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March 2022 Posts

Penalty Enhancements Like HB3850 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-31)
Campaign notebook (03-31)
Question of the day (03-31)
Pritzker announces finalized Thompson Center purchase and sale agreement (03-31)
It's just a bill (03-31)
Credit Unions: Better for Illinois (03-31)
Open thread (03-31)
Choate Developmental Center abuse scandal timeline (03-31)
Tours, rallies and events now permitted inside the Statehouse (03-31)
Chicago makes bid for 2024 Democratic National Convention (03-31)
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Rate the DGA's new TV ad (03-31)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-31)
Question of the day (03-30)
It's just a bill (03-30)
Ken Griffin oppo dump! (03-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (03-30)
*** UPDATED x2 - ILGOP responds - Buying Fox News Channel ads *** Report: DGA going up on TV tomorrow here (03-30)
Comptroller matches terminology with bill payment reality (03-30)
Campaign notebook (03-30)
Morning musical interlude: Dear Abby (03-30)
Open thread (03-30)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Updated fundraiser list (03-29)
It's just a bill (03-29)
Campaign notebook (03-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker asked if he stood by PRB's decisions (03-29)
Let's be a little bit careful out there (03-29)
Irvin hit on campaign ties to local city contractor (03-29)
Rate Richard Irvin's new TV ad (03-29)
Rate Jesse Sullivan's new TV ad (03-29)
PRB coverage roundup (03-29)
Retail crime bill to be unveiled today (03-29)
ISP still trying to catch up on concealed carry application backlog (03-29)
Open thread (03-29)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-29)
Oreal James resigns from Prisoner Review Board ahead of confirmation vote (03-28)
Ahead of today's Executive Appointments Committee meeting, Irvin campaign calls for Senate rejection of Pritzker's picks (03-28)
Caption contest! (03-28)
Question of the day (03-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (03-28)
It's just a bill (03-28)
Here we go again (03-28)
What's it gonna take to clean up the mess at DCFS? (03-28)
Amdor: The crime package should include these two bills (03-28)
MJM roundup (03-28)
Get it together, please (03-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and some other things (03-28)
A look at the unemployment insurance trust fund spin (03-28)
Open thread (03-28)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-28)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-25)
Campaign notebook (03-25)
COVID-19 update (03-25)
Revisiting yesterday's Supreme Court case on attorney's fees (03-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** State law's constitutionality questioned (03-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Unemployment insurance coverage roundup (03-25)
Open thread (03-25)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-25)
Campaign notebook (03-24)
Unemployment rate falls, but remains a point above national level - Civic Federation endorses Pritzker budget proposal (03-24)
Illinois Supreme Court upholds law allowing campaign fund use for criminal defense fees, but with caveats (03-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It's just a bill (03-24)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pritzker, Welch to honor picket lines *** DPI asks party members not to cross WTTW picket line (03-24)
Pritzker stands by his guns on PRB (03-24)
Does ballot order matter? (03-24)
House sends partial unemployment insurance debt funding bill to Senate, Republicans warn of possible consequences (03-24)
Rate Demmer's new digital ad (03-24)
Open thread (03-24)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-24)
Acevedo sentenced to six months in prison (03-23)
Rep. Cassidy pays fiery tribute to Elise Malary in retort to Rep. Morrison's floor speech against transgender rights (03-23)
Question of the day (03-23)
Oppo dump! (03-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (03-23)
Irvin's headline problem (03-23)
Delia Ramirez poll has her ahead of Gil Villegas 25-10, but still a lot of undecideds in four-way race (03-23)
Rate Gov. Pritzker's new campaign ad (03-23)
Democratic Senate rebukes Pritzker with PRB nominee rejection (03-23)
DPI begins rebuild of relationship with organized labor (03-23)
Open thread (03-23)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-23)
Question of the day (03-22)
House Republicans balk, want to redirect federal money to unemployment insurance deficit (03-22)
House Democratic leadership tries to put a scare into members (03-22)
"DCFS is in the worst shape it’s been in 30 years" (03-22)
Michael Flynn endorses Gary Rabine (03-22)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB4385 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-22)
A bit of progress on the contested election front (03-22)
Welcome back, Tina! (03-22)
Open thread (03-22)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-22)
Question of the day (03-21)
Campaign notebook (03-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (03-21)
Frerichs highlights retirement savings program, hit on Madigan and retirement tax (03-21)
Caption contest! (03-21)
