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February 2022 Posts

NRCC says Catalina Lauf "on the radar" for "Young Guns" status (02-28)
Sen. Van Pelt's CBD business pays back $144K to investors (02-28)
Question of the day (02-28)
Pause for the cause (02-28)
It's just a bill (02-28)
Campaign notebook (02-28)
Harmon talks music and what lessons he's taken from it (02-28)
"If that's your best, your best won't do" (02-28)
Open thread (02-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker lifts school mask mandate *** Illinois Supreme Court vacates TRO, masks no longer considered a "type of quarantine" (02-25)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (02-25)
Question of the day (02-25)
It's just a bill (02-25)
It's just a (crime) bill (02-25)
Campaign notebook (02-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** COVID-19 roundup (02-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** BGA alleges Pritzker conflict of interest, Pritzker's lawyer calls that claim "potentially libelous" (02-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Fiscal Year 2022 revenues expected to be $4.6 billion higher than originally projected (02-25)
Open thread (02-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to afternoon subscriber email (02-24)
Let's be careful out there (02-24)
Question of the day (02-24)
Campaign notebook (02-24)
Racial And Health Disparities, Unsafe Care Of Nursing Home Residents To Continue Without Immediate Reforms (02-24)
Illinois pols react to Russian invasion of Ukraine (02-24)
"I want them to be a little scared of me," says "Maximum Mike" of state legislators (02-24)
It's just a bill (02-24)
Newman could lose bigtime contributions from scandal fallout (02-24)
Open thread (02-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-24)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Mask mandate phase-out coverage roundup (02-23)
Juvenile's "confession" didn't trigger new Illinois law against deceptive police tactics (02-23)
Bailey pushes back against Irvin ad (02-23)
Caption contest! (02-23)
Pritzker says legislature and appellate court punted school mask issue (02-23)
Newman loses J Street support to Casten (02-23)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Mendoza wants repeal of Prompt Payment Act (02-23)
LG Stratton also endorses Valencia (02-23)
Racial And Health Disparities, Unsafe Care Of Nursing Home Residents To Continue Without Immediate Reforms (02-23)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Sen. Tom Cullerton announces resignation effective today (02-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition, with an update (02-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Open thread (02-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-23)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (02-22)
*** UPDATED x2 - Caulkins joins revolt on redo *** Mask revolt fizzles after call for decorum as just two hardcore HGOPs voted off the floor (02-22)
Gov. Pritzker endorses Anna Valencia for secretary of state (02-22)
Campaign notebook (02-22)
Shameless plug: FOIA Fest 2022 (02-22)
Question of the day (02-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (02-22)
It's just a bill (02-22)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Welch and Durkin meet about cooling down House chaos (02-22)
Credit Unions: Better For Illinois (02-22)
The kids table (02-22)
Edgar on Pritzker: "I don’t think he’s messed up really bad" (02-22)
Daily Herald: Gary Grasso is the only suburban Republican congressional candidate to publicly reject the RNC's characterization of the 1/6 insurrection (02-22)
Tribune publishes its Irvin story (02-22)
Why the governor has to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court (02-22)
First Lady donates famous Lincoln bust to ALPLM "to inspire unity" (02-22)
Open thread (02-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-22)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-22)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (02-18)
Question of the day (02-18)
Campaign notebook (02-18)
Evans out at Tollway (02-18)
COVID-19 roundup: Hospitalizations still plunging, but not as fast as projected; The COVID/Cigarette analogy; California's SMARTER plan (02-18)
The Eeyore editorial board strikes again (02-18)
House adjourns without further mask drama (02-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Gov. Pritzker says he wants expedited review by Supreme Court (02-18)
In a nutshell: JCAR's HDems punted and the appellate court used that as an excuse to punt back (02-18)
Another day, another lawsuit (02-18)
Speaker Welch says Republicans are using House rules to slow down process: "The games stop today" (02-18)
Open thread (02-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-18)
JCAR action mooted school mask/vax/testing appeal, appellate court rules (02-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-18)
AT&T discloses federal probe, federal judge hands some bad news to ComEd-related defendants (02-17)
House votes to remove nine House Republicans from the chamber over refusal to wear masks (02-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (02-17)
Was a reported plan to downsize two state prisons just an unapproved draft? (02-17)
It's just a bill (02-17)
Chicago school principals revive unionization bill, push for higher pay (02-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (02-17)
Irvin campaign compares Bailey to Pritzker on taxes (02-17)
Rate Pritzker's new TV ad (02-17)
