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April 2019 Posts

Vertical capital proponents to announce coalition (04-30)
Republican who wants to challenge Underwood claims raising $150K in 6 days (04-30)
Question of the day (04-30)
Ethanol company shelves plan, blames Senate bill and tariffs (04-30)
*** UPDATED x7 - Pritzker's office responds: "Another important step in the negotiations" - SDems explain - Not the final proposal *** Graduated income tax rates emerge (04-30)
Yes, Chicagoans do care, at least on this one issue (04-30)
Support The Reproductive Health Act (04-30)
"I begged DCFS... to go check on my daughter because they were going to kill her" (04-30)
LaHood favors raising gas tax for infrastructure (04-30)
Cannabis legalization details emerge (04-30)
What Is The Credit Union Difference? (04-30)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Legislators threatened with mass assassination if they don't remove pension clause from state constitution (04-30)
Rauners put their Winnetka house on the market (04-30)
Caption contest! (04-30)
Righter spreads rumor about capital bill threats (04-30)
Scheme (04-30)
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Ives calls Pat Brady a "traitor" for small Durbin contribution (04-29)
Question of the day (04-29)
One light problem fixed, but a million problems remain (04-29)
Meet the new boss... (04-29)
Congressional study finds Illinois is a regional brainiac hub (04-29)
Eastern Bloc member posts anti-vaxxer propaganda (04-29)
Hard cases make bad law (04-29)
Another allegation hurled at Lewis & Clark president (04-29)
Congressman Kinzinger touts himself for Air Force Secretary (04-29)
Our sorry state (04-29)
Shaw out, BFC in (04-29)
How will we pay for a capital bill? (04-29)
Never a dull moment (04-29)
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More on the reported Pritzker probe (04-24)
*** UPDATED x2 *** All heck breaks loose (04-24)
Trust (04-24)
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Reader comments closed for the rest of the week (04-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - IEMA responds *** Two states dispute IEMA's account on grant application (04-23)
Question of the day (04-23)
Lou Holtz pitches former kicker against Lauren Underwood (04-23)
A road-based tax on large warehouse distribution centers? (04-23)
It's just a bill (04-23)
Pritzker unveils plan to increase measles vaccination rates (04-23)
Pritzker talks about first 100 days (04-23)
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The hollowing out of state government (04-23)
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Former Marion Mayor Bob Butler dies at 92 (04-22)
Today's quotable (04-22)
Question of the day (04-22)
It's just a bill (04-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sanguinetti kicks off campaign (04-22)
Separatism can spiral out of control (04-22)
This barely noticed gaming bill could be a whole lot bigger than advertised (04-22)
Think Big ad gets it wrong (04-22)
Woodward out, Odom in, McSweeney hit (04-22)
A hard, consequential slog is coming (04-22)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-19)
It's just a bill (04-19)
Question of the day (04-19)
Energy News: Local Governments To Miss Out On $222 Million in potential tax revenue (04-19)
White, rural and suburban enrollment plummets at WIU (04-19)
40,686 K-12 students in Illinois not vaccinated for measles (04-19)
Circular firing squad escalates: Rep. McSweeney calls on Leader Durkin to resign (04-19)
Audit: Department of Insurance not examining troubled local pension funds (04-19)
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Raoul turns up the heat on bus company (04-19)
New tollway director, ICC chair named (04-19)
Courts go back and forth over hospital closure (04-19)
*Yoink* (04-19)
Our sorry state (04-19)
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Question of the day (04-18)
We could really use a capital bill (04-18)
Today's must-read (04-18)
"Step one is ending prohibition, undoing the harm of the war on drugs. And then, there will be revenue" (04-18)
Chumming the sharks (04-18)
More population loss for state's metro areas (04-18)
Chicagoland Chamber comes out hard for megadevelopment near Soldier Field (04-18)
"Prosecutorial discretion" (04-18)
