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February 2018 Posts

Deader than a rock on a stump (02-28)
Question of the day (02-28)
Ives campaign releases book about Rauner (02-28)
Feds allege $10K could buy a job at Dorothy Brown's office (02-28)
State Board of Elections tries to ease fears about Russian hacking (02-28)
It's just a bill (02-28)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rep. Cassidy criticizes Kennedy *** Gubernatorial candidate questionnaire: Sexual harassment policies and training (02-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AG candidate questionnaire: Sexual harassment policies and training (02-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kennedy responds *** Pritzker goes up with anti-Kennedy TV ad (02-28)
Campaign Workers Guild holds first Springfield meeting (02-28)
Poll: Rauner leads Ives by 20, Pritzker ahead of Biss by 10, Pritzker & Biss both have big leads over Rauner (02-28)
Poll: Raoul narrowly leads Quinn, Harold barely up (02-28)
Pritzker's new ad touts his Sun-Times endorsement (02-28)
Madigan accused of sweeping harassment cases under the rug (02-28)
Raila off the ballot... kinda (02-28)
Daily Herald withdraws endorsement of Burt Minor (02-28)
Rauner launches another Pritzker-Blagojevich spot: "Least offensive" (02-28)
Quincy veterans' home e-mails show how administration tried to manage PR (02-28)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-28)
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Madigan's office releases internal harassment investigation results (02-27)
Kennedy amps up criticism of both opponents (02-27)
Unclear on the concept (02-27)
Question of the day (02-27)
Political fingers point over sexual harassment issues (02-27)
Preckwinkle waves off issue of accused gun felons being released without bond (02-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and a few other things (02-27)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-27)
Rep. Rita has a ghost issue (02-27)
Drury receives strong Champaign newspaper endorsement (02-27)
It's just a bill (02-27)
Signs don't vote, but can they prevent theft? (02-27)
Rep. Ives lashes out at Leader Durkin (02-27)
Governor's mansion to reopen July 14 (02-27)
New school funding reform bill should halt state's continued slide (02-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It's "gun week" in the Illinois House (02-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** IDCCA "shares" sexual harassment pledge, policy with ILGOP (02-26)
Breen reports death threat as Minor claims he was set up (02-26)
Question of the day (02-26)
Max Kennedy goes on somewhat bizarre rant against JB Pritzker during "unity" event (02-26)
Catching up with the Lipinski-Newman primary (02-26)
A quick Janus roundup (02-26)
Biss endorsed by Pantagraph and Cusack, slams Rauner, backs UIUC strike (02-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** #MeToo roundup: Madigan attorney defends; ILGOP attacks Pritzker; Proft PAC whacks Durkin; Kennedy releases plan (02-26)
Kennedy endorses gun/bullet tax, endorsed by News-Gazette and Mavis Staples (02-26)
The circular firing squad heads to court (02-26)
Mendoza, Bustos and Ammons lay out course for panel's future (02-26)
Ives up with new TV ad, but does she have enough money to keep it on the air? (02-26)
Unclear on the concept (02-26)
Rauner's amazingly fast flip-flop on arming teachers (02-26)
A different sort of "Madigan Tax" (02-26)
Pritzker roundup: Strong endorsement and strong criticism; Exhausting schedule; Another Biss hit (02-26)
Rauner in DC for Janus arguments (02-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-26)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list, a new poll and a harsh new anti-Durkin TV ad (02-23)
Republican files lawsuit over HRO mailers tying him to Madigan (02-23)
Your moment of un-Zen (02-23)
Your moment of Zen (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - Sen. McConchie explains *** Question of the day (02-23)
Madigan's House to advance a package of gun legislation next week (02-23)
Campaign Workers Guild coming to Springfield (02-23)
A new Madigan question: Can he survive? (02-23)
Hinz: "The governor is in full Pinocchio mode" (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - 150 explains *** Local 150 makes good on its pledge to file First Amendment lawsuits (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kennedy responds *** Pritzker hit again on the lack of women in his companies (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Diversity is more than drinking a glass of milk (02-23)
Dems use Greitens to attack Rauner (02-23)
