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May 2010 Posts

No Blagojevich trial delay (05-28)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (05-28)
Behind the headlines (05-28)
Question of the day (05-28)
About that unemployment rate (05-28)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Blackhawks open thread (05-28)
A look at the pension borrowing debate and what's ahead (05-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Brady wants Attorney General probe of Quinn checks (05-28)
The end(?) videos (05-28)
Morning Shorts (05-28)
Energize Illinois’ Economy: Say YES to Tenaska’s Taylorville Energy Center (05-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Delay in posting today (05-28)
Cullerton won't call pension bonding bill (05-27)
Madigan talks about the budget, Blagojevich, Brady (05-27)
Quinn got big bucks before his McPier AV (05-27)
*** UPDATED x2 *** That's politics, baby (05-27)
Question of the day (05-27)
Cohen allegedly using "junkies" to pass petitions (05-27)
McPier veto react harsh, swift (05-27)
It's not just the politicians screwing up this state (05-27)
Analysis: Budget hole tops $7 billion (05-27)
Senate not ready to vote on pension borrowing bill (05-27)
Morning Shorts (05-27)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Joe Berrios' odd press release (05-26)
No surprises in Lisa Madigan's taxes (05-26)
This just in... McPier AV complete text & react & video - Quinn claims trade shows are OK with his changes (05-26)
Budget roundup (05-26)
Question of the day (05-26)
Cool it a bit, guv (05-26)
Another video poker proposal advances (05-26)
Not a great batting average for Dem budget reformers (05-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... McPier intrigue (05-26)
McPier trailer bill moves as Brady responds to attack (05-26)
Morning Shorts (05-26)
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Quinn campaign attacks Brady on McPier taxes (05-25)
*** UPDATED x14 - Pension borrowing bill passes - Emergency Budget Act passes - Budget passes - Bimp passes *** So far this evening... (05-25)
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*** UPDATED x8 *** So far this afternoon... (05-25)
Question of the day (05-25)
More Quinn excuses for not signing McPier bill (05-25)
Morning videos (05-25)
Going over the top (05-25)
Dems push for GOP borrowing votes (05-25)
Brady backfire: Lisa Madigan to reveal tax returns (05-25)
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A programming note (05-24)
Kirk blasts Giannoulias for not releasing tax returns, disclosure report (05-24)
New budget proposal emerges (05-24)
Question of the day (05-24)
Brady voted for bills to help his company (05-24)
Report: Jackson mulling Kirk nod (05-24)
Lisa Madigan won't release her tax returns (05-24)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kirk: 'I command the war room in the Pentagon' (05-21)
What's going on with McPier? Plus, push is on to expand the Worst Bill Ever (05-21)
Question of the day (05-21)
The long death march will continue Monday (05-21)
Sen. Dillard calls on Plummer to release tax returns (05-21)
Unclear future for Thomson (05-21)
Out of control fiefdoms (05-21)
Reality check (05-20)
Question of the day (05-20)
This just in... House comes back Monday, Senate on Wednesday (05-20)
Governmental lobbying explained (05-20)
And the hits keep coming... (05-20)
A bit of a stretch (05-20)
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And it continues... (05-19)
Fox dumps another gem (05-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (05-19)
Magic beans for everyone! (05-19)
Blagojevich hid impeachment, other legal expenses (05-19)
Rate the Plummer refusal statements and reacts (05-19)
Here we go again... (05-18)
Late afternoon snark (05-18)
Question of the day (05-18)
Kirk's (belated) common sense on BP (05-18)
"Fight to the death" being lost by DoC and Quinn (05-18)
Budget open thread (05-18)
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Morning Shorts (05-18)
This just in... Brady responds to early release controversy (05-17)
Question of the day (05-17)
AP: Quinn's explanation false (05-17)
Sound familiar? (05-17)
Giannoulias claims race is now tied (05-17)
Behind the rankings: What the CEOs really want from us (05-17)
No escaping the goofiness (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bad, CWLP! Bad! (05-17)
Morning Shorts (05-17)
Saturday Blagojevich-Cohen blogging (05-15)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-14)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Late Friday roundup (05-14)
Question of the day (05-14)
The news is never really good here (05-14)
Dems ignore seniors at their peril (05-14)
Morning Shorts (05-14)
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Brady goes up - Rate his new TV ad (05-14)
Question of the day (05-13)
Behind the headlines on schools, McPier and AT&T (05-13)
Tone it down, please (05-13)
People aren't cartoons (05-13)
Question of the day (05-12)
Quinn hammers Brady, talks budget, scholarships, hints at special sessions (05-12)
A raw deal for Rod (05-12)
Palin stirs it up again (05-12)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** A Cohen-Swilley ticket (05-12)
Question of the day (05-11)
Quinn's campaign manager hire now official (05-11)
A closer look at the budget battle (05-11)
*** UPDATED x2 *** "Strike Three" on Brady's budget plans, and the major media's theft (05-11)
Ledes, heds and other stuff (05-10)
Question of the day (05-10)
Stupid quote of the month (05-10)
The mess we're in (05-10)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-07)
*** UPDATED x3 *** So far this evening... (05-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** This just in... STAR bonds bill passes (05-07)
*** UPDATED x9 *** So far today... (05-07)
Even R2K now shows Kirk, Brady leading (05-07)
Question of the day (05-07)
The rest of the story (05-07)
Another suicide? (05-07)
Shooting STARs (05-07)
Energize Illinois’ Economy: Say YES to Tenaska’s Taylorville Energy Center (05-07)
Worst. Budget. Ever. But nobody has another plan (05-07)
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*** UPDATED x9 *** So far tonight... (05-06)
The IL GOP makes a big oopsie (05-06)
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CBS2 whacked for challenge to Kirk on Broadway Bank (05-06)
*** UPDATED x5 *** So far today... (05-06)
Question of the day (05-06)
Some progress, some not so much (05-06)
Happy birthday, Mom! (05-06)
The harsh reality of irresponsible ideas (05-06)
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*** UPDATED x2 *** THIS JUST IN....Voucher bill placed on postponed consideration (05-05)
Quinn pushes tax holiday, open to amnesty and jabs Brady at IMA luncheon (05-05)
Report: "Staggering" decline in state revenues (05-05)
Must-watch videos and some new poll results (05-05)
Behind the numbers (05-05)
Question of the day (Updated with video) (05-05)
Problems and hope in the closing days (05-05)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pay to play taken to an entirely new level (05-05)
Energize Illinois’ Economy: Say YES to Tenaska’s Taylorville Energy Center (05-05)
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Quinn backing off, finally; Kirk has it both ways; Cullerton gives up state car, changes policies (05-04)
*** UPDATED - Did Cohen pay supporters? *** Cohen says "Shoot all the elected politicians" to balance budget (05-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... State offered $500 million cash, but there's a big catch (05-04)
Question of the day (05-04)
"Worst Bill Ever" refuses to die (05-04)
Cohen react and the legal hurdles he faces (05-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Morning videos: Giannoulias, Guns, Cullerton, Radogno, The Fallen (05-04)
Morning Shorts (05-04)
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Question of the day (05-03)
Another way of looking at the budget choices ahead (05-03)
Walsh campaign appears to be imploding (05-03)
*** UPDATED x8 *** Cohen set to announce plans to humiliate himself all over again (05-03)
Brady won't go to Palin event, and the heat continues on his taxes (05-03)
Morning Shorts (05-03)
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