House in, Proctor out (04-18)
MLB open thread (04-18)
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Good work if you can get it (04-17)
Question of the day (04-17)
Energy News: Local Governments To Miss Out On $222 Million In Potential Tax Revenue (04-17)
Pritzker's preposterous pension proposal (04-17)
First remove the plank from your own eye (04-17)
Who's the favorite in the Lipinski vs. Newman rematch? (04-17)
Numbers don't add up (04-17)
Like an episode of Veep, only real life (04-17)
Open thread (04-17)
*Yoink* (04-17)
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Question of the day (04-16)
Never say your vote doesn't matter (04-16)
What happens when a downtown-friendly assessor is dumped? (04-16)
It's just a bill (04-16)
Rep. Willis on Pritzker pension plan: "We don't want to repeat history. We don't want to see this" (04-16)
The damage done (04-16)
Illinois school administration costs twice as much as other states (04-16)
Today's quotable (04-16)
Two Dems say they'll challenge Lipinski (04-16)
Think Big unveils third 15-second ad (04-16)
IDOT still uses MS-DOS to manage damage claims (04-16)
There they go again (04-16)
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Never tweet (04-15)
Foxx to start cannabis expungement process, slammed by Mendoza over Boyle sentence (04-15)
It's just a bill (04-15)
Question of the day (04-15)
Governor pressed on state agency media cooperation (04-15)
Pritzker rhetoric thrown back at him (04-15)
Pritzker signs local "right to work" ban (04-15)
Sen. Bush questions HDem sincerity on sexual harassment (04-15)
Unintended consequences? (04-15)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (04-12)
Question of the day (04-12)
What Is The Credit Union Difference? (04-12)
It's just a bill (04-12)
Jobs Tax! Jobs Tax! Jobs Tax! (04-12)
*** UPDATED x1 - Lightfoot responds *** Developer indicted for allegedly steering legal work to Ald. Burke (04-12)
Schock prosecutor had McCann's Senate records subpoenaed (04-12)
What Andy said (04-12)
Pritzker's "swear jar" (04-12)
Lightfoot: "I'll be back" (04-12)
Man arrested in death of ISP Trooper Brooke Jones-Story (04-12)
Pritzker vows "very, very, strong good bill" to legalize cannabis (04-12)
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Question of the day (04-11)
Energy News: Local Governments To Miss Out On $222 Million In Potential Tax Revenue (04-11)
Lightfoot: "Pensions are a promise" (04-11)
Bipartisan House vote to stop Dwight from building ICE prison (04-11)
It's just a bill (04-11)
Pritzker will travel to Kankakee County to clean up IDOT's mess (04-11)
*** UPDATED x2 - All Senate to mansion - McConchie to meet with Pritzker *** Taxapalooza (04-11)
What Is The Credit Union Difference? (04-11)
Report: Pritzker would short pensions by $1.1 billion next fiscal year alone (04-11)
Unclear on the concept (04-11)
'Fair’ Fight (04-11)
Ms. Lightfoot goes to Springfield (04-11)
Dirksen Londrigan to launch second congressional bid (04-11)
Think Big retools ads targeting House Democrats (04-11)
Caption contest! (04-11)
Feds subpoena three years of Tom Cullerton's Senate records (04-11)
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Caption contest! (04-10)
How Illinois per-capita personal income has fared since 1929 (04-10)
Rate the new Think Big ads (04-10)
Pritzker plan opens legal door to 15.22 percent corporate rate (04-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Mission accomplished (04-10)
It's just a bill (04-10)
Question of the day (04-10)
Pritzker takes victory lap in DC (04-10)
Jobs Tax! Jobs Tax! Jobs Tax! (04-10)
Let the obfuscation begin (04-10)
Lightfoot heads to Springfield after agreeing to allow massive TIF deal vote (04-10)
Homegrown's alright with JB (04-10)
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Graduated tax starts to move (04-09)
Question of the day (04-09)
It's just a bill (04-09)
Illinois Is Facing A Clean Energy Cliff (04-09)
I stand corrected (04-09)
Support House Bill 1613 (04-09)
Pritzker’s Revenue Roller Coaster (04-09)
Downtown Chicago still booming (04-09)
The debate over home-grown (04-09)
Judge allows part of lawsuit to proceed against Pritzker campaign (04-09)
"Raoul alleged that Purdue’s tactics tripled prescriptions of its opioids in Illinois" (04-09)