A look at gubernatorial ad spending (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Anybody have any ideas how to fix this problem? (02-23)
Support HB4469 (02-23)
Crain's not-so-wholeheartedly endorses Rauner, Pritzker (02-23)
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Thanks, Mike Madigan! (02-22)
When even the dictionary dunks on you (02-22)
Question of the day (02-22)
It's all one, big thing (02-22)
It's just a bill (02-22)
Stay classy, Daniel (02-22)
*** UPDATED x10 - Breen responds to Minor - Minor responds - Harold speaks to Sun-Times - Raoul, Schneider, Ives, Rauner campaign, Durkin call on Minor to withdraw *** GOP township chairman alleged to have directed racist, homophobic remarks at black female GOP candidate (02-22)
National "Our Revolution" endorses Biss (02-22)
"Wauconda forever!" (02-22)
Maybe he's not so holy (02-22)
Pritzker and Biss spar over pension issue again (02-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - IEA weighs in *** Kennedy takes heat for dissing Cairo schools (02-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Biss' poll has him tied for second and 8 points back (02-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Biss blasts Pritzker over Madigan issue (02-22)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-22)
GOP legislators demand Rauner stop "shameful distortions and fabrications of Jeanne Ives' record" (02-21)
Pro-life group wants direct appeal to Supreme Court on HB40 (02-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - Conroy reacts *** Sen. Bush moves bill to protect staff as Rep. Conroy defends Madigan (02-21)
Injured Kennedy can't attend tonight's debate (02-21)
Rauner promises action on Quincy as Ives asks "What the hell is wrong with this Governor?" (02-21)
It's just a bill (02-21)
Because... Madigan??? (02-21)
Question of the day (02-21)
ILGOP demands Pritzker speak out on Madigan, Pritzker responds (02-21)
The ideas that refuse to die (02-21)
Inspector General Hickey leaving for greener pastures (02-21)
Congressman Lipinski stands by his man, Ald. Quinn blows past reporters (02-21)
Bost victimized by fake news on prayer cards (02-21)
Kennedy campaign trumps Trib nod while Rauner, RGA highlight Pritzker slams (02-21)
New Pritzker TV ad disses Biss' labor record (02-21)
Rate Drury's first TV ad (02-21)
Berrios may have caught a huge break (02-21)
Poll: Kennedy surging, Pritzker falls four points, Biss holds in place (02-21)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-21)
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*** UPDATED x3 - Pritzker calls for probe independent of Madigan *** How independent is Madigan's new independent counsel? (02-20)
Fourth Legionnaires’ case confirmed at Quincy veterans' home (02-20)
Biss endorsed by Sierra Club (02-20)
Question of the day (02-20)
Two Metro East GOP primaries take sharp turns toward weirdness (02-20)
Rotheimer becomes issue in Rep. Hammond's primary (02-20)
Agencies a no-show for Senate hearing on Quincy veterans' home (02-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and other campaign news (02-20)
Rauner on pension cost-shift's impact on property taxes: "It'll help bring them down" (02-20)
*** UPDATED x4 - Cassidy explains - Madigan responds - Mendoza, Bustos and Ammons issue statement - Sen. Bush echoes demand *** Rep. Cassidy wants independent probe into "culture that appears to pervade the organizations led by Speaker Madigan" (02-20)
Ives, Kennedy up with two new ads (02-20)
Raoul donates Decremer contribution to TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund (02-20)
Candidates lash out at Pritzker after WCIA cancels debate (02-20)
More on Gov. Rauner's budget proposal (02-20)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Madigan responds *** Madigan operative removed from campaigns after complaints, Biss demands resignation of party chairmanship (02-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner slammed from the right over Janus case (02-19)
*** UPDATED x3 - IDCCA clarifies - Biss buy - Quinn responds *** Holiday Monday quick takes: Rotering's new ad slams Quinn; Biss is up on Downstate TV; Pritzker reloads; Daily Journal endorses Ives; IDCCA unveils zero-tolerance policy and pledge (02-19)
Konkol out at Chicago Reader after "tumultuous ten days" (02-17)
Madigan asks Bustos, Mendoza and Ammons to "develop a plan for elevating the status of women in the party" (02-17)
Saturday quick hits: Mendoza wants Quincy veterans moved; Biss and Raoul report big bucks; Reader cover fallout intensifies (02-17)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend and some late news updates (02-16)
