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May 2017 Posts

So, where do we stand now? (05-31)
Biz groups: Worst. Session. Ever. (05-31)
Rauner, Radogno, Durkin to hold press conference to blast the Democrats (05-31)
Question of the day (05-31)
SIU to lay off 51 civil service workers (05-31)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Madigan lists "accomplishments," lashes out at Rauner (05-31)
Sheldon out at DCFS, general counsel appointed interim director (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner admin claims Dem school bill will require $650 million to work (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - Another Pritzker response *** More to Pritzker's Blagojevich wiretap conversations than first believed (05-31)
"Continuous session" (05-31)
Odd video clips (05-31)
NIU president "routinely circumvented state laws and regulations to reward friends and associates" (05-31)
Pritzker's mascot arrives at Statehouse (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 911 call center deadline ensnared by Statehouse war (05-31)
It's ba-ack! (05-31)
More on Kennedy's speech (05-31)
March to Springfield protesters arrested after sit-in (05-31)
“Right to Know” Isn’t What it Seems. Vote No on SB 1502 (05-31)
*** UPDATED x2 - Motion withdrawn *** House Dems put hold on minimum wage bill after passing it (05-31)
ILGOP follows up robocalls with online ads (05-31)
Splat! (05-31)
What's up with the Thompson Center sale? (05-31)
Steinberg lets loose (05-31)
Moody's analyst: Backlog threatens "financial foundations of the state" (05-31)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker, Biss, Berrios respond to Kennedy speech (05-30)
Pritzker says defeating Rauner is only way to get a budget (05-30)
Question of the day (05-30)
Kennedy assails property tax system, attacks Pritzker and Berrios (05-30)
It's just a bill (05-30)
*** UPDATED x2 - Durkin reponds - Madigan responds *** Rauner slams House's Thompson Center sale legislation (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** Claypool: "Racially discriminatory state funding is a cancer upon CPS" (05-30)
Today's analogy (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** NEIU to cut 180 jobs (05-30)
The wrong way and the right way (05-30)
Candidate question 4: What is your campaign theme? (05-30)
The Rodney Dangerfield of the Illinois Senate (05-30)
Will "Madigan map-making" survive? It depends who you ask (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Updates on CPS funding, Thompson Center sale (05-30)
ILGOP unleashes end of session robocalls against House Democrats (05-30)
HDems look to keep government running, stopgap under discussion (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Hold removed *** If you can't beat 'em, put a hold on their bill (05-30)
Rauner complains about House vote to block consolidation order (05-30)
Caption contest! (05-30)
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Memorial Day on social media (05-29)
It's just a bill (05-29)
Get in the game or go home (05-29)
"Right To Know" Is Wrong For Illinois. Vote No On SB1502 (05-29)
*** UPDATED x3 - Madigan office begs to differ - Rauner: Not enough *** Madigan crows about procurement bill passage, urges Rauner to negotiate budget with HDems (05-29)
This Is Illinois (05-29)
Unclear on the concept (05-29)
Today's number: $484.5 million (05-29)
Board of Elections promotes doomsday scenario over $9,000 bill (05-29)
Civic Federation defends Civic Committee against Tribune attack (05-29)
HDems take tax hike bill away from Rep. Ives (05-29)
A closer look at the GOMB memo (05-29)
House Dems still can't find enough support for their own budget (05-29)
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Question of the day (05-28)
Group threatens suit over Senate tax hike (05-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Andersson warns of GOP revolt (05-28)
HDems examining Senate's plan, not their own (05-28)
IMA urges veto of Senate's workers' comp reform bill (05-28)
You gotta be kidding me (05-28)
Helping the medicine go down (05-28)
Yeah, this will help (05-28)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-28)
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Good morning! (05-28)
Pritzker attacks Rauner property tax freeze as "political stunt," outlines his own idea (05-28)
Reader comments closed until Sunday afternoon (05-26)
Et tu, Diana? (05-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner claims SDems "caved" to Madigan, Cullerton's office responds (05-26)
Question of the day (05-26)
Bost pot, meet Bost kettle (05-26)