Jesse White endorses Anna Valencia for Secretary of State (02-17)
Credit Unions: Better for Illinois (02-17)
Open thread (02-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** State files argument with appellate court on JCAR vote's impact (02-16)
It's just a bill (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republicans try to use temperature check rule to derail House action (02-16)
Fitch hints at ratings upgrade, praises budget-making process, warns against making proposed temporary tax cuts permanent (02-16)
Pritzker addresses JCAR defeat, mask mandate (02-16)
Lots of problems associated with McCormick Place casino locations (02-16)
DeVore threatens Welch on enforcement of House mask rule: "You will be next on the list" (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Uihlein is back with a $1 million contribution to Darren Bailey (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker slammed over pardon for politically connected arsonist (02-16)
After huge drop in inmate population, Pontiac and Vandalia prisons to be vastly downsized (02-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's (and yesterday's) edition (02-16)
Open thread (02-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-16)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-16)
*** UPDATED x3 *** JCAR votes against extending school mask mandate rule, which means, as of now, there is no rule (02-15)
It's just a bill (02-15)
Alan Greiman (02-15)
Five Eastern Bloc members refusing to wear masks on House floor (02-15)
Sullivan: "If you're looking for Donald Trump's policies in the state of Illinois, I'm your guy" (02-15)
Marking the third anniversary of the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Company, ISP claims progress (02-15)
The fourth influenza wave, while deadly, was mostly ignored in 1920 (02-15)
Illinois Republicans, focused on state races, may wind up with a real problem at the very top of their ticket (02-15)
Chuy Garcia to finally endorse Delia Ramirez for Congress (02-15)
Griffin wants the same "feeling" that he had with Mayor Daley (02-15)
Open thread (02-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser event list (02-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A couple of quick things (02-14)
Campaign notebook (02-14)
It's just a bill (02-14)
Illinois Republicans still silent on Trump, RNC (02-14)
DeVore wants CPS held in contempt over Sangamon County judge's mask TRO (02-14)
Question of the day (02-14)
CBS News poll: By 56-44 margin, Americans want statewide mask mandates, while 57 percent of parents want masks required in schools, compared to 36 percent who want them optional (02-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Irvin, Bailey both running away from their past support for covid mandates (02-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-14)
BGA helps Griffin launch his Irvin backing: "Thank God for the state that I have the resources to lend a different voice" (02-14)
Open thread (02-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Irvin campaign moves to get out in front of a "misleading story" in the Tribune about Henry Pratt shooter (02-11)
Friday mid-morning news roundup (02-11)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (02-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-11)
AG Raoul asks Illinois Supreme Court to order Adams County judge to "impose a lawful sentence in an Adams County sexual assault case" (02-10)
Question of the day (02-10)
Irvin, who threatened to crack down on Aurora businesses for not enforcing mask mandates, now says "I've always been opposed to mandates" (02-10)
It's just a bill (02-10)
Campaign notebook (02-10)
COVID-19 roundup: Hospitalizations continue decline; Poll finds 55 percent of Americans still oppose lifting all restrictions; Just 2 ICU beds available in Region 5; Conroy "really disappointed" with Durkin's response (02-10)
After Bailey storms out of presser, Kinzinger says "every Republican" needs to answer the question (02-10)
Maybe they should just give Mayor Lightfoot one of those old flip phones (02-10)
Sabato's Crystal Ball ranks Illinois 43rd most Republican-friendly state (02-10)
More bad press for SAFE-T Act's felony murder reforms (02-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Patronage monitor points to four questionable CDB hires as reason to deny state's push to vacate Shakman Decree (02-10)
Secretary White "wholeheartedly" endorses Supreme Court candidate Rochford, calls her "brilliant" with "superb judicial experience" (02-10)
Open thread (02-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-10)
Bailey angrily storms out of press conference when pressed on 1/6 and asked if he accepts election results (02-09)
Responses to the pending end of most of the statewide mask mandate (02-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** That dog won't hunt (02-09)
Caption contest! (02-09)
Pritzker to Durkin: "Your members are spreading misinformation campaigns ... It’s shameful and harmful" (02-09)
Politics makes strange bedfellows (02-09)
Pritzker previews mask mandate announcement (02-09)
Domestic violence service providers argue they should've been a priority in Pritzker's budget proposal (02-09)
Question of the day (02-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-09)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Republicans pounce after grand jury's refusal to indict a man for first-degree murder because of SAFE-T Act felony murder reform (02-09)
Open thread (02-09)
