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February 2024 Posts

Appeals court denies city's motion to stay enforcement of lower court's Bring Chicago Home ruling (02-29)
Belvidere UAW local sticking with Foster despite regional UAW's endorsement of Dem opponent Rashid (Updated x2) (02-29)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-29)
Despite reported shortage, state claims city has not requested diapers for migrant babies since October (02-29)
IVF debate takes a weird political turn (02-29)
ComEd Four sentencing will be delayed (02-29)
It’s just a bill (02-29)
Open thread (02-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Isabel’s morning briefing (02-29)
Live coverage (02-29)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-28)
Pritzker: 'People who live in other states who want to have children using IVF, come to Illinois' (02-28)
'Like something from a scary, filthy freak show' (02-28)
Teams are attempting to manufacture momentum via the news media (Updated) (02-28)
Pritzker says 'I'm not willing to reconsider' grocery tax elimination proposal (Updated) (02-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-28)
Study: Invest in Kids scholarship students lag, but report called 'meaningless' (02-28)
Open thread (02-28)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-28)
Live coverage (02-28)
Judge denies city's motion for stay in Bring Chicago Home case (Updated) (02-27)
Pritzker restates longtime opposition to California-style mandated zero emissions standards, saying he prefers 'carrots over sticks' at least for now (02-27)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-27)
Illinois Is Top Ten In The Nation For Reported Gas Leaks, Fix Illinois’ Aging Natural Gas Lines Now (02-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More campaign updates (02-27)
Studies show immigration has surged the economy forward since the pandemic (02-27)
Chicago Board of Elections to appeal ruling that barred city from Bring Chicago Home case (02-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (02-27)
Mötley Crüe to headline at the Illinois State Fair (02-27)
It’s just a bill (02-27)
Open thread (02-27)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-27)
Live coverage (02-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (02-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (02-26)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-26)
Question of the day (02-26)
So far, Illinois' Republican congressional delegation is silent on IVF (02-26)
Pritzker says White Sox stadium push so far is 'not enough to make it a priority' for Springfield (02-26)
Evidence-based funding falling behind in more ways than one (02-26)
*** UPDATED x2 - City files notification of appeal on intervenor denial motion, overall ruling - City files legal response *** More confusion on Bring Chicago Home (02-26)
It’s just a bill (02-26)
Should AG Raoul try to yank this guy's pension? (02-26)
‘Nothing can be passed without our members’ (02-26)
Open thread (02-26)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-26)
Live coverage (02-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Quick campaign updates (02-24)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (02-23)
Judge rules Bring Chicago Home referendum should be struck from ballot (Updated x2) (02-23)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-23)
Doom Grifter announces 2024 'Blue Room Tour' with special guests (02-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (02-23)
Question of the day (02-23)
Illinois Is #9 In The U.S. For Reported Gas Leaks, End The Halt On Gas Line Replacement (02-23)
It’s just a bill (02-23)
More budget news (02-23)
Open thread (02-23)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-23)
Live coverage (02-23)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (Updated x2) (02-22)
Pritzker will run TV ad to counter Local 150 ads (02-22)
Reinsdorf now says new Sox development would require $2 billion in subsidies (Updated) (02-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (02-22)
Meanwhile… In Opposite Land (Updated x2) (02-22)
Rate the Mike Bost Trump endorsement ad (02-22)
It’s just a bill (02-22)
News coverage roundup: Gov. Pritzker's $52.7 billion budget plan (02-22)
Open thread (02-22)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-22)
Live coverage (02-22)
Transportation for Illinois Coalition, SEIU Healthcare, community providers, others criticize budget plan (Updated x2) (02-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (02-21)
Pritzker: 'Do not let the doom grifters steal your optimism about what’s ahead for Illinois' (Updated) (02-21)
Pritzker slams Trump over immigration, calls for federal action, lays out plan for aftermath (02-21)
More budget details (Updated) (02-21)
State of the State/Budget Address documents and open thread (Updated) (02-21)
It’s just a bill (02-21)
White Sox's Jerry Reinsdorf pitches Springfield lawmakers on South Loop ballpark (02-21)
Roundup: Governor Pritzker’s State of the State, budget address (Updated x2) (02-21)
Who does this? (02-21)
End The Natural Gas Ban Now, Aging Gas Lines Are Dangerous (02-21)
Open thread (02-21)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-21)
Live coverage (02-21)
Reinsdorf says 'I don't want to talk about that' when asked why his ballclub needs another state subsidy (02-20)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (02-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** State's November plan to reduce 'bottlenecks' in migrant shelter/resettlement appears to be making real progress (02-20)
In huge blow to Bailey, Trump endorses Mike Bost (Updated) (02-20)
Question of the day (02-20)
Follow the bouncing ball (02-20)
It’s just a bill (02-20)
Today's quotables (02-20)
Mendoza defends honoring anti-abortion mayor (02-20)
'Never rat on your friends, always keep your mouth shut' (02-20)
White Sox make their pitch (Updated x2) (02-20)
Open thread (02-20)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-20)
