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April 2022 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-29)
Campaign notebook (04-29)
Question of the day (04-29)
As cases and hospitalizations rise, IDPH says state is "strongly positioned to respond in the event of a new COVID-19 surge" (04-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Despite some progress, Illinois is still a long way from having decent infrastructure (04-29)
Police chiefs complain about 911 fund sweep (04-29)
LIG weaponized in Senate campaign (04-29)
Get it together, already (04-29)
Illinois' strict online privacy laws haven't stopped Facebook's investments here (04-29)
Bailey claims he talked with Trump, promises more details "in the coming days" (04-29)
Open thread (04-29)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-29)
Question of the day (04-28)
Morning Consult "poll" has Pritzker's job approval at 51-43 (04-28)
Another loss for Tom DeVore, this time in Christian County (04-28)
More trouble for Valencia (04-28)
Campaign notebook (04-28)
Bailey signs on to "parental bill of rights" resolution (04-28)
Pritzker signs package of legislation to help relieve teacher shortage (04-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Some campaign updates (04-28)
The data suggests that what we are being told about carjacking isn't accurate (04-28)
Downstate and suburban school districts find a way around state discipline law (04-28)
Open thread (04-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-28)
Question of the day (04-27)
Quickie internal tracking poll shows Irvin with big lead, Bailey falling fast, undecideds still in "first" (04-27)
Pick up the tempo just a little (04-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CEJA will bring $1 billion windfall to ComEd customers, but Ameren's rejection means Downstaters will see big energy price spikes (04-27)
Bailey's corporate farm mandates mask-wearing, and his campaign claims the farm has to hire migrants because locals don't want to work (04-27)
Well, at least she's kinda/sorta admitting her spouse has a problem (04-27)
Another day, another lawsuit (04-27)
Today's quotable (04-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (04-27)
Open thread (04-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-27)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-27)
Question of the day (04-26)
Campaign notebook (04-26)
When it rains, it pours (04-26)
Well, that's one reason to vote for the guy (04-26)
U of C's randomized controlled study produces "striking" findings about anti-violence program (04-26)
This has gotta change (04-26)
Rate the new TV ads by Irvin, Proft, Giannoulias, Pritzker, Rabine and Bailey (04-26)
ADL says antisemitic incidents reached "a historically high level" in 2021 (04-26)
Open thread (04-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Corruption" or "conspiracy theory"? (04-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Campaign notebook (04-25)
Not so full disclosure (04-25)
MISO warns of rolling blackouts across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions (04-25)
The week that was (04-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** DCFS director hit with 9th contempt citation (04-25)
Speaking at Trump Tower, Bailey says he will repeal state's abortion laws "with communication to the people" (04-25)
A quick look at the new state budget (04-25)
Open thread (04-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Extra edition of Capitol Fax (04-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rotering, Curran removed from Supreme Court ballot (04-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (04-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-21)
Moody's upgrades Illinois' credit rating for second time in less than a year (04-21)
4th Appellate District justices unanimously rule that Judge Grischow abused her discretion with her CPS covid testing TRO (04-20)
Reader comments closed until Monday, April 25 (04-15)
Illinois Policy Institute calculates recently approved state tax cut savings at $556 per household (04-15)
Weekly COVID-19 update (04-15)
Campaign notebook (04-15)
Gabel predicted Welch's ascent months before it happened (04-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (04-15)
Ken Griffin on his political future and Chicago violence (04-15)
Open thread (04-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Appellate court rules that testing and vax mandates are not a form of quarantine and that public employers have the right to mandate vaccines (04-14)
Another day, another lawsuit (04-14)
More bills heading to Pritzker's desk (04-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Oopsie (04-14)
Illinois continues to lag nation on unemployment rate (04-14)
Campaign notebook (04-14)
The best Valencia email explainer yet (04-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker on covid: "We're in a pretty good place" (04-14)
Pardoned politically connected fire chief supplements income with part-time cop job (04-14)
Rate the new Rabine video (04-14)
Open thread (04-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-14)
Pritzker taking some heat for campaign ad boosting Rockford airport (04-13)
Question of the day (04-13)
Yet another post-session roundup (04-13)
Campaign notebook (04-13)
Study points to "surprising regressivity" of grocery tax exemptions, but millions of Illinoisans will still be paying some grocery taxes during temporary repeal (04-13)
A quick look at the public safety legislative package (04-13)
New federal guidelines means positivity rate is out, case rates and hospitalization are emphasized (04-13)
Open thread (04-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-13)
Somebody wanna tell these folks that the legislature adjourned last week? (04-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - HWV's session wrap-up (04-12)
Campaign notebook (04-12)
Musical interlude: Imagine (04-12)
Rate Pritzker's response to a question about firing the DCFS director (04-12)
Question of the day (04-12)
Another post-session roundup (04-12)
Irvin continues to hammer Pritzker on crime issue (04-12)
Wilson has a history of getting much more news media coverage than votes (04-12)
Open thread (04-12)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (04-11)
Campaign notebook (04-11)
Feds whack a mole (04-11)
Little-noticed budget-related items (04-11)
"Bad stench of racism"? (04-11)