*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (05-26)
Another hostage goes down (05-26)
Firefighters endorse Pritzker (05-26)
Dueling press releases: Rauner vs. DGA (05-26)
New Rauner video uses TV talking heads to help make his points (05-26)
Some suburbs and college towns are shrinking, too (05-26)
Today's must-read (05-26)
Kennedy's "next phase" (05-26)
Pritzker borrows yet another move from Rauner playbook (05-26)
*** UPDATED x4 - Civic Committee: Work it out - Rauner: Madigan "intentionally misleading," SDems "caved" to Madigan on grand bargain*** Madigan lays out progress to Civic Committee, asks for help dealing with Rauner (05-26)
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Question of the day (05-25)
Call for bipartisan cooperation met with accusations (05-25)
Kennedy talks property taxes, school funding, but won't reveal his "fix" (05-25)
ILGOP targets Rep. Martwick with robocall (05-25)
Unclear on the concept (05-25)
Pritzker robocall: "Don't believe Bruce Rauner's lies" (05-25)
Inside the Senate Democrats' minds (05-25)
It's just a bill (05-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner again refuses to accept responsibility or admit mistakes (05-25)
Pritzker to get firefighter nod, runs new ads, slammed by Trib, ILGOP (05-25)
"Right To Know" Is Wrong For Illinois. Vote No On SB1502 (05-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner blames "procurement process" *** Another day, another warehouse lease probed (05-25)
CPS borrowing tab rises to $900 million (05-25)
Caption contest! (05-25)
Citigroup "strongly" urges clients to buy Illinois bonds (05-25)
Fingers point over continued Chicago population loss (05-25)
After years of ginning up pension envy, BGA finally clears the air (05-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker responds *** Rauner gets deer in the headlights look after Proft question (05-25)
Department of Revenue finds problems with proposed service tax (05-25)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-25)
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Illinois Policy Institute news service scores exclusive Rauner interview (05-24)
Dispute erupts over how many people can attend a meeting (05-24)
ILGOP unleashes robocalls in wake of Senate tax hike vote (05-24)
It's just a bill (05-24)
Question of the day (05-24)
It's not 4.95 percent, it's 5.81 percent for the rest of this year (05-24)
Far more heat than light (05-24)
Caption contest! (05-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Eyes are back on to the Senate"? (05-24)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Mendoza warns of "breaking point" (05-24)
Can an oligarch be a progressive? (05-24)
*** UPDATED x2 - Kennedy responds - Pawar responds *** Pritzker, Biss respond to Senate budget votes (05-24)
In her dreams (05-24)
Support High-Performing Charter Schools (05-24)
"I’m a big believer in win-win" (05-24)
Unkind headlines (05-24)
Modernize the Vital Records Act - Support HB 1785 (05-24)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-24)
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Rep. Ives pre-files for Senate tax hike sponsorship (05-23)
*** UPDATED x3 - Radogno responds - Madigan responds - ILGOP responds, blames Madigan *** Senate passes tax hike bill (05-23)
The least of the House's problems (05-23)
Fitch looks to June 30, not May 31 for action deadline as Rauner demands property tax relief (05-23)
Suburbs raking in red-light cam bucks (05-23)
Gov. Word Salad (05-23)
It's just a bill (05-23)
Question of the day (05-23)
Our sorry state (05-23)
Unsolicited advice (05-23)
"What we are being asked to do is cut off vital organs" (05-23)
GOP gearing up for 2018 (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kennedy can't or won't explain misleading property tax claim (05-23)
69 percent say Illinois on wrong track, 69 percent say budget is most important issue (05-23)
New Poll Shows 76% of Illinois Voters Oppose Increased Data Collection Legislation (05-23)
Another hostage warns of imminent demise (05-23)
HDems say they want to work in "good faith" with Rauner (05-23)
Senate Dems try to go it alone with their own budget plan (05-23)
Broken promises, broken state cause bond downgrade in Quincy (05-23)
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Question of the day (05-22)
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Kennedy blames "corruptible" assessment "racket" for underfunded schools (05-22)
Different budget perspectives (05-22)
Pritzker creates website, Pawar hits the road (05-22)
Can we learn anything from California? (05-22)