Pritzker warns about BA.2, but says state is in a "good place" and has nearly replenished testing supplies (03-21)
Shimpf unveils "A New Start for Illinois" plan (03-21)
Dem members of Congress urge Pritzker to resist highway expansion projects (03-21)
State levels first-ever fines for late filing on Blue Cross Blue Shield's parent company (03-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker: Foxx sending the "wrong message" *** A look at Foxx’s resentencing initiative (03-21)
Madigan roundup (03-21)
The FOP's risky bet (03-21)
Open thread (03-21)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-18)
Credit Unions: Better For Illinois (03-18)
A few COVID-19 updates (03-18)
Senate mandates in-person committee hearings, restores public access for those with negative tests (03-18)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pritzker hires children's behavioral health services czar, establishes interagency working group, claims this will improve service delivery by end of year (03-18)
It's just a bill (03-18)
Caption contest! (03-18)
DCFS director hit with 7th contempt citation (03-18)
Cosgrove to retire (03-18)
Rate Alexi Giannoulias' intro video (03-18)
Open thread (03-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-18)
Fun with numbers (03-17)
Campaign notebook (03-17)
Corruption's impact on the state's credit rating (03-17)
Question of the day (03-17)
Kinda feels like the old days (03-17)
FOP declares all-out war on Martwick (03-17)
The Willie Wilson gas giveaway should be a wakeup call (03-17)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker campaign responds *** Oppo dump! Sullivan campaign releases McClain emails to Pritzker administration (03-17)
Open thread (03-17)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-17)
Question of the day (03-16)
Campaign notebook (03-16)
It's just a bill (03-16)
More on the LaSalle Veterans' Home lawsuits (03-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Proft gets back into the game (03-16)
A look at Irvin's claims about Aurora crime (03-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update and supplement to today's edition (03-16)
Sullivan campaign issues non-denial denial to allegations of possible round-tabling (03-16)
Open thread (03-16)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-16)
Question of the day (03-15)
Illinois/Ukraine roundup (03-15)
Cleaning out my Irvin-related inbox (03-15)
Alvarez out at Tollway (03-15)
Campaign notebook (03-15)
Rate Jesse Sullivan's anti-corruption agenda (03-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Two incumbent Senators hand over seats to favored replacements without an appointment (03-15)
*** UPDATED - Pritzker's office responds *** Families of 27 residents at LaSalle Veterans’ Home file lawsuits (03-15)
Open thread (03-15)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (03-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (03-14)
Question of the day (03-14)
It's just a bill (03-14)
Caption contest! (03-14)
Edwardsville hit by another disaster as pipeline leaks 165,000 gallons of crude oil (03-14)
Lawmakers talk about disruption in health insurance coverage due to BCBSIL fight with Springfield Clinic (03-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (03-14)
Rumor patrol (03-14)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB4385 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-14)
Madigan comes off in federal indictment as a common grifter (03-14)
Open thread (03-14)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-14)
Man charged with two felonies for threatening Rep. Deb Conroy (03-12)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-11)
After review, Pritzker unfreezes grants (03-11)
Illinois State Medical Society steps in to fight between Blue Cross and Springfield Clinic (03-11)
Question of the day (03-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (03-11)
COVID-19 roundup (03-11)
MJM Friday roundup (03-11)
It's just a bill (03-11)
Irvin's LGDF proposal would blow a $1 billion annual hole in state budget (03-11)
Caption contest! (03-11)
Open thread (03-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-11)
Thursday MJM roundup (03-10)
Question of the day (03-10)
It's just a bill (03-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (03-10)
Budzinski makes "Red to Blue" program (03-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker to continue double-checking *** Nine House Democrats rescind call to freeze capital projects connected to Madigan (03-10)
Fix it the right way, please (03-10)
Buried Madigan indictment nugget explained by Sun-Times (03-10)
Open thread (03-10)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (03-09)
It's just a bill (03-09)
Campaign notebook (03-09)
Fresh Madigan roundup (03-09)
Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback hired Evanston manager at center of criticism for delay of harassment and abuse probe (03-09)
A look at Irvin's claim about Aurora taxes (03-09)
Legislators to speak out about anti-Semitic packages distributed in the suburbs (03-09)
Pritzker campaign "unequivocally" denies any existing ties to Hyatt, says company should stop doing business with Russia (03-09)
This isn't going to work (03-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The PRB trick box (03-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Today's wildest Illinois headline (03-09)
