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May 2014 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-31)
Rauner breaks radio silence (05-30)
Chicago-area economy heats way up, but jobs aren't being created (05-30)
Partially staying the course (05-30)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Senate won't call Madigan's Lincoln library bill (05-30)
Question of the day (05-30)
This week's greatest rant (05-30)
Adventures in mismanagement (05-30)
Caption contest! (05-30)
Quinn's campaign pokes fun at Rauner silence (05-30)
Least surprising news of the day (05-30)
Aiming at the wrong target (05-30)
Rep. Smith's lawyer tries to cast doubt on federal case (05-30)
Kicking the roof can (05-30)
Today's number: 15 years (05-30)
$1.1 billion "mini" capital bill moves through House (05-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session update 2 (05-30)
Illinois Credit Unions – A Smarter Choice (05-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session update 1 (05-30)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-30)
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*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session update 3 (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session update 2 (05-29)
Problems emerge with Preckwinkle's pension bill (05-29)
Agreement reached on psychologist prescription bill (05-29)
Question of the day (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session update (05-29)
Rate Quinn's new web video (05-29)
Pregnant employees to have new rights (05-29)
Today's number: $5.2 million (05-29)
Undercutting Quinn's logic (05-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** $100 million to pay off back wages, make CPS pension payment (05-29)
The anti-fracker wonderland (05-29)
Rep. Derrick Smith's trial kicks off (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-29)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-29)
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Fracking bill dies (05-28)
Not soup yet (05-28)
Minimum wage referendum to appear on ballot (05-28)
Question of the day (05-28)
Roger and me (05-28)
Illinois Credit Unions – A Smarter Choice (05-28)
Not quite ready for cupcakes (05-28)
** UPDATED x1 *** Slow it down, please (05-28)
A look ahead (05-28)
House budget roundup (05-28)
Cullerton: Revenue options will be "on the table" after election day (05-28)
*** UPDATED x2 - Documents reloaded *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-28)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-28)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Poison pill kills cupcake bill (05-27)
For the newbies (05-27)
Question of the day (05-27)
A Real Solution for the Future (05-27)
A Trojan Horse ad (05-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More budget deets leak (05-27)
Emanuel: Video gun sales, limit to one buy a month (05-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: End stuff (05-27)
Ride-sharing: Close the Insurance Gap (05-27)
Taxes, taxes and revenue (05-27)
Today's must-see video: Why Sox fans are the best fans (05-27)
Madigan makes move on Lincoln presidential library (05-27)
Patchwork quilt budget puts off problems until next year (05-27)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Statehouse roundup (05-27)
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Quinn open to negotiating permanent tax rate (05-26)
Question of the day (05-26)
The harsh realities that Bruce Rauner is avoiding (05-26)
Slow-walking by IDNR spurs attempt to strip it of its fracking regulatory powers (05-26)
Sen. Forby's mother passes away (05-26)
Behind the outrage (05-26)
Grandstand roof is rotting (05-26)
Connecting too many dots (05-26)
Guzzardi facing reality (05-26)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-26)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Suspect identified *** Rep. Gordon-Booth's stepson dies (05-24)
Reader comments closed until Memorial Day (05-23)
Rutherford continues fundraising (05-23)
Local governments blast Link pension plan (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** In case you're wondering about IR and EZ... (05-23)
A look inside the belly of the beast (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (05-23)
Credit Unions – Serving Consumers, Honoring Veterans (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner the disciplined dodger (05-23)
Obama begins pushing Quinn (05-23)
Boland, now a Hoosier, to run for state treasurer (05-23)
Farnham indicted (05-23)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Tax hike expiration budget to get House vote today (05-23)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-23)
The business of Illinois (05-23)
Sign and drive bill passes House (05-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-23)
Your morning moment of Zen (05-23)
Question of the day (05-22)
Know hope (05-22)
Fun with numbers (05-22)
Preckwinkle says Quinn "noncommittal" on her pension reform bill (05-22)
Black activist pastor endorses Oberweis (05-22)
Caption contest! (05-22)
Report: Link "verging on a deal" for first responder pension reform (05-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Hearing at 1 o'clock *** Madigan introduces advisory referendum on millionaire's tax surcharge (05-22)