Question of the day (02-16)
Kennedy wows Daily Herald (02-16)
The perils of sticking too closely to talking points (02-16)
Fitch warns another Illinois stalemate could trigger rating downgrade (02-16)
More ads than you can shake a stick at: Rauner, Ruiz, Rotering, Quigley, Proft and Clark (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Latest Quincy Legionnaires’ case was Rauner's State of the State guest (02-16)
Ives release new ad, endorsed by Susan B. Anthony List, slams Trib endorsement of Rauner (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - Drury responds *** Appellate court rules unanimously that Drury should appear on AG ballot (02-16)
Rep. Feigenholtz files bills "to give strength to more victims" (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kennedy again dismisses workers' comp as an issue (02-16)
Pritzker goes after Biss' "middle-class governor" claim, also airs ad featuring Stratton (02-16)
Will Gov. Rauner's cost-shift help wealthier schools and hurt poor districts? (02-16)
Biss airs new "middle-class governor" ad (02-16)
"Men and women who once were quasi-normal human beings become alien life forms" (02-16)
Lipinski wants IRS probe of Illinois Policy Institute leaders (02-16)
Surprise! Tribune endorses Bruce Rauner (02-16)
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*** UPDATED x2 - Brown: "We are not involved" *** Alaina Hampton sends cease and desist letter; Kevin Quinn arrested for violating protection order (02-15)
Question of the day (02-15)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Berrios whacked by study he commissioned (02-15)
Sawyer on Reader cover: "The equivalent of putting gasoline on a fire" (02-15)
"I have never experienced sexism or racism as explicitly as I did on the campaign trail" (02-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** IDPH: Third Legionnaires’ case at Quincy veterans home this week (02-15)
Did Rauner's budget speech get positive or negative coverage? (02-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fun with numbers: Cost shift (02-15)
Dem campaign roundup (02-15)
Irrational exuberance (02-15)
Keep the Internet open in Illinois! (02-15)
Pritzker stumbles yet again on the Madigan question (02-15)
Rauner airs tax cut TV ad (02-15)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-15)
A few budget items (02-14)
Question of the day (02-14)
The Madigan dodge (02-14)
Four leaders gather in governor's office for first time in 14 months (02-14)
The danger ahead for Madigan (02-14)
Rauner reboots cost shifts, pension consideration, capital plan (02-14)
Pritzker campaign takes preemptive shot at Rauner budget (02-14)
*** LIVE *** Budget address and session coverage (02-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A handy budget analysis (02-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-14)
Question of the day (02-13)
Thompson Center shooting updates (02-13)
House Democratic Women’s Caucus releases statement (02-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Live video *** Speaker Madigan, Wier-Vaught to speak to reporters about escalating scandal (02-13)
Legislators begin to focus on carjackings (02-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Cullerton talks budget ahead of Rauner address (02-13)
4th Annual Cocktails with Capitol Fax is TODAY (02-13)
PPP poll results: "Spectacularly lousy for a governor who isn’t under criminal investigation" (02-13)
*** UPDATED x2 - Biss/Hull video *** Silverstein slammed for dismissing IG report, Biss criticized for Blair Hull money, Rauner withdraws nominee (02-13)
*** UPDATED x7 - Video link - Pritzker, Stratton, Kennedy, Biss, Cassidy, Marwig respond - Ald. Quinn defends *** Calls for Madigan's resignation begin (02-13)
Former Pritzker staffer speaks out with new boss (02-13)
Two more Legionnaires’ disease cases confirmed at Quincy veterans' home (02-13)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-13)
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Sunday roundup: PPP poll has Kennedy in second in Cook; Ives has new "sanctuary state" ad and maybe money to burn; Pritzker continues apology tour (02-11)
4th Annual Cocktails with Capitol Fax is this coming Tuesday (02-10)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (02-09)
Rauner walks back his Quincy boast, but questions remain about new claim (02-09)
Kennedy campaign fact checks Pritzker's Crain's appearance (02-09)
Ives releases new ad: "Lead the Charge" (02-09)
IDPH slammed for not spending $10 million in appropriated HIV funding (02-09)
PPP poll: Kaegi leads Berrios 44-27 (02-09)
