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April 2017 Posts

CPS won't close early despite judge's ruling (04-29)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-28)
Governor files statement of economic interests (04-28)
Question of the day (04-28)
Today's number: $14.5 million (04-28)
Everybody needs to do their jobs (04-28)
"Results are all that matters" (04-28)
Rate the latest Rauner duct tape ad (04-28)
Gun dealer licensing bill moves to House (04-28)
US House general counsel has serious questions about Schock probe (04-28)
*** UPDATED x4 - Lightford responds - Manar responds - Purvis responds - Lawsuit rejected *** The CPS lawsuit probably won't solve anything right away (04-28)
The new Richard Goldberg (04-28)
Rauner's city pension brick holds (04-28)
"Rauner-funded Republican Party" (04-28)
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Moody's warns on grants to CPS, General State Aid (04-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - Brown responds *** Rauner says Madigan "hinted" about working on budget with Rauner's reforms (04-27)
Rauner talks higher ed as SIU prepares reforms (04-27)
A good idea that could cost a pretty penny (04-27)
Rauner hosts third graders for Facebook Live program (04-27)
Madigan says he met with Rauner today, asked him to focus on budget (04-27)
Question of the day (04-27)
Our two economies (04-27)
*** UPDATED x3 - INA, Biss respond - IDOC responds - Manar responds *** Rauner rescinds IDOC nurse layoffs (04-27)
It's just a bill (04-27)
Goldberg says Rauner would sign a stand-alone K-12 funding bill (04-27)
Daiber says he voted for Hardiman (04-27)
"As soon as he gets that call, he’s immediately changing his number" (04-27)
House advances equal pay bill (04-27)
Animal stories (04-27)
Oppo dump! (04-27)
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Rauner explains his fundraising letter (04-26)
Caption contest! (04-26)
Kennedy: Endorsements are bad, except when they're not (04-26)
Rauner suggests doing a capital bill before fixing the budget (04-26)
Be very careful out there (04-26)
Question of the day (04-26)
ALEC's constitutional convention resolution awaits approval of full House (04-26)
The strange case of that $71 million for DoIT (04-26)
Mayor pounds governor on trust issue (04-26)
Cullerton: Don't call it a stopgap or a lifeline (04-26)
Proponents respond to HB 40 passage (04-26)
Opponents react to HB 40 passage (04-26)
Rauner wants to fire "illegal" Quinn hires (04-26)
*** UPDATED x5 - Kennedy responds - 4 aldermen also endorse - Will back Pritzker *** Decision day is here for Kurt Summers (04-26)
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Cullerton to run again, disagrees with Rauner that grand bargain is near (04-25)
It's just a bill (04-25)
Question of the day (04-25)
Smallish crowd so far (04-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** Rep. Ammons announces congressional exploratory committee (04-25)
Hundreds of school chiefs demand a budget (04-25)
Quinn's IDOT patronage detailed (04-25)
It is time for HB40! (04-25)
Norwood defends her boss on HB 40, but sponsor says Rauner is trying to change the subject after "lying" (04-25)
Batinick floats borrowing idea (04-25)
Kennedy will attend Women's March after all (04-25)
Biss starts counting the days since tax disclosure announcement (04-25)
Another hostage goes down (04-25)
Are they really "very close"? (04-25)
Rauner fully pivots to 2018 (04-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Women's March kicks off with a bit of controversy (04-25)
*** LIVE *** Session and Women's March coverage (04-25)
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Today's quotable (04-24)
Question of the day (04-24)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (04-24)
It's just a bill (04-24)
Weekend campaign roundup (04-24)
Rate SEIU's newest TV ad (04-24)
Rauner's abortion problem (04-24)
Batinick says he won't vote on "non-essential" legislation (04-24)
Our fiscally conservative Abe Lincoln reincarnation... Or something (04-24)
Caption contest! (04-24)
The breathtaking decline of local news (04-24)
Are they really "very close" on a grand bargain? (04-24)
The never-ending campaign (04-24)
The business case for legalizing pot (04-24)