Kinzinger demands that recent RNC actions be a "political litmus test" for every GOP candidate (02-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Governor to announce end of mask mandate today, except for schools and congregate facilities (02-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-09)
** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-09)
Alleged ringleader of smash and grab crew charged (02-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The roots of the current chaos and the resulting fallout (02-08)
Campaign notebook (02-08)
Local governments again demand more state money ($1 billion), but Pritzker administration points to the big boosts they've already received (02-08)
Illinois ranked low in pet-friendliness (02-08)
New Jersey will lift its school mask mandate four weeks from yesterday, so when will Illinois do the same? (02-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The insane absurdity over Rep. Conroy's bill escalates to animals (02-08)
Caption contest! (02-08)
Pritzker highlights expressway shooting arrests and license plate readers at same time as expressway shooting (02-08)
Penalty Enhancements Like SB3070 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (02-08)
Open thread (02-08)
** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-08)
Question of the day (02-07)
Rating agency analysts seem upbeat about Illinois budget proposal (02-07)
Campaign notebook (02-07)
Who doesn't understand their job, Rep. McLaughlin? It sure looks like it's you (02-07)
Oppo dumps! (02-07)
Pritzker say judge's "poor legal reasoning" cultivates "chaos," says schools not named as defendants "should continue to follow the prescribed public health protocols," says hopes to follow the mandate relaxation path of Northeastern states where omicron hit first (02-07)
Carnival barkers are upset at being dragged into politics, but will spelunkers be next? (02-07)
Penalty Enhancements Like SB3070 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (02-07)
As Motor Fuel Tax freeze debated, group says Illinois has third-most structurally deficient bridges in nation (02-07)
We'll always have Paris (02-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Speaker Welch asks Leader Durkin to work together "to help heal our increasingly divided state" (02-07)
IRMA, AG Raoul to file bill to tackle organized retail theft (02-07)
Open thread (02-07)
*** UPDATED x8 *** Sangamon County judge issues TRO, says school mask, vaccine, testing requirements are a "type of quarantine" (02-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (02-04)
The attacks on Rep. Deb Conroy are some of the most vile and revolting things I have ever heard and read in my entire life (02-04)
Campaign notebook (02-04)
Judge Grischow denies class certification in DeVore's vax/testing case (02-04)
Credit Unions: Better for Illinois (02-04)
COVID-19 roundup: Hospitalizations fall 31 percent since last Friday (02-04)
Untrue talking points (02-04)
House Republicans proposed their own one-year tax cut a couple of months before they derided Pritzker's one-year tax cuts as "one-time tricks" (02-04)
COGFA: State receipts up a "remarkable" $2.6 billion so far this fiscal year (02-04)
Open thread (02-04)
Sullivan picks Ives' 2018 campaign spokesperson as running mate (02-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-04)
Irvin abruptly ends Flannery interview when pressed on abortion (02-03)
Maybe a little bit of upside-downism? (02-03)
Campaign notebook (02-03)
Oppo dump! (02-03)
Question of the day (02-03)
HB4640 is just a small bill that exploded like a nuclear bomb on the far right, resulting in dozens of death threats and incendiary political attacks (02-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Irvin sits down with two reporters (post includes oppo dump) (02-03)
Credit Unions: Better for Illinois (02-03)
Budget coverage roundup (02-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Three more hit today *** Move over and slow down: Three ISP squad cars hit during storm (02-03)
Snowpen thread (02-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-03)
A collection of budget responses (02-02)
Addressing today's top two GOP objections (02-02)
Unions, biz groups oppose governor's gas tax freeze (02-02)
Question of the day (02-02)
Campaign notebook (02-02)
Republicans angry! (02-02)
Bailey doesn't deny comparing Irvin to Satan, tries again to explain why he raised taxes so many times (02-02)
Let's be careful out there (02-02)
Budget briefing live coverage (02-02)
Open thread (02-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-02)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - What's up with LIS? (02-01)
It's just a bill (02-01)
Darren Bailey appears to compare Richard Irvin to Satan (02-01)
Question of the day (02-01)
*** UPDATED x2 *** WCIA: Bailey voted to raise district's property tax levy by 81 percent (02-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker declares disaster, activates National Guard *** IDOT issues travel warning ahead of storm: "The safest option is to stay home" (02-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (02-01)
Sen. Sims predicts new budget will lead to another credit rating upgrade (02-01)
SB3070 Is Not The Answer For Employee Safety (02-01)
Advocates push to repeal natural gas infrastructure surcharge (02-01)
Small Shift, Big Impact. A Better World With Biodiesel. (02-01)
Open thread (02-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (02-01)

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