Not a huge mystery (05-22)
Push is on for Springfield casino (05-22)
Pols call for probe of warehouse deal (05-22)
How are we going to pay for this? (05-22)
Doctors voting with their feet (05-22)
Bank deposits and bank failures again issues here (05-22)
This is the wrong hill to die on (05-22)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-19)
It's just a bill (05-19)
Pritzker confirms million dollar deposit into black-owned bank (05-19)
Question of the day (05-19)
IHSA wins Supreme Court FOIA decision (05-19)
CPS will take out $389 million short-term loan (05-19)
Groups on both sides trying to fill the "void of information" on controversial Rt. 53 extension (05-19)
*** UPDATED x3 - Rauner demands apology *** Senate Dems make formal request for IG probe, but Proft issues flat-out denial (05-19)
Hostage warns of its pending death (05-19)
HB2774/SB1502 & HB3449 Will Hurt Illinois Consumers and Businesses (05-19)
Unclear on the concept (05-19)
*** UPDATED x4 - ILGOP doubles down - Pritzker says ILGOP "twisting" words - ILGOP accuses Pritzker of praising tax hike plan *** Dueling press releases (05-19)
House releases holiday schedule (05-19)
*** UPDATED x6 - Manar: Violation of the law - Dems to request inspector general probe - LIVE Video - SDems plan press conference - Manar claims documents were "doctored" before release *** Government-leaked fake news? (05-19)
Can't anyone land this plane? (05-19)
Senate talks continue (05-19)
Unemployment rate down, but so are jobs (05-19)
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Emanuel to unveil CPS funding plan tomorrow (05-18)
Question of the day (05-18)
Martwick won't call bill that tweaks Pritzker on property taxes (05-18)
Civic Committee: Get moving on a budget now (05-18)
Pritzker calls for impeachment proceedings against Trump, demands Rauner speak up (05-18)
Yield spread widens as deadline nears (05-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - House vs. Senate softball game (05-18)
Severin: "When I walked off the floor I walked off for my people" (05-18)
The myth of easy budget-cutting (05-18)
The biggest remaining obstacle to the grand bargain's passage (05-18)
Why did the BIMP go down? (05-18)
Republicans once again claim Democrats are pushing CPS bailout (05-18)
Unclear on the concept (05-18)
Pritzker issues second press release on Ken Griffin's contribution (05-18)
Support High-Performing Charter Schools (05-18)
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*** UPDATED x1 - No revenue vote - Many budget cuts were in failed BIMP *** Senate budget and revenue analysis (05-17)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Ken Griffin contributes $20 million to Rauner (05-17)
RGA group releases new duct tape ad (05-17)
Question of the day (05-17)
Durkin joins the Pritzker property tax bashing extravaganza (05-17)
"Maybe look at a mirror" (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker slammed for opposition to property tax freeze, connection to Madigan (05-17)
State bill backlog rises by a billion dollars overnight (05-17)
The high price of deliberately doing nothing (05-17)
Here we go again? (05-17)
Modernize the Vital Records Act - Support HB 1785 (05-17)
Illinois.com up for sale (05-17)
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Pritzker addresses racism in unions that endorsed him (05-16)
It's just a bill (05-16)
Question of the day (05-16)
Tone it down, please (05-16)
Caption contest! (05-16)
Pritzker makes eerily familiar pledge to black banks (05-16)
Kennedy talks again about "insiders," slips past Madigan question (05-16)
ILGOP accuses Pritzker of lying (05-16)
Tronc wants to gobble up Sun-Times (05-16)
Illinois Civil Justice League warns against “Right to Know” & “Geolocation” bills (05-16)
Is no deal really better than a "bad deal"? (05-16)
GOP Rep. takes sick day after pressure from above (05-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner "skeptical" of HDem offer (05-16)
Attacks continue on Pritzker over property tax breaks (05-16)
Because... Madigan! (05-16)
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Kennedy decries insiders, promises "radical change" (05-15)
More finger-pointing from the city (05-15)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-15)
Oppo dumps! Pritzker hit again, and again on property taxes (05-15)
A huge talking point is starting to crumble (05-15)
Long march kicks off with protests of Rauner and Madigan (05-15)
Mautino fund fined $5K, case won't be forwarded for prosecution (05-15)
Rate the new AFP-IL ad (05-15)
Question of the day (05-15)