Five universities with junk bond ratings must be some kind of record (04-24)
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Poll: 53 percent of Illinoisans disapprove of Trump, 64 percent say Rauner should "act to protect the reproductive health care of all women in Illinois" (04-23)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-21)
Question of the day (04-21)
Roll Call: Rauner race is "Toss-up/Tilt Democrat" (04-21)
Clear as mud (04-21)
Can CPS avoid closing early? (04-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - Biss responds *** Rauner says HB 40 is "divisive" and "we need to focus" on fixing other problems (04-21)
Signs of the times (04-21)
Blagojevich again denied (04-21)
Illinois is heading for junk bond status (04-21)
The "growth only" canard (04-21)
Biss criticizes Democratic Party, Madigan (04-21)
Democrat Manar blasts Bourne, Rauner (04-21)
Caption contest! (04-21)
SIU and WIU join EIU, NEIU and GSU in junk bond territory (04-21)
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S&P lowers SIU to junk bond status (04-20)
Caption contest! (04-20)
Support House Bill 40 (04-20)
Mautino is no-show for state hearing (04-20)
The very real harm of a man-made crisis (04-20)
Question of the day (04-20)
Unemployment rate falls below 5 percent for first time in a decade (04-20)
Rauner says he'll "recruit hundreds of companies" to Illinois if "right to work" lawsuit succeeds (04-20)
Hearing features testimony from Colorado "pot czar" (04-20)
Sabato rates Illinois a "toss-up," but Rauner is "most endangered" (04-20)
Report: Illinois' unfunded pension liability is 10 percent of the entire nation's total (04-20)
Rauner complains about the press, brags about "blocking ol' Madigan's bad behavior" (04-20)
Cat chooses Deerfield (04-20)
Illinois is so horrible that it's dragging down national higher ed averages (04-20)
Rauner then and now on abortion (04-20)
All respect (04-19)
HB 40 react rolls in (04-19)
Rauner again claims deal is "very close" (04-19)
Sign of the times (04-19)
Canary in the coal mine? (04-19)
Question of the day (04-19)
Our sorry state (04-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Biss responds *** GOP connects Biss to Madigan on taxes (04-19)
Not even lip service (04-19)
Claypool on the hot seat as deadline looms (04-19)
Last ditch appeal by Blagojevich (04-19)
Unclear on the concept (04-19)
State GOP uses stopgap to tie Pritzker to Madigan, tax hikes (04-19)
The constant campaign (04-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Caption contest! (04-19)
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"I don't want you to strike, but we're probably not going to miss you if you go" (04-18)
Summers to announce in two weeks (04-18)
Don't quit your day jobs (04-18)
Rate the new Rauner video (04-18)
Pritzker spitballs some higher ed ideas (04-18)
Question of the day (04-18)
Let's be careful out there (04-18)
Finally, a bit of good Illinois news (04-18)
*** UPDATED x3 - The evidence - Planned Parenthood responds - Personal PAC promises revelations *** Rauner and his wife give big to Planned Parenthood as Rauner threatens abortion bill veto (04-18)
Two new reports show Illinois has a ways to go (04-18)
Pritzker says it doesn't look like Rauner will get a budget (04-18)
Biss, Pritzker and the money debate (04-18)
Money to burn (04-18)
Moody's puts all state universities under review for downgrade (04-18)
Biss hires former OFA managing director to run his campaign (04-17)
Question of the day (04-17)
It's just a bill (04-17)
Madigan is the only argument Rauner has (04-17)
Is CPS bluffing? (04-17)
The perils of campaigning: Biss does the Chicken Dance (04-17)
Rating the Democrats' cuts (04-17)
A story in search of a controversy (04-17)
We're killing ourselves by slashing higher ed funding (04-17)
Weekend campaign roundup (04-17)
Illinois Democrats finally move into the first decade of the 21st Century (04-17)
Did Rauner renege on a campaign vow to appease conservatives? (04-17)
Another day, another video connecting Dems to Madigan (04-17)
The appearance of cuts (04-17)
Tuning up the band (04-17)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-14)
*** UPDATED x2 - Biss responds - ILGOP responds *** Pritzker dumps $7 million into his campaign fund (04-14)
Because... Madigan! (04-14)