After installing his own party chair, Durbin calls delay in statewide coordinated campaign "unacceptable" (04-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - End of 2022 spring session cheat sheet and bill tracker (04-11)
Pearson's end of session deep dive (04-11)
CPS received $87 million in mistaken state funds (04-11)
Open thread (04-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-11)
Pritzker highlights budget accomplishments (04-09)
More budget react (04-09)
Unions say they're at "impasse" with employers over unemployment insurance debt, but penalties delayed until after the election (04-09)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (04-09)
Quick end of session wrap-up (04-09)
Organized retail crime bill clears Senate (04-09)
Report: Feds looking at Rep. Thaddeus Jones "for tax issues involving his campaign funds" (04-08)
Pritzker appoints two members to PRB (04-08)
No longer just a bill (04-08)
Judge Grischow doubles down on "vaccines and testing are forms of quarantine" (04-08)
Harmon, Senate thank SHIELD workers: "I have not expectorated in front of anybody on the planet as much as I did in front of these folks" (04-08)
It's just a bill (04-08)
Your weekly COVID-19 update (04-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Heads up (04-08)
Everything old is new again (04-08)
Law firm claims Amazon warehouse support beams in tornado-hit Edwardsville building "not properly anchored to the ground" (04-08)
A missed opportunity (04-08)
Campaign notebook (04-08)
Maxwell finds new details in Valencia email story (04-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Newman fires back *** Casten demands answers from Newman, Chehade (04-08)
Budget proposal coverage roundup (04-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (04-08)
Open thread (04-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (04-07)
Pritzker, Harmon and Welch announce budget agreement (04-07)
SGOPs unveil their own budget plan (04-07)
It's just a bill (04-07)
Today's map: Illinois showing overall improvement on AP test scores (04-07)
Oppo dumps! (04-07)
Earned Income Credit by House and Senate districts (04-07)
Irvin thwacks Bailey in another mailer for being a "liberal" who broke with Trump, Bailey releases video denouncing Irvin (04-07)
Sheriff Dart pushes carjacking bill; State's attorneys want changes to SAFE-T Act; Bill passes to allow DCFS workers to carry pepper spray (04-07)
Today's quotable (04-07)
WTTW strikers reach tentative deal with station (04-07)
More vacancy problems on another state board (04-07)
Credit Unions: Better For Illinois (04-07)
Open thread (04-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-07)
Darren Bailey uncut (04-06)
Let's please get something done here (04-06)
Question of the day (04-06)
Campaign notebook (04-06)
House advances its own public safety legislative package (04-06)
House Democrats unveil tax cut and public safety funding packages (04-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (04-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (04-06)
Tom McCullagh drops out of House GOP primary race after "grooming" allegations surface (04-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Mapes grand jury excerpts released (04-06)
Rate the new Giannoulias TV ads (04-06)
Preserve Accessible, Equitable Healthcare - Bring Stability to Your Local Hospital (04-06)
Open thread (04-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Morning edition preview (04-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-06)
Senate Democrats unveil anti-carjacking package (04-05)
Fitch's state ratings chief says Illinois may see credit upgrade (04-05)
The kids are alright (04-05)
Campaign notebook (04-05)
Governor signs bill giving vaxxed education workers extra paid time off (04-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Legislators want "thorough and independent investigation" of Springfield cop accused of multiple racist and anti-Semitic online posts (04-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Parties (04-05)
It's just a bill (04-05)
Preserve And Promote Healthcare Access – Support Your Local Hospital (04-05)
Democratic public safety legislation coverage roundup (04-05)
*** UPDATED x4 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - GOP candidate under severe fire (04-05)
Open thread (04-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-05)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-05)
Pritzker says in letter to House members that he supports EIC expansion, plus additional tax relief for low-to middle-income households (04-04)
Jim Reilly (04-04)
Campaign notebook (04-04)
Your double moment of zen (04-04)
Bailey hit in mailer, TV ad over alleged Obama/Biden votes (04-04)
Lawsuit filed alleging VAP wrongdoing (04-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (04-04)
Program hammered over 1 percent failure rate (04-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (04-04)
DGA comes to Bailey's rescue (04-04)
Open thread (04-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-04)
Senate tax proposal criticized for offering "only a few dozen dollars" to low-income workers instead of expanding EIC (04-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-03)
Sunday open thread (04-03)
Reader comments closed until House reconvenes Sunday afternoon at 4 (04-01)
Senate Dems want to up Pritzker's ante on election-year tax cuts, but House and governor are so far non-committal (04-01)
It's just a bill (04-01)
More pieces of legislative crime package emerge: Statewide anonymous tip hotline, witness protection fund, co-responder pilot program, more funding for early childhood programs, etc. (04-01)
Oppo dump! (04-01)
Campaign notebook (04-01)
COVID-19 weekly update (04-01)
Richard Irvin's new TV ad responds to DGA attack (04-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Jesse Sullivan to speak at Thank God for Bitcoin convention (04-01)
Credit Unions: Better for Illinois (04-01)
U of I Flash Index hits post-crisis high (04-01)
Vaxxed teacher leave bill clears both chambers (04-01)
House Dems take up abortion-related measures (04-01)
Caption contest! (04-01)
Penalty Enhancements Like HB3850 Won’t Make DCFS Workers Safer (04-01)
Open thread (04-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (04-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (04-01)

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