Pritzker hit for not saying Madigan's name, and is also unclear on a concept (02-09)
Lincoln's angry patronage plea acquired by museum (02-09)
Attacks keep coming as Pritzker tries to rebound with apologies, promises of inclusion (02-09)
Ives slams Rauner over Trump comments (02-09)
Civic Federation unveils annual state budget roadmap (02-09)
AG candidates respond to Pritzker race controversy (02-09)
Durbin vouches for Pritzker in new Downstate ad (02-09)
Question of the day (02-09)
"I feel the state of Illinois is forcing me toward opioid use when a better alternative exists" (02-09)
Can you negotiate with cancer? (02-09)
Rauner on relationship with Uihlein: "Can’t say there is one" (02-09)
*** UPDATED x9 - Hastings, Tom Cullerton, DGA, Ives, Pritzker, McSweeney, Kennedy respond - Director said caught off guard in 2015 - Rep. Kifowit reponds *** Rauner says state did "exceptionally well" and "we would not do anything different" to prevent Quincy veterans' home deaths (02-09)
Kennedy says voters will "fully inform" themselves on their own (02-08)
*** UPDATED x3 - IPI retorts - Nybo shoots back - Tillman responds *** GOP Sen. Nybo wants Legislature to call for federal/state Tillman probe (02-08)
Pritzker hit from all sides (02-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - AG: Reviewing *** Rauner throws Tillman under the bus, Tillman responds in kind (02-08)
Rauner says Madigan has told his members that he'd "love to see another budget stalemate this year" (02-08)
The 1980s called, they want their campaign slogan back (02-08)
Could Mike Bost be in trouble? (02-08)
Downstate debate fight kicks up again after possible cancellation (02-08)
Robin Kelly, David Orr vouch for Berrios opponent Kaegi in new ad (02-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Biss ally calls attack "tired Machine political garbage" *** Pritzker launches third attack ad on Biss (02-08)
Lots more budgetary pain on the way (02-08)
Rickert apparently gets what she wants, asks to dismiss FOIA lawsuit (02-08)
BGA looks at Pritzker's charitable giving (02-08)
Biss poll: Biss outperforms Pritzker over badly tanking Rauner (02-08)
A deep dive into Tillman's finances (02-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Shocker poll: Biss surges to within 4 of Pritzker (02-08)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Correction *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-08)
Question of the day (02-07)
IDPH accused of playing "hide the ball" with Quincy veterans' home info (02-07)
Legionella bacteria found at Statehouse (02-07)
Oddities and ends (02-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Biss campaign responds *** Drury compares himself to Comey (02-07)
Testimony: Quincy veterans' home employees found out about Legionnaires' outbreak from media reports (02-07)
New Pritzker ad features Duckworth, White, Mendoza and Durbin vouching for him (02-07)
Support House Bill 4469 (02-07)
It's just a bill (02-07)
IBHE budget request snubs university presidents' plea (02-07)
Local 150 hires Mike Kasper to kick Scott Drury off ballot (02-07)
*** UPDATED x3 - ACLU, Planned Parenthood respond to Ives ad - Personal PAC launches new ad *** Ives releases new radio ad (02-07)
Ives ad still reverberating (02-07)
More on what Rauner says he'd do differently if he could (02-07)
Campaign caps lifted in Charlie Meier's primary race (02-07)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Preckwinkle endorses Pritzker, Biss holding presser with NASW, Cook GOP goes with Rauner (02-07)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-07)
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Fallout: Emil Jones explodes at Pritzker, "safe blacks"; Bishop Trotter disinvites; Staffer quits (02-06)
Reps. Stratton, Mitchell defend Pritzker (02-06)
Biss campaign suggests Pritzker's money bought Equality Illinois' endorsement (02-06)
Question of the day (02-06)
Pritzker apology presser roundup (02-06)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (02-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** White, Pritzker to appear together (02-06)
It's just a bill (02-06)
Ives supporter Breen says ad should be taken down (02-06)
Yeah, those things would've totally worked (02-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Ives claims her ad is a "parody" of Rauner's "Thanks, Madigan" spot (02-06)
*** UPDATED x2 - DGA, Ives respond *** New Rauner ad attacks Ives, ties her to Madigan (02-06)
One possible explanation for the Pritzker/Blagojevich exchange (02-06)
Caption contest! (02-06)
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*** UPDATED x3 - Kennedy, Biss, Rauner campaigns respond *** FBI recording catches Pritzker joking with Blagojevich: "God damn America" (02-06)