About that deadly fungus: "The vast majority of cases in Illinois have responded to treatment" (04-09)
It's all one thing (04-09)
Madigan focuses on diversity while heaping praise on Lightfoot (04-09)
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Screaming at the wind (04-08)
Failing to learn from the past (04-08)
Question of the day (04-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** This is totally unacceptable, IDOT (04-08)
Mark Brown on Andre Vasquez (04-08)
Mendoza suspends $5.7 million in payments to Morneau Shepell (04-08)
Support House Bill 1613 (04-08)
It's just a bill (04-08)
What happened after the 2011 tax hike? (04-08)
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It's probably going to come down to a Pritzker veto threat (04-08)
Celebrating a return to a semblance of normalcy (04-08)
Lightfoot heading to Springfield (04-08)
Separatist devises novel interpretation (04-08)
MLB open thread (04-08)
A Tobacco 21 goal: "Remove the 18-year-old supplier from the high schools" (04-08)
A Pritzker "Fair Tax" failure would be catastrophic for the rookie governor (04-08)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-05)
Question of the day (04-05)
It's just a bill (04-05)
Lightfoot on aldermanic privilege and Ed Burke's alleged conspiracy (04-05)
Vaccinate these kids (04-05)
Lightfoot: Martwick bill "absolutely untenable and a nonstarter" (04-05)
Misinformation, misreading and misdirection (04-05)
Open thread (04-05)
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Question of the day (04-04)
Yucky process, but probably the right result (04-04)
INCS vs. CTU (04-04)
It's just a bill (04-04)
Pritzker wants to prosecute DCFS workers/contractors who falsify reports and testimony (04-04)
Divided Supreme Court upholds controversial pension (04-04)
Tribune editorial board appears to have been taken over by space aliens (04-04)
Greens battle biz, unions over revised ALEC model bill (04-04)
Politicians behaving badly (04-04)
Scare tactics (04-04)
Lightfoot and Springfield (04-04)
This Week's Lower Drug Cost Magic Number Is... 941 (04-04)
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Assessor Kaegi calls out watchdog for "misleading" legislators (04-03)
Our sorry state (04-03)
State's Medicaid managed care program slammed (04-03)
It's just a bill (04-03)
Report: 35 DCFS employees/contractors accused of falsifying reports/testimony since FY14 (04-03)
Question of the day (04-03)
Republican lawmakers asked where they'd cut (04-03)
Jobs Tax Is Bad For Middle Class Families (04-03)
Pritzker's new state education board cuts funding request to match Pritzker's budget (04-03)
House Democrats Could Regret Voting For Pritzker’s Tax Amendment (04-03)
By the numbers (04-03)
Fahner? (04-03)
DSA crows about city council gains (04-03)
Post-election open thread (04-03)
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Late afternoon, evening precinct reports (04-02)
"Headline opportunity" or legit poaching attempt? (04-02)
Franklin Park cops may have prevented mass shooting (04-02)
Question of the day (04-02)
Reick: "I was offensive to everybody, including myself, and I'm sorry" (04-02)
Illinois Is Facing A Clean Energy Cliff (04-02)
It's just a bill (04-02)
Late morning, early afternoon precinct reports (04-02)
Repeated punting can have serious consequences (04-02)
Poll: Pritzker Already Underwater In Democratic House Districts (04-02)
What is a "jobs tax" anyway? (04-02)
More DCFS problems (04-02)
Never tweet (04-02)
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Early morning precinct reports (04-02)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Bill to repeal 1995 Chicago school reforms clears House (04-01)
It's just a bill (04-01)
Question of the day (04-01)
Felonies proposed for Scott's Law violations (04-01)
What Steve Rhodes said (04-01)
"Unofficial" COGFA analysis is pretty close to Pritzker revenue forecast (04-01)
Breaking down Friday's most intense House debate (04-01)
Another "separatism-themed" rally held in Decatur (04-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Progressive, peer-reviewed study: Pritzker's tax plan falls $280 million short (04-01)
The return of "sensible" penalty enhancements (04-01)
Slow down and move over! (04-01)
Unclear on many different concepts (04-01)
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