So, where are all these great ideas? (05-22)
Madigan: Just 34 HDems back tax hike (05-22)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-22)
ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS (05-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-22)
Question of the day (05-21)
Rauner robocalls shift to the Senate, including Cullerton (05-21)
Peoria Journal Star: “Too little training and oversight” in RxP Bill (05-21)
More mandates, less mandates (05-21)
A glimpse into the future? (05-21)
This just in... Judge denies request to delay Rep. Derrick Smith's trial (05-21)
An abundance of "social moderates" in the GOP (05-21)
"Plan B" nowhere in sight (05-21)
Minimum wage advisory referendum moves to the Senate (05-21)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-21)
Credit Unions – Serving Consumers, Honoring Veterans (05-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Massive fail? (05-21)
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Every vote counts (05-20)
New job training tax credit pushed (05-20)
Rauner targets 7 House districts with anti-tax robocalls (05-20)
Unclear on the concept (05-20)
Question of the day (05-20)
"It's not my job" (05-20)
Chicago a "dystopian nightmare" for business (05-20)
Stuff you may not know (05-20)
Ride-Sharing Protections: Overwhelmingly passed by Illinois General Assembly (05-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Too cute (05-20)
Today's numbers are harsh (05-20)
In other revenue and spending developments... (05-20)
Madigan: "We are significantly away from 60 today" (05-20)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-20)
Caption contest! (05-19)
Question of the day (05-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (05-19)
More reform and renewal (05-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn reverses course *** Reform and renewal (05-19)
Adventures in budgeting (05-19)
Today's numbers are depressing (05-19)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-19)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Rauner at home and at ease (05-19)
The pension militia? (05-19)
A new twist to an old game (05-19)
Chicagoans are clearly furious about property tax hike (05-19)
Rate the new Americans for Prosperity Illinois TV ad (05-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Crosstabs (05-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-19)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-16)
An interesting development (05-16)
Question of the day (05-16)
Today's numbers: 4 million and 20,000 (05-16)
Credit Unions – Individual service, united in focus (05-16)
Rant of the week (05-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** This Is Illinois (05-16)
AG Madigan files responses to pension lawsuits (05-16)
Another cart before the horse (05-16)
House budget roundup (05-16)
*** UPDATED x2 - Ives, Madigan in testy exchange *** Madigan moves non-binding minimum wage referendum to committee (05-16)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-16)
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Exelon threats kill clean-energy bill (05-15)
Question of the day (05-15)
Unemployment rate down half a point, but big manufacturing losses (05-15)
Tax hike math (05-15)
Budget roundup (05-15)
New puppy mill proposal emerges (05-15)
Ride-sharing regs pass key Senate committee (05-15)
*** UPDATED x2 - There could be a placard *** Caption contest! (05-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** An oppo dump gone wrong (05-15)
Sangamon County judge blocks pension law (05-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-15)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-15)
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The sorry tale of Peoria's mayor (05-14)
Needed tax break reform or barrier to growth? (05-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - Hearing canceled *** Question of the day (05-14)
Vote “Yes” for Health Care (05-14)
Today's quotable (05-14)
Ride-Sharing: Why do they want to be excused from the law? (05-14)
A vote for this budget is "a vote for the tax increase" (05-14)
Rauner lawsuit oppo dump continues (05-14)
More trouble for Dorothy Brown's husband in state grant probe (05-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Cook County pension reform bill coming soon (05-14)
Credit Unions – Individual service, united in focus (05-14)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-14)
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Report: "Recommended" budget vote could happen this week (05-13)
Side with Consumers - Vote No on HB 4075 (05-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Paul Green's 2014 primary vote analysis (05-13)
Today's number: 12,000 (05-13)
Question of the day (05-13)
Martin: Cut state worker pay (05-13)
Ride-Share Companies: Do You Really Know Who is Driving? (05-13)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-13)
Civic Federation opposes borrowing to fund taxable property tax rebates (05-13)
State Journal-Register on SB 2187: “The risk to patients is too great.” (05-13)
