Flash Index rises slightly (12-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (12-01)
The bridge that almost wasn't (12-01)
News from the campaign front (12-01)
The numbers are pretty clear, so don't believe 14-3 is a safe bet (12-01)
It's just a bill (12-01)
Maybe things really are changing (12-01)
Open thread (12-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-01)

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