A couple of tiny cracks appear (04-14)
Question of the day (04-14)
Where would the Democratic candidates cut? (04-14)
*** UPDATED x5 - Biss responds - Cassidy responds - Kennedy responds - Caprio responds - Pritzker responds *** Rauner opposes abortion bill (04-14)
What's the "real" end game here? (04-14)
Kinzinger wants ad pulled, insists he's with Trump on "repeal and replace" (04-14)
Republicans ding Pritzker on Madigan yet again (04-14)
"Big drug dealer" or damaged veteran in dire need of a break? (04-14)
*** UPDATED x2 - SIU responds - EIU reponds *** Sometimes, words can matter (04-14)
Biss releases tax returns, calls on others to do the same (04-14)
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Denied report: Unofficial Rauner reelection "kickoff" to feature Dan Proft and Trump Wine (04-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Gov. Rauner says regulations to force wage hikes "not gonna happen" (04-13)
Question of the day (04-13)
Unofficial GOP site calls itself "official" (04-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Judge's house was cased for weeks before shooting (04-13)
After killing grand bargain, governor says a deal is "very close" (04-13)
Big data outfits demanding state subsidies (04-13)
Rauner explains why term limits will help balance the budget (04-13)
Rauner says Democratic governor would be a "disaster" for Illinois (04-13)
Noted finger-pointer demands people stop pointing fingers (04-13)
Unclear on the history (04-13)
One of the coolest lobbying attempts you'll ever see (04-13)
Good morning! (04-13)
Hardline FOP President loses to even bigger hardliner (04-12)
Radogno tears into Democratic candidates (04-12)
New York budget impasse leads to huge bipartisan deal (04-12)
Pritzker says he supports legalizing marijuana (04-12)
Question of the day (04-12)
ILGOP chairman "disturbed" by United Airlines incident (04-12)
Did Rauner just take property taxes and term limits off the table? (04-12)
Pritzker a "preview of 2020"? (04-12)
Dems looking to challenge Roskam (04-12)
Pro-legalization group wants "feedback" (04-12)
He got his message out (04-12)
First "JB and Me" online campaign video released (04-12)
“The building is nice, the legislators not” (04-12)
Private colleges hit hard by impasse (04-12)
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Democrats react to Rauner's non-campaign campaign tour (04-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (04-11)
HUD to poor people: Get out of Cairo (04-11)
CPD denies "he fell" statement was a formal response (04-11)
Just 22 votes cast in tied southern Illinois mayoral race (04-11)
Are Rauner's new TV ads working? (04-11)
Rauner denies he's making excuses (04-11)
Daiber, Pawar profiled (04-11)
*** UPDATED x1 - Jarrett retracts bill *** NEIU shuts down for three days as controversy swirls over $30K Valerie Jarrett speech payment, $98K for prez search (04-11)
*** UPDATED x3 - Rauner denies it's a campaign tour - ILGOP denies this is a campaign tour *** Rauner joins growing field of Dems on the hustings (04-11)
Justifying the carnage (04-10)
Lipinski facing primary challenger (04-10)
Question of the day (04-10)
Pawar compares Rauner to... British colonialists? (04-10)
Rauner denies using universities, social services as "leverage," blames Madigan (04-10)
Deanna Demuzio objects to late husband's portrayal (04-10)
Rate the new Rauner ad (04-10)
Same game, different time (04-10)
Advocates ask federal judge to order more state resources for developmentally disabled care (04-10)
Rauner weekend roundup (04-10)
Drury says he's exploring gubernatorial bid, quotes Bob Dylan (04-10)
Pritzker weekend roundup (04-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - DGA denies polling race *** Pawar's weekend roundup (04-10)
Chris Kennedy weekend roundup (04-10)
What are we waiting for? (04-10)
Our dishonest debates (04-10)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-07)
Rauner administration claims AG Madigan is duplicitous for obeying court order she's attempting to vacate (04-07)
Question of the day (04-07)
The high price of refusing to consolidate and trim (04-07)
Nursing bill passes, but with not enough votes to override expected veto (04-07)