Jailers call in sick, force another Mother's Day lockdown (05-15)
House Dems to unveil their plan tomorrow morning (05-15)
"Passage of the bill could be difficult" (05-15)
No "Plan B" for Senate right now (05-15)
Our collapsing social services net (05-15)
The problem with online witness slips (05-15)
Hours after saying he wasn't "focused on the politics," Rauner attends campaign fundraiser, refuses to answer campaign questions (05-15)
Illinois Policy Institute wins two Lisagor Awards (05-15)
IR calls out Rauner over HB 40 talk (05-15)
A good time apparently wasn't had by all (05-15)
JB Pritzker airs second TV ad (05-15)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-12)
Dem candidates urged to play nice (05-12)
Caption contest! (05-12)
Durkin warns members about... me (05-12)
It's just a bill (05-12)
Question of the day (05-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-12)
Fun with numbers (05-12)
Monday Medicaid deadline looms as Dems go on the attack (05-12)
Oppo dump! Pritzker hit on huge property tax appeal (05-12)
Rauner again refuses to take any responsibility for the impasse (05-12)
Unclear on the concept (05-12)
State "contagion" spreading to local goverments (05-12)
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Republican congressional delegation recommends McCarter for Kenya amabassador (05-11)
Durkin appoints non-budget negotiators in response to Madigan offer (05-11)
Et tu, Diana? (05-11)
Candidate question 3 - Municipal bankruptcy (05-11)
SIUC running on fumes, borrows from SIUE, swallows medical school cash (05-11)
Question of the day (05-11)
Our sorry state (05-11)
Rauner booed at Chicago State graduation ceremony (05-11)
It's just a bill (05-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner, Emanuel to appear together at manufacturing announcement (05-11)
Madigan says he's opposing Rauner's attempt to "change history" (05-11)
“Right to Know” Will Require Illinois Businesses to Capture More Data on You (05-11)
Dems hold abortion bill from Rauner (05-11)
"Cullerton puts self in Rauner’s shoes, then kicks him in pants" (05-11)
Grand bargain stalls again (05-11)
Adventures in privatization (05-11)
DCFS demanding "unrealistic deadlines" as it speeds up Cook County cases (05-11)
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Question of the day (05-10)
HB 40 clears Senate (05-10)
More J3 sleaze (05-10)
Cherry-picking "right to work" numbers (05-10)
Mark Brown on Botterman (05-10)
Mendoza worker is on city's "do not hire" list (05-10)
Fun with numbers (05-10)
Reports: AFL-CIO could soon endorse Pritzker, who may be prepared to spend $70 million on the primary (05-10)
Madigan pot, meet Rauner kettle (05-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Durkin responds *** RNUG looks at the new House pension bill (05-10)
“Right to Know” is Wrong for Illinois (05-10)
The Sun-Times demands a budget (05-10)
Cullerton pushing for GB2 vote today, Republicans urge delay (05-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Impasse causes even bigger problems for CPS budget (05-10)
Modernize the Vital Records Act - Support HB 1785 (05-10)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-10)
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Oh, for the good ol' days (05-09)
Question of the day (05-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Thirty House members urge Senate to pass grand bargain (05-09)
The Rauner/Pritzker angle (05-09)
Honor the fallen by paying your bills (05-09)
Long on promises (05-09)
What's going on at NIU? (05-09)
State law may be behind huge drop in tickets (05-09)
It's just a bill (05-09)
IDOC denies it has secret plan for unused prisons (05-09)
Hearing officer recommends fining Mautino committee on narrow issue (05-09)
Madigan's people defend his Rauner offer (05-09)
Quinn throws staff under the bus (05-09)
Wynes to challenge Schneider in CD10 (05-09)
St. Clair County Dems endorse Pritzker (05-09)
Is this merely a contingency plan? (05-09)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker responds *** Civic Federation: Lack of a budget is a "spectacular failure" (05-09)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Radogno calls it a "ploy" *** Durkin urges "great caution" on Madigan offer to Rauner, points to past as a warning (05-08)
Adventures in campaign surrogacy (05-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's fundraising events (use all CAPS in password) (05-08)
Question of the day (05-08)
It's just a bill (05-08)
What goes around comes around (05-08)
Today's number: One-third (05-08)
Welcome back, Gov. Quinn (05-08)