Speaker Madigan appears to agree with Gov. Rauner on something (02-05)
Ives supporter McSweeney wants her to take ad off the air (02-05)
Biss campaign rejoices at being attacked by Pritzker (02-05)
Question of the day (02-05)
*** UPDATED x2 - Ives "misunderstood the question" - Endorsed Cruz *** Ives says no campaign outreach to President Trump that she knows of (02-05)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Kaegi could get one-on-one primary with Berrios (02-05)
Appellate court grants temporary stay for Drury candidacy (02-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner condemns "in the strongest possible terms" *** Perennial Nazi candidate finally gets a free pass in GOP primary (02-05)
Ives threatens higher ed funding cuts (02-05)
Rauner on guy who's suing him: "He said a lot of things that were not true" (02-05)
Fourth time was not the charm (02-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Ives defends ad, will speak at City Club today (02-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Despite claim, ad is highly edited *** Blagojevich talks about Pritzker in Rauner's latest TV ad (02-05)
What goes around comes around (02-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Feb. 21 start *** Chicago delays start of early voting (02-05)
Uihlein contributes $2 million to Ives (02-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Ad is "shameful" *** Rauner still hasn't commented directly on the Ives ad, but will he tonight? (02-03)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (02-02)
Siverstein stays on the ballot (02-02)
*** UPDATED x12 - CTU responds - $1.1 million buy - Pat Brady, Equality Illinois respond - Pritzker campaign responds - ACLU responds - Will air this weekend - Biss responds - Ives unveils 60-second version - Kennedy campaign responds - Rauner campaign responds, kinda *** Ives' other TV ad is gonna cause a huge controversy if it airs (02-02)
Supremes strike down state gun ban near public parks (02-02)
Springfield wants to step in to solve a state problem (02-02)
Question of the day (02-02)
Rauner says state audit of managed care program was "fundamentally inaccurate" and "misinformation" (02-02)
Biss defends pension flip-flop (02-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - Drury: "I have instilled a fear in Mike Madigan that has not been seen during his reign in Springfield" *** Drury off the ballot (02-02)
Garber also quit Republican State Central Committee post (02-02)
Rauner hints at new budget idea, insists his past budgets were balanced, can't recall one of his own key proposals (02-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Manar responds *** Rauner heaps praise on facility after vetoing its funding (02-02)
Janus fights back against Catholic bishops (02-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SEIU Local 1, EMILY's List back Lipinski opponent (02-02)
Biss: Pritzker has put more money into his state primary than Trump put into his national party battle (02-02)
Everything old is new again (02-02)
Politifact awards Gov. Rauner another "Pants on Fire!" rating (02-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Stand for Children responds *** Pritzker airs second anti-Biss ad, Biss claims Pritzker is "flailing" (02-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-02)
Another education funding snafu (02-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-01)
Today's quotable (02-01)
Rauner falsely claims yet again that he introduced three balanced budgets (02-01)
Foxx claims Alvarez looked the other way on harassment by top staffer (02-01)
Congressional fundraising roundup (02-01)
Rate Daiber's first radio ad (02-01)
*** UPDATED x6 - Rauner piles on - Ives explains - Ives disinvites - Sen. Brady, Bourne, Wehrli say Ives should cancel *** Oppo dump! (02-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Inquiries opened *** Un-advertised state university jobs created for SIU-C chancellor's kids (02-01)
Rauner dodges question about what he could accomplish if Madigan is still around (02-01)
Your moment of Zen (02-01)
Cullerton: "I like to be liked rather than feared" (02-01)
McGuire: Focus more on college students who don't attend elite schools (02-01)
Poll: Rauner 7th most unpopular governor in the country (02-01)
Rate Kwame Raoul's first TV ad (02-01)
Pritzker airs ad attacking Biss on pensions (02-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-01)
Pritzker poll also has Biss in second place (02-01)

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