End The Natural Gas Ban Now, Aging Gas Lines Are Dangerous (02-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-20)
Live coverage (02-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - EXTRA! (02-16)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (02-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (02-16)
End The Natural Gas Ban Now, Aging Gas Lines Are Dangerous (02-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news (02-16)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - Governor's office rebuts *** Mayor doubles down (02-16)
Some food for thought outside the usual media narratives (02-16)
Question of the day (02-16)
It’s just a bill (02-16)
Open thread (02-16)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-16)
Live coverage (02-16)
McCann decides to plead guilty (02-15)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-15)
GOP property tax proposal shows how pension costs are declining as percent of state budget (Updated) (02-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (02-15)
*** UPDATED x9 *** State, county announce more money for asylum-seekers, but city conspicuously missing (02-15)
Bears CEO believes new stadium has 'momentum,' wants 'clarity' from Statehouse this spring: 'Time is money' (02-15)
It’s just a bill (02-15)
Open thread (02-15)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-15)
Live coverage (02-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (Updated) (02-14)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-14)
Question of the day (02-14)
S&P: Chicago's migrant spending pressure 'could have a longer-term effect on its credit quality' (02-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-14)
Roundup: Sam McCann trial (02-14)
It’s just a bill (02-14)
Support The Protect Health Data Privacy Act (02-14)
Open thread (02-14)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-14)
Live coverage (02-14)
Migrant shelter population drops below 13,000 for first time since Nov. 28 (02-13)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-13)
I'm not sure what the teachers are supposed to be so angry about (02-13)
The ads pretty much write themselves (02-13)
Gun owners rights groups ask Supreme Court to review Illinois' assault weapons ban (02-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (02-13)
It’s just a bill (02-13)
You'd better win, man (02-13)
Open thread (02-13)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-13)
Live coverage (02-13)
Mapes sentenced to thirty months (02-12)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (02-09)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-09)
Speaker Welch on White Sox, no city ask on migrant funding, plus thoughts on sub-minimum wage, Israel and MJM (02-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Chicago mayor aligns with CTU, demands more state money for CPS (02-09)
News outlet debunks Downstate migrant rumor (02-09)
Ex-legislators behaving badly (Updated x3) (02-09)
Question of the day (02-09)
It’s just a bill (02-09)
Open thread (02-09)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-09)
Live coverage (02-09)
New bill would provide tax credits to people fleeing restrictive state abortion, trans, censorship laws (02-08)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-08)
Question of the day (02-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (02-08)
Teamsters vote to authorize IDOT strike (02-08)
Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice responds to Sheriff Dart (02-08)
White Sox reveal plans, projections for a ballpark in the 78 (02-08)
It’s just a bill (02-08)
Open thread (02-08)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-08)
Live coverage (02-08)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-07)
Chicago migrant shelter population now down 11.4 percent since late December (02-07)
Question of the day (02-07)
Today's quotable (02-07)
Robocall company outed, warned (02-07)
It’s just a bill (02-07)
Open thread (02-07)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-07)
Live coverage (02-07)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-06)
Study: Access to work from home jobs lags in rural Illinois (02-06)
Bailey goes to the border, Bost goes up on TV (02-06)
Defense argument: 'Congress did not camouflage a gratuities crime deep within a provision targeting bribery' (02-06)
A sweet little junket (02-06)
Question of the day (02-06)
It’s just a bill (02-06)
Open thread (02-06)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-06)
Live coverage (02-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (02-05)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-05)
Question of the day (02-05)
Musical interlude (02-05)
Asylum-seekers coverage roundup (02-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (02-05)
A run of bad news (Updated x2) (02-05)
Reboletti tries something different (Updated) (02-05)
It’s just a bill (02-05)
Open thread (02-05)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (02-05)
Live coverage (02-05)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (02-02)
Report: Bears focusing on Chicago, also want to expand ISFA debt (02-02)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (Updated) (02-02)
Judge denies protest permit for day before DNC (02-02)
Fox News asks about migrants: 'How much time do we have before there's utter chaos in Chicago?' (02-02)
A glimpse into the news future? (02-02)
It’s just a bill (02-02)
Open thread (02-02)
Isabel’s morning briefing (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)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (02-01)
Pritzker remains noncommittal on $300 million state child tax credit (02-01)
Migrant shelter population drops almost 7 percent since late December (02-01)
Pritzker says he still hasn't been briefed on White Sox ballpark plan (02-01)
Teamsters on IDOT contract talks: 'We are nearing the breaking-point and may be left with no other choice than to strike this winter' (02-01)
It’s just a bill (02-01)
Open thread (02-01)
Isabel’s morning briefing (02-01)
Live coverage (02-01)

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