Fentanyl bootleg wreaks havoc (05-08)
Edgar says he was referring to Blagojevich's incompetence, not Rauner (05-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Munger responds for Rauner *** Frerichs comes out swinging (05-08)
Madigan appoints members to negotiate with Rauner on non-budget items (05-08)
Biss hit on Madigan, corporate ties (05-08)
A pox on everyone... equally (05-08)
The Coliseum as metaphor (05-08)
Senate pushing for resolution by end of May (05-08)
Getting out in front or opening the door? (05-08)
Our pension failures have many fathers (05-08)
Kennedy's best and perhaps only path (05-08)
Caption contest! (05-08)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-05)
Schools face vicious cycle due to lack of state budget (05-05)
Emanuel calls Rauner's Thompson Center offer a "political stunt" (05-05)
Question of the day (05-05)
It's just a bill (05-05)
Policing for Profit in Illinois (05-05)
Today's quotable (05-05)
Mazeski the latest Dem to challenge Roskam (05-05)
More finger-pointing on Thompson Center sale (05-05)
IG investigating SoS worker who'd already pled guilty to embezzlement (05-05)
Edgar implies that Rauner is incompetent (05-05)
Calm down, we're not Puerto Rico (05-05)
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Report: Comptroller will freeze warehouse lease payments (05-04)
Question of the day (05-04)
Comptroller Mendoza featured in new EMILY's List video (05-04)
What a crock (05-04)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** Pritzker wants Rauner to "break his silence" on ACA repeal and replace (05-04)
JB Pritzker's union issues (05-04)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Corrections director grilled on why records were moved (05-04)
"I know you are, but what am I?" (05-04)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner's new ad tries to connect him to start-up lifestyle (05-04)
Nursing home strike averted (05-04)
Simple solutions are usually neither (05-04)
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That's a lot of backbones (05-03)
Question of the day (05-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pawar responds *** Biss implies Pritzker union endorsements were about Speaker Madigan (05-03)
SB 1502 – Bad for Illinois’ Small Business Community (05-03)
State Fair fills last Grandstand slot (05-03)
Administration warned over huge Medicaid revamp (05-03)
Pritzker releases new video ahead of union event (05-03)
A problem few know about (05-03)
Homebuilding contractors warn against service tax proposal (05-03)
DCFS director could be leaving as yet another tragedy unfolds (05-03)
Local 150, other trade unions to endorse Pritzker today (05-03)
Another day, another complication as Emanuel bricks Thompson Center sale (05-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Raw audio *** "Targeted" CPD officers shot with a high-powered rifle (05-03)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker campaign responds *** Question of the day (05-02)
Transit money bill advances to Senate (05-02)
Edgar says state is now worse off than during the Blagojevich years (05-02)
Pritzker goes up with new TV ad: "Think big" (05-02)
Oppo dump! Pritzker on 2012 Obama campaign: A pick between "best of a mediocre set of choices" (05-02)
New Planned Parenthood TV ad targets Roskam (05-02)
Longshot relying on social media (05-02)
"Revenue, cuts or both?" Kennedy won't answer (05-02)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-02)
AG Madigan says she and her father don't talk about impasse (05-02)
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SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Tonight's event list (05-01)
Rauner small biz tour hits snag: "We hope the governor will compromise and pass the budget" (05-01)
Mendoza again accused of refusing to release vital funds (05-01)
Rauner talks about his favorite Abraham Lincoln characteristic (05-01)
Drury on the trail (05-01)
Kennedy vs. Pritzker on legalizing marijuana (05-01)
Question of the day (05-01)
Today's quotable: "Nothing's getting done" (05-01)
Vala on the hot seat (05-01)
Kennedy wants to "get rid of" property tax system for K-12 (05-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner says he's talked to Cullerton about budget "quite a bit" (05-01)
What would the House's "lifeline" stopgap cover? (05-01)
State-backed workers' comp insurance idea attacked by biz groups (05-01)
Weekend campaign roundup (05-01)
Labor unions kick off ad campaign on May Day (05-01)
A meeting that shouldn't have been news (05-01)

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