Credit Unions: Better for Illinois (03-09)
Open thread (03-09)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-09)
Former Sen. Tom Cullerton pleads guilty (03-08)
Campaign notebook (03-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (03-08)
It's just a bill (03-08)
Irvin's combat veteran status (03-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Senate going mask-optional, House likely to follow suit today (03-08)
AARP Illinois Names New State Director (03-08)
The $22,500 mystery in the Madigan/McClain indictment (03-08)
Petition filing day coverage roundup (03-08)
Irvin bats away, ignores questions (03-08)
ILGOP slams Pritzker over Madigan (03-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More petition filing news (03-08)
Rate Gov. Pritzker's new campaign ad (03-08)
Former LIG Carol Pope endorses Jesse Sullivan for governor (03-08)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB4385 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-08)
Open thread (03-08)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-08)
No covid deaths reported two days in a row for first time since mid-March of 2020 (03-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (03-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Griffin firm was top investor in only company that will stream state-controlled Russian "news" network (03-07)
Question of the day (03-07)
Rush to run for reelection to Democratic State Central Committee; Harmon, Cunningham and several other legislators toss their hat into the ring (03-07)
Meisel solves a mystery and posts the best pic of filing day so far (03-07)
Irvin to hold first avail in two months (03-07)
AARP Illinois Names New State Director (03-07)
Caption contest! (03-07)
Aunt Phyllis (03-07)
Kim campaign calls out DeVore for "frivolous" lawsuits (03-07)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB4385 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-07)
Rate Gov. Pritzker's new TV ad (03-07)
It's quite possible, even probable that Madigan would still be in power today if not for The 19 (03-07)
Open thread (03-07)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-04)
Report: The crime issue is polling worse for Democrats in Chicago than in the suburbs, according to at least one poll (03-04)
Valencia goes after Giannoulias on ethics (03-04)
Madigan indictment fallout roundup (03-04)
Campaign notebook (03-04)
The COVID-19 trend remains a friend, but... (03-04)
Today's must-read (03-04)
About those two draft talking points (03-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker removed Shirley Madigan as Illinois Arts Council chair (03-04)
Lightfoot says claims in lawsuit "wholly lacking in merit" (03-04)
Budget proposal drawing praise from highly unusual corners (03-04)
Open thread (03-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (03-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-04)
Pritzker takes Madigan questions (03-03)
Campaign notebook (03-03)
The 19 talk about doing what's right (03-03)
The new ComEd angle (03-03)
The Danny Solis angle (03-03)
Madigan and his lawyers respond to indictments (03-03)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB4385 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-03)
McClain responds to new indictment (03-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Addendum to today's edition (03-03)
Open thread (03-03)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-03)
Gov. Pritzker says he was "pleased" to cooperate with feds on Madigan, spoke to them for an hour (03-02)
"The 19" release statement on Madigan indictment (03-02)
Read the full Madigan indictment (03-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Madigan indictment react (03-02)
*** UPDATED x7 *** US Attorney, FBI and IRS to hold news conference to announce "an indictment in a public corruption investigation" (03-02)
Question of the day (03-02)
It's just a bill (03-02)
Campaign notebook (03-02)
Reworked covid leave bill passes House as Speaker Welch leaves door open for possible protocol changes (03-02)
Chapa LaVia throws Madigan under the bus (03-02)
Smirnoff vodka is made in Illinois, not Russia (03-02)
Another day, another lawsuit (03-02)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB4385 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (03-02)
ILEPI fires back at Moody's over its Illinois unionization and "right to work" analysis (03-02)
Rate Richard Irvin's new TV ad (03-02)
Open thread (03-02)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-02)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land (03-01)
Immediate House lockdown ordered (03-01)
Caption contest! (03-01)
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike to step down March 14 (03-01)
Campaign notebook (03-01)
Question of the day (03-01)
UN panel warns of "potentially irreversible" damage from climate change (03-01)
COVID-19 metrics now as low as the last time face masks were optional (03-01)
Moody's takes a look at Illinois' future (03-01)
Rate Jesse Sullivan's new crime plan (03-01)
Pritzker asks pension systems to explore divesting from Russian companies (03-01)
Open thread (03-01)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-01)

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