Two very different videos for your perusal (04-07)
Drury villifies Republicans for lacking a spine, then doesn't vote (04-07)
Compromise criminal justice bill advances out of Senate (04-07)
Alleged "plutocrat" to join SEIU on picket line today (04-07)
Smoke continues to billow, but is there a real fire? (04-07)
Unclear on the concept (04-07)
Our dishonest "debates" (04-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Vallas gets appointment *** Oppo dump on Vallas ahead of today's appointment vote (04-07)
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Unclear on the math (04-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Democratic react to Pritzker (04-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Raw audio *** "Why do we need another rich guy running for office?" (04-06)
*** UPDATED x3 - Rauner focuses on taxes - Repubs claim Pritzker "caught on tax hike lie" - Repubs launch digital ad *** ILGOP tries to use tax issue to tie Pritzker to Madigan (04-06)
Question of the day (04-06)
Our sorry state (04-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - CMS responds *** The plot thickens on former Barney's Furniture building (04-06)
Rauner tangles with Madigan over stopgap (04-06)
New United Way survey finds the problem is getting worse (04-06)
Kennedy says he's raised over $1 million (04-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker to announce campaign this afternoon (04-06)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (04-06)
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Question of the day (04-05)
Downstate school districts file lawsuit (04-05)
Repubs, Dems crow about local victories (04-05)
Report claims state and local governments paying a billion a year in workers' comp costs (04-05)
Open thread (04-05)
Mrs. Rauner is not alone (04-05)
Proft wins big in Orland Park (04-05)
Claar holds slim lead in Bolingbrook despite being "Trumped" (04-05)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rauner responds *** House looks at another "lifeline" budget (04-05)
Kennedy planning NYC fundraiser, but is he raising enough? (04-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** McCann's name floated for 2018 (04-05)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (04-05)
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Question of the day (04-04)
Today's deep thought (04-04)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (04-04)
Lawsuit filed over video gaming profit split (04-04)
Lots of sizzle over DHS building, but is there a real steak? (04-04)
Only one demographic holdout on legalization (04-04)
Pawar says he's raised $325K (04-04)
Pritzker readying a formal bid (04-04)
Group health insurance program is in very big trouble (04-04)
Just because we have checks doesn't mean there's money in the account (04-04)
Decatur community college reduces staff by 25 percent (04-04)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner lawyer responds *** Supremes deny Rauner's motion for direct appeal of AFSCME contract case (04-04)
McSweeney trolls Rauner on taxes, Trump (04-04)
Pawar says he wants massive infrastructure plan (04-04)
Rauner claims he proposed balanced budget, blames Madigan (04-04)
Budgetary omission could close domestic violence shelters (04-04)
Biss raised a ton of money in small contributions (04-04)
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Cochran mansplains Mendoza (04-03)
When superstars collide with reality (04-03)
It's just a bill (04-03)
Cullerton has simple solution for remap reform (04-03)
Unclear on the concept (04-03)
A snapshot of Chicago's violence problem (04-03)
Complaint filed against Rep. Arroyo (04-03)
Question of the day (04-03)
Police and firefighter widows are also impasse hostages (04-03)
This ain't rocket science, it's extreme hardball (04-03)
Moving the goalposts (04-03)
A really bad Illinois idea spreads to Northern Ireland (04-03)
The human cost of willful inaction (04-03)
Cullerton questions elected school board proposal (04-03)
Rauner again dismisses bond rating agencies (04-03)
Maybe they're both right? (04-03)
OK, but where's the plan and the budget? (04-03)
Does Rauner really want a deal? (04-03)
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