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December 2023 Posts

*** UPDATED x5 *** Jury reaches verdict in Ed Burke corruption case (12-21)
Reader comments closed for the holidays (12-20)
And the winners are… (12-20)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-20)
Another population 'estimate,' another Krishnamoorthi response (12-20)
Some cause for concern, but hospitalizations are significantly lower than a year ago (12-20)
Chicago temp casino performing way below expectations (12-20)
It’s just a bill (12-20)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-20)
More new laws (12-20)
Open thread (12-20)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-20)
Live coverage (12-20)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-20)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-19)
As the old saying goes, simple solutions are usually neither (12-19)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Today's must-read (12-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-19)
Janice Jackson asks a very good question (12-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-19)
Open thread (12-19)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-19)
Live coverage (12-19)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-19)
One problem may have been dealt with, but did the city create another one? (12-18)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-18)
ComEd Four sentencing delayed, and Madigan will file similar request (12-18)
Pritzker says forecasts can and do change, but still urges budgetary caution (12-18)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-18)
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss (12-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dems avoid a fight as Daya drops out (12-18)
Upcoming test for Eastern Bloc (12-18)
Open thread (12-18)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-18)
Live coverage (12-18)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-18)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-15)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-15)
Campaign coverage roundup (12-15)
More new laws (12-15)
Illinois, Maine tied for highest Medicaid renewal rates (12-15)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-15)
Open thread (12-15)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-15)
Live coverage (12-15)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-15)
*** UPDATED x5 - Presser canceled - Haley to hold press conference at NAACP office - National organization suspended her on 13th - National NAACP weighs in - Haley suspended *** Illinois NAACP board unanimously backs president after racist remarks (12-14)
Subscribers only - This just in... (Updated) (12-14)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-14)
US Supreme Court again refuses to block Illinois' assault weapons ban law (12-14)
Rate the tweets (12-14)
Consumer group praises ICC for two victories: One vs. ComEd/Ameren, the other against Peoples Gas (12-14)
Subscribers only - Campaign update (12-14)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-14)
2022 called: It wants its SAFE-T Act talking points back (12-14)
It’s just a bill (12-14)
Open thread (12-14)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-14)
Live coverage (12-14)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-14)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-13)
Pritzker says GardaWorld will eat the state's costs of canceled Brighton Park tent city (12-13)
Chicago FOP's new contract includes more money, looser disciplinary rules (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (12-13)
Who thumbs it better? (12-13)
Unclear on the concept (12-13)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-13)
Google releases renderings of Thompson Center’s new look (12-13)
Open thread (12-13)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-13)
Live coverage (12-13)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (12-12)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (12-12)
NAACP IL President causes furor with horrific remarks about new arrivals (12-12)
Gov. Pritzker says he hasn't yet spoken to AG Raoul about crisis pregnancy center lawsuit settlement (12-12)
A new take on ribbon cutting (12-12)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Another update to today's edition (12-12)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Elections have consequences (12-12)
*** UPDATED x1 - House sponsor says she's 'heartbroken by the decision to back down on our promise to Illinois women' *** Thomas More Society declares victory over AG Raoul (12-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (Updated) (12-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-12)
Open thread (12-12)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-12)
Live coverage (12-12)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-12)
Raoul, anti-abortion groups to file proposed agreed order in crisis pregnancy center case (12-11)
IDNR removed 750,000 pounds of silver carp from the Illinois River in ten days (12-11)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (12-11)
The DSA and the Eastern Bloc (12-11)
Google can be your friend (12-11)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (Updated numerous times) (12-11)
'Members of the press outnumbered the protesters' (12-11)
A rethink may be in order here (12-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-11)
Open thread (12-11)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-11)
Live coverage (12-11)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-11)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-08)
New laws (Updated) (12-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update: Circling the wagons (12-08)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (12-08)
Southern Illinoisan newspaper journalists say goodbye to their community after new owner fires all employees (12-08)
Report examines Illinois women’s political power (12-08)
Proposal to save suburban, Chicago public transit transit includes tax on services, parking and raising RTA sales tax (12-08)
AG Raoul, others file antitrust lawsuit against NCAA (12-08)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-08)
Open thread (12-08)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-08)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-08)
Live coverage (12-08)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New LRB procedures (12-07)
After National Retail Federation retraction on organized retail crime's scope, Attorney General Raoul promises continuing enforcement (12-07)
Susan Catania (12-07)
It’s just a bill (12-07)
Get it together, man (12-07)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-07)
Chicago politics gets even messier (12-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-07)
Open thread (12-07)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-07)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-07)
Live coverage (12-07)
This just in: We've surpassed our fundraising goal! (12-06)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (12-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news (Updated) (12-06)
Roundup: Prosecutors push 'shakedown' narrative in Burke trial (12-06)
Brighton Park migrant tent city shutdown coverage roundup (12-06)
Caption contest! (12-06)
Do better, IDFPR (12-06)
Fun with numbers (12-06)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-06)
A trip down memory lane (12-06)
Open thread (12-06)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-06)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-06)
Live coverage (12-06)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Yet another update to today's edition (Updated) (12-05)
Pritzker highlights women in the trades during infrastructure events (12-05)
Pritzker says 'literally a dozen more' EV plants are in the pipeline, plus an additional dozen plants in 'other categories' (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Another update to today's edition (12-05)
State pulls plug on Brighton Park migrant camp (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (12-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Population of asylum-seekers at police stations continues dramatic decline (12-05)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-05)
Open thread (12-05)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-05)
Live coverage (12-05)
Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage (12-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (12-04)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (12-04)
Pre-pandemic investor tax credit rule change causing problems (12-04)
State/charitable migrant food money runs out January 1, but city won't say what will happen during two weeks of no funding (12-04)
Question of the day: 2023 Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-04)
Report: Illinois prisons need $2.5 billion for overdue repairs (12-04)
Rep. Halbrook says he now understands seniority, while his opponent claims his allies 'tried to bully, persuade, and bribe me out of the race' (12-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** State pauses construction at migrant base camp site (12-04)
*** UPDATED x10 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (Use last week's password) (12-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The wrong fight over the wrong things at the wrong time (12-04)
Almost time to ease up on the accelerator pedal (12-04)
Several new items and updates to the ol' blog (12-04)
Open thread (12-04)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-04)
*** Live coverage *** (12-04)
*** Live Ed Burke Trial Coverage *** (12-04)
Pritzker says state has settled labor dispute at migrant tent city (12-01)
*** UPDATED x4 - Coverage roundup - Reporters received report before governor - Report finds high levels of mercury in soil - Report released to reporters *** After stonewalling governor’s office, city finally shares pollution report on migrant tent city (12-01)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-01)
Afternoon roundup (12-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Some campaign updates (12-01)
Citing 'delays' in Chicago's procurement process, Pritzker announces $2 million to feed asylum seekers (12-01)
Union says Pritzker office intervention at least temporarily prevented likely construction shutdown at migrant camp (12-01)
Today's quotable (12-01)
Not-for-profits at risk as state funding nears end (12-01)
Illinois Supreme Court again cites the plain language of a law to overturn lower court's ruling (12-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (12-01)
Open thread (12-01)
Isabel’s morning briefing (12-01)
Live coverage (12-01)

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