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May 2018 Posts

Lou Lang coverage roundup (05-31)
Alaina Hampton: Women who stood with Lang "truly disheartening" (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner says he'll "enact" the budget (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More on Loncar's bribery allegations (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** *** LIVE VIDEO *** Rep. Lang press conference to respond to allegations (05-31)
Speaker Madigan responds to allegations against Lang (05-31)
Rep. Lou Lang responds to allegations (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** *** LIVE VIDEO *** Alleged abuse victim's press conference (05-31)
Cornerstone Credit Union Awards $12,000 in Scholarships (05-31)
Alleged victim appears on Proft's radio show (05-31)
Legislators, governor avoid addressing bill backlog in budget agreement (05-31)
What’s in the capital bill? (05-31)
Report: Trump "strongly considering" Blagojevich commutation (05-31)
My favorite Statehouse tweets of the week (05-31)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-31)
Tobacco 21 bill clears House on second try (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Moody's warns against reducing pension contributions (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pension savings explained (05-31)
Senate leaders crow about bipartisan budget deal (05-31)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-31)
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Senate passes budget bills by pretty amazing margins (05-30)
Equal Rights Amendment passes with help from Durkin (05-30)
Question of the day (05-30)
Some quick session updates (05-30)
Ives to attend tomorrow's press conference about "leading lawmaker" who is "longtime abuser" (05-30)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-30)
It's just a bill (05-30)
Another side of the budget debate (05-30)
Report: Rauner considers budget deal "balanced" (05-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Budget update (05-30)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** SIU board meeting today in Springfield (05-30)
Oppose police drones at protests (05-30)
Legislator cites "Red Dawn" as reason to oppose gun dealer licensing bill (05-30)
Caption contest! (05-30)
Costello, Bristow highlight conservative votes (05-30)
Rauner compares himself to Ricketts' Cubs turnaround in new digital ad (05-30)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-30)
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Budget details begin to leak out (05-30)
High hopes for higher ed in bill package (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Another #MeToo moment? (05-29)
Madigan says Rauner is "willfully misleading taxpayers" (05-29)
Question of the day (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Budget update (05-29)
It's just a bill (05-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Breen makes budget demands on abortion funding (05-29)
Manar complains that nobody outside Cook and DuPage are on ICC (05-29)
See you later, calculator (05-29)
Moody's says state withholding Harvey money is "credit negative" for all Illinois municipalities (05-29)
Rauner starts cutting ribbons (05-29)
American Conservative Union releases legislator ratings (05-29)
State's attorneys say Rauner's proposed death penalty change is "unprecedented and untested" (05-29)
They're getting closer to a budget (05-29)
Oppose police drones at protests (05-29)
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House sends amended carjacking bill back to Senate (05-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Gaming bill can't get out of House Executive Committee (05-28)
Blagojevich again attempts to rewrite history (05-28)
Memorial Day open thread (05-28)
Congratulations, Jacob! (05-28)
Federal judge orders IDOC to fix "extremely dangerous situation" (05-28)
Moody's analyst issues warning about state budget (05-28)
Pritzker "thinks big" with Blue Wave effort (05-28)
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*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-28)
Reader comments closed until Memorial Day (05-25)
Population loss threatens home rule powers (05-25)
Rauner appears open to yet another expansion of the death penalty (05-25)
New Rauner online ad slams Pritzker over Madigan (again) (05-25)
Attendance issues (05-25)
It's just a bill (05-25)
A couple more weird Republican candidates slip through the screens (05-25)
Senate ignores IRS warning, passes tax work-around bill (05-25)
Mayor Emanuel's bill sponsor: "This is NOT a carjacking bill" (05-25)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-25)
Today's quotable: "It's just show-biz" (05-25)
The taxes no one wants to talk about (05-25)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-25)
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Question of the day (05-24)
Uihlein says Ives "proved that people are hungry for change" (05-24)
If you thought Dorothy Brown's office was a mess before... (05-24)
It's just a bill (05-24)
Will Pritzker stiff the Tribune editorial board? (05-24)
Budget optimism abounds (05-24)
Beware the hot mic (05-24)
IRS to state tax work-arounds: No (05-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Catholic Conference, other pro-life groups issue budget vote warning (05-24)
Shouting into the wind (05-24)
The debate over debates begins (05-24)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-24)
Cassidy says LIG process "riddled with trap doors, blind alleys and loopholes" (05-24)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-24)
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Caption contest! (05-23)
Biss on board with Pritzker's publicly funded campaign idea (05-23)
Question of the day (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner aide claims governor will likely sign stand-alone 72-hour gun buy waiting period bill (05-23)
Sanguinetti calls Madigan "harasser-in-chief" (05-23)
Affordable housing, Dan Proft and the Illinois Policy Institute on the city's Northwest Side (05-23)
It's just a bill (05-23)
Appellate court directs Board of Elections to reopen Mautino case (05-23)
Massive school superintendent lawsuit lines up with massive ISBE budget request (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Madigan coverage roundup (05-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A new one on me (05-23)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-23)
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Question of the day (05-22)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rep. Rita dodges questions about what he said to sheriff's office (05-22)
Madigan calls for LIG investigation (05-22)
Death penalty hearing roundup (05-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Female lawmakers want immediate LIG investigation of Cassidy allegations (05-22)
Biss' former running mate Litesa Wallace endorses Pritzker (05-22)
Pat Brady vs. Dan Proft: Let's get ready to rumble! (05-22)
We interrupt today's craziness for an important announcement (05-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner campaign responds *** Pritzker wants immediate independent investigation following Cassidy allegations (05-22)
More on Pritzker's "Blue Wave" program (05-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cassidy responds *** Madigan denies Cassidy allegations (05-22)
Midwest Members Credit Union Donates to Tri-City Baseball/Softball League for 3rd Year in a Row (05-22)
Support a free and open internet – Support House Bill 4819! (05-22)
Is Sheriff Dart's office really this clueless? (05-22)
WIU looking at drastic enrollment declines as deficit spending increases (05-22)
Election Day Registration lawsuit finally dismissed (05-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner campaign slams Pritzker *** ILGOP lambastes Madigan over Cassidy allegations (05-22)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-22)
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Rep. Cassidy claims retaliation for speaking out on #MeToo (05-21)
OEIG report smells whiff of patronage hiring (05-21)
Once again, somebody isn't telling the truth about the Quincy veterans' home (05-21)
It's just a bill (05-21)
Rauner called MWRD and those like it "a little kingdom for a politician" (05-21)
Ives demands resignations after GOP "unity" vote (05-21)
Pritzker kicks off fundraising for grassroots project (05-21)
"If someone wants to get into a school to create havoc, they can do it" (05-21)
Mick may not get any Springfield satisfaction (05-21)
Question of the day (05-21)
Dunkin: "My history of serving speaks for itself" (05-21)
Oppose reinstating the failed death penalty (05-21)
Unsolicited advice (05-21)
Sometimes, it's not just a bill (05-21)
Dueling press releases (05-21)
Good politics isn’t necessarily good government (05-21)
Hampton's attorneys to speak to the media tomorrow (05-21)
McCann lashes out after TRO denied (05-21)
Process police fails to understand process (05-21)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-21)
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Rauner appoints Dunkin to MWRD (05-18)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-18)
ERA opponents' logic questioned (05-18)
Question of the day (05-18)
More IDVA shakeup as embattled director quits (05-18)
Sanguinetti ties gun issue to Cuban heritage while talking AV (05-18)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-18)
After stinging criticism, tronc reportedly calls cops on picketing reporters (05-18)
Captains obvious (05-18)
Chicago political ad spending almost three times higher than closest national competitor (05-18)
Cullerton heard "Laurel" (05-18)
Black Caucus claims Rauner paying "lip service" to black vendors (05-18)
Bitter infighting continues at troubled SIU (05-18)
Peoria paper compares Rauner to Trump - and not in a good way (05-18)
Harmon essentially claims Madigan is living in Rauner's head rent-free (05-18)
Marion mayor fumes over state response to water shortage (05-18)
NRA and Rauner in close step on two bills (05-18)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner admin responds *** Madigan blames Rauner for Quincy, says members have unanswered questions (05-18)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-18)
It's just a bill (05-17)
Ill. Supreme Court Justice Charles Freeman retiring next month (05-17)
Bravery prevents tragedy in Dixon (05-17)
Governor tries to defend Rivian comments (05-17)
Yay! (05-17)
CPS will get state oversight on special ed (05-17)
Orr outlines three campaign reform ideas (05-17)
Rate the new anti-Rauner online ad (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rep. Bryant to Dunn: Resign *** SIU President Dunn "reveals his contempt for the Carbondale campus and community" (05-17)
Madigan files identical bill to Rauner's AV, plans hearing (05-17)
Why won't the governor speak up about the ERA? (05-17)
Rauner wants Quincy bill passed right away (05-17)
DuPage Credit Union: Helping Students In Need (05-17)
Suburban volleyball coach’s accusers testify in Senate hearing (05-17)
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Fingers point on Quincy veterans' home (05-16)
Long state Medicaid benefit processing delays prompt lawsuit (05-16)
HB 4900 Puts Generic Rx Savings at Risk! (05-16)
Rauner of two minds on Chicago (05-16)
Rauner to sign new EO with Willie Wilson (05-16)
We're number one! (05-16)
Analysis turns thumbs down on pension "consideration" plan (05-16)
It's just a bill (05-16)
*** UPDATED x6 *** Audit finds CMS violated procurement code with Barney's warehouse lease (05-16)
Rauner's alternate-reality on the Mitsubishi plant (05-16)
Lang won't call ERA for vote today (05-16)
Leader Durkin's latest reason for supporting the death penalty (05-16)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-16)
Pressure builds on Rauner to help Lincoln library foundation (05-16)
Tillman slams Sun-Times: "We will not be silenced" (05-16)
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Now is the time to continue data collection on traffic stops in Illinois (05-16)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-16)
Rate Comptroller Mendoza's first online ad of the general election (05-16)
*** UPDATED x2 - DGA, Ives respond *** ILGOP's Schneider and Shaw make peace, will share some power (05-16)
Caption contest! (05-15)
Raoul: Rauner death penalty AV "stupid," politically motivated (05-15)
Leaders will meet again today at 5 (05-15)
Bipartisan compromise on new gun dealer licensing bill (05-15)
It's just a bill (05-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Comparing Illinois and Massachusetts on death penalty issues (05-15)
A closer look at sports betting in Illinois (05-15)
Everything old is new again (05-15)
Illinois Credit Unions: Giving Back to the Communities We Serve (05-15)
Pritzker knocks Rauner on women's issues with HB40 "pledge" (05-15)
Question of the day (05-15)
Support a free and open internet (05-15)
Gov. Rauner warns against name-calling, and then does just that (05-15)
Elections director says Russia declared war on Illinois (05-15)
CPS CEO featured in new "non-campaign" TV ad (05-15)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-15)
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Opposition emerges to Rauner AV (05-14)
Question of the day (05-14)
It's just a bill (05-14)
ISRA applauds Rauner AV (05-14)
Home of the whopper (05-14)
Working like a charm (05-14)
"I work with Mark Janus. Here’s how he benefits from a strong union" (05-14)
*** UPDATED x2 - Language released *** Some quick, initial takes on the governor's amendatory veto (05-14)
IDOC statement debunked (05-14)
US Supreme Court clears the way for sports betting outside Nevada (05-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner to take action on 72-hour waiting period for assault weapons (05-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner talks Trump, Turnaround Agenda, Madigan and media "bias" at forum (05-14)
Baise tells party insurgents to choose between Rauner and Madigan (05-14)
With him, around him, or through him (05-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (05-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Biss endorses Pritzker (05-14)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-11)
Rauner dodges question on "sanctuary counties" for gun owners (05-11)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rauner campaign responds *** Rate Pritzker's latest answer to "The Madigan Question" (05-11)
Rauner introduces penalty enhancement bill for politicians (05-11)
Who watches the watchdogs? (05-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-11)
Question of the day (05-11)
Simple solutions are usually neither (05-11)
16 legislators in a dozen states are out since #MeToo began (05-11)
It's just a bill (05-11)
The hard truth about Illinois' future (05-11)
The campaign framing of the higher education debate (05-11)
Dems look to put Rauner in another trick bag (05-11)
Shaw loses again in fight to control state party (05-11)
"If you do your job, it's going to be a lot easier to get re-elected" (05-11)
Pritzker hit for the umpteenth time on taxes and Madigan (05-11)
IEPA reverses course, schedules public meetings on VW settlement money (05-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Minor oops (05-11)
Ineffective, untimely and non-transparent (05-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (05-11)
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Foundation won't sell Lincoln artifacts to pay down debt... yet (05-10)
Question of the day (05-10)
It's just a bill (05-10)
Oppo dump! (05-10)
Pritzker dinged on term limits (05-10)
Credit Unions: A Unique Concept for Financial Services (05-10)
Brady asks judge to dismiss McCann's lawsuit (05-10)
Sheriff won't enforce any new laws "that infringe on Second Amendment rights" (05-10)
Rauner, Harold refuse to be drawn into ERA debate (05-10)
Manar points finger back at Rauner (05-10)
The Circular Firing Squad goes to the mattresses (05-10)
It's not as simple as it sounds (05-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Euthanizing comment retracted *** "Probable cause on a leash" (05-10)
Caption contest! (05-10)
"The Democratic Machine’s New Monarch" (05-10)
Rauner