Pension crisis by design (05-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Path cleared *** Dorgan out as state party chairman, Schneider backed (05-13)
Rauner attends big pro-choice fundraising event (05-13)
SUAA and attorney general reach agreement on pension reform delay (05-13)
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Eychaner talks gay marriage, Madigan and Quinn (05-12)
In the eye of the beholder (05-12)
Question of the day (05-12)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-12)
Something has gotta give (05-12)
"An existential angst grips Chicago business" (05-12)
Fun with numbers (05-12)
Taxing issues (05-12)
Caption contest! (05-12)
Today's Rauner-related quotables (05-12)
Obama library money is a very unpopular idea (05-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-12)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-09)
Question of the day (05-09)
#SaveTheDE (05-09)
Drone bill clears both chambers (05-09)
Fun with numbers (05-09)
Union wants Quinn intervention (05-09)
*** UPDATED x1 with photo *** Chicken man? (05-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A justifiable warning (05-09)
County grand jury probing Dorothy Brown and her husband over land deal (05-09)
Credit Unions – Cooperative in structure, valued in service (05-09)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Statehouse roundup (05-09)
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Chicago Tribune: Same Safety Standards for Ride-Share (05-08)
Question of the day (05-08)
Downstate a big winner in Manar plan (05-08)
The carrot and the stick (05-08)
McCann has a plan to spend part of one-time revenue boost (05-08)
Today's numbers are lousy (05-08)
Rauner: "Step down" the tax hike (05-08)
Under the bus he goes (05-08)
Today's quotable (05-08)
SURS to re-interpret pension language (05-08)
CTU peace gesture on pension reform (05-08)
Make it temporary again? (05-08)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Crosstabs and a big Statehouse roundup (05-08)
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ComEd rates to rise (05-07)
Today's number: 150 (05-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (05-07)
Caption contest! (05-07)
Constitutional amendment oral arguments set for June (05-07)
Alleged "bust-out" scheme had "all the makings of a legal thriller" (05-07)
Most state, local workers freed to run for office (05-07)
Chairman Kennedy blasts "insane" pension reform (05-07)
Ride-Sharing: Read the Fine print - Support HB 4075 (05-07)
Rate the US Chamber's new Bob Dold cable ad (05-07)
Credit Unions – Cooperative in structure, valued in service (05-07)
Transaction tax not going anywhere (05-07)
The governor's claims aren't holding up to scrutiny (05-07)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-07)
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Americans for Prosperity Illinois launching direct mail, online campaign to stop income tax hike (05-06)
OK, we can't pass this up (05-06)
Question of the day (05-06)
Chamber jumps in early for Dold (05-06)
Fun with numbers (05-06)
Rate Bruce Rauner's new web video (05-06)
*** UPDATED x2 - Subpoenas approved - Live audio *** Barickman wants subpoena power (05-06)
Today's history lesson (05-06)
An early adjournment? (05-06)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-06)
Prescribing Psychologists: Still Unsafe for Patients (05-06)
Illinois Hospital Community Supports State Budget that Maintains Current Tax Rates (05-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-06)
Today's interesting little factoid (05-05)
Ethics probe continues (05-05)
Taxi Industry’s HB 4075 Will Eliminate Ridesharing While Medallion Owners Get Richer (05-05)
Question of the day (05-05)
Madigan's constitutional irony (05-05)
*** UPDATED x2 - Iowa candidate admits copying - Claim is "a lie" *** Can't anybody play this game? (05-05)
Quinn hands state's highest honor to political foe (05-05)
Playing both sides (05-05)
Today's numbers (05-05)
Caption contest! (05-05)
Quinn tries to respond (05-05)
Today's quotable (05-05)
The strong power of partisanship in Illinois (05-05)
An attempt at real unity (05-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-05)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-02)
Stay requested on pension law (05-02)
Question of the day (05-02)
Beyond the rhetoric (05-02)
Wheeler on the rebates (05-02)
Beware the radicals (05-02)
Credit Unions – Paying it Forward in their Communities (05-02)
Today's numbers (05-02)
Grant probe is "not over" (05-02)
A much better response (05-02)
An Illinois tradition (05-02)
Quinn wants to ban "puppy mill" sales (05-01)
Illinois justices not attending biz-backed pension conference (05-01)
Rate Quinn's new web video (05-01)
Feds taking a look (05-01)
Question of the day (05-01)
The fear of change (05-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn did it first - Photo from Thompson Center *** Rauner urging state workers to help him find Quinn corruption (05-01)
Farnham gets $4500 bond, home confinement (05-01)
"Air conditioning for schools" or an Obama library? (05-01)
Lawsuit filed against term limits, remap proposals (05-01)
*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-01)

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