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December 2022 Posts

*** UPDATED x4 - Supremes step in - Chaos - Notice of appeal filed *** Kankakee judge rules legislature overstepped bounds when repealing cash bail, but doesn't issue injunction (12-29)
Reader comments closed for the holidays (12-16)
And the winners are... (12-16)
Pritzker inauguration events announced (12-16)
Distorting good news to make it appear like it's bad news (12-16)
SDems issue list of "ten most interesting new laws" (12-16)
Some Pritzker folks receive promotions (12-16)
Afternoon news roundup (12-16)
Do better (12-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Gun issue update (12-16)
Lawmakers heard more testimony for and against assault weapons ban (12-16)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-16)
Canceler complains after cancellation (12-16)
Morning briefing (12-16)
Open thread (12-16)
Live coverage (12-16)
Discovery Partners Institute teams up with U of I for cannabis research (12-15)
Afternoon news roundup (12-15)
Jobs up, but state says unemployment rate rose a click as more people try to return to workforce (12-15)
Social justice advocates wary of criminal penalties in new gun bill (12-15)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-15)
Local legislators not thrilled by new Bears tax plan (12-15)
More victimhood (12-15)
Morning briefing (12-15)
Open thread (12-15)
Live coverage (12-15)
Bears float new tax subsidy for suburban stadium (12-14)
Labor news (12-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Addendum to today's edition (12-14)
Afternoon news roundup (12-14)
Pritzker says federal government should "step up" and stave off mass transit's upcoming "fiscal cliff" (12-14)
Another move to beef up the state's EV incentive programs (12-14)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-14)
Morning briefing (12-14)
Open thread (12-14)
Live coverage (12-14)
Afternoon news roundup (12-13)
Legal fight over the meaning of bail (12-13)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-13)
Chicago poll shows crime and public safety far above any other issues for voters (12-13)
First House hearing held on new assault weapon proposal (12-13)
Services announced for Sen. Bennett (12-13)
Morning briefing (12-13)
Open thread (12-13)
Live coverage (12-13)
Afternoon news roundup (12-12)
Another way to meet emissions targets (12-12)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-12)
Treasurer's office finds early Christmas gift for LSSI (12-12)
Another day, another DeVore loss (12-12)
Porter: "We have to recognize a lot of people see us as angry white people that cannot be trusted to govern" (12-12)
Group gears up to defend and nudge Democrats on guns (12-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-12)
Morning briefing (12-12)
Open thread (12-12)
Live coverage (12-12)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-09)
Belvidere's Jeep assembly plant to be shut down in February (12-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sen. Bennett has died (12-09)
Afternoon news roundup (12-09)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-09)
Carbon capture pilot project breaks ground in Springfield (12-09)
Old school gonna old school (12-09)
Reassessing Fulks (12-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-09)
Morning briefing (12-09)
Open thread (12-09)
Live coverage (12-09)
Pritzker signs unemployment insurance agreement into law (12-08)
Respiratory viruses leading to highest hospital bed usage since January, but ICUs not yet flooded (12-08)
Unfunded pension liability rose, but state payments still scheduled to fall slightly (12-08)
Afternoon news roundup (12-08)
Sen. Bennett hospitalized (12-08)
Poll: Large majorities of Illinoisans support assault weapons ban, increasing FOID card age to 21 (12-08)
Stop pointing fingers and do better now (12-08)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-08)
Local elections news coverage roundup (12-08)
Republican state central committee member says Gay Pride tree is a "sex tree," calls Black legislators "idiots" (12-08)
GOP pollster: "The Republican strategy of screaming 'the sky is falling' and 'all is lost' is clearly not working" (12-08)
Rate the new Lightfoot TV ad (12-08)
State's attorney says he may drop out of lawsuit challenging SAFE-T Act (12-08)
Morning briefing (12-08)
Open thread (12-08)
Live Coverage (12-08)
Afternoon news roundup (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-07)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-07)
Your feel-good news for Wednesday (12-07)
Study looks into how declining fertility will impact state budgets (12-07)
The red wave that wasn't (12-07)
Different ways of addressing violence across the state (12-07)
RTA put temporary federal bailout money into its base spending, and now it faces a huge fiscal cliff (12-07)
Morning briefing (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)
Pritzker signs SAFE-T Act trailer (12-06)
Caption contest! (12-06)
Lunchtime briefing (12-06)
New group launches to push assault weapons ban, other elements of newly introduced legislation (12-06)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-06)
Shakman claims Pritzker is trying to "punish" him with $1.5 million fee demand (12-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (12-06)
The two sides of Rep. Tarver (12-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-06)
Morning briefing (12-06)
Open thread (12-06)
Live coverage (12-06)
REAL ID deadline again extended by Homeland Security (12-05)
Lunchtime briefing (12-05)
Statewide turnout was 51 percent, fourth-lowest in 40 years (12-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** After disgusting revelations, OEIG recommends punishment "up to and including discharge" for top brass at Pontiac prison (12-05)
Sen. Barickman to step down (12-05)
Bailey: Stay the course; Cronin: Get away from people like Bailey (12-05)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-05)
Do better (12-05)
Morning briefing (12-05)
Open thread (12-05)
Live coverage (12-05)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-02)
Afternoon roundup (12-02)
The labor beat (12-02)
Alden Global Capital is expanding their usual business of gutting newsrooms to buying up mobile home parks (12-02)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-02)
Winnebago County state's attorney regrets past remarks, says SAFE-T Act "more of a collection issue" (12-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** House Firearm Safety & Reform Working Group rolls out its new bill (12-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-02)
Morning briefing (12-02)
Open thread (12-02)
Live coverage (12-02)
2022 veto session cheat sheet (12-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - 2023 update (12-01)
Best wishes to retiring Secretary of State Jesse White (12-01)
Lunchtime roundup (12-01)
*** UPDATED x7 *** Backgrounder on Pretrial Fairness Act changes (12-01)
It's just a bill (12-01)
Question of the day: 2022 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-01)
Homeland Security: "Threat actors have recently mobilized to violence" (12-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-01)
Morning briefing (12-01)
Open thread (12-01)
Live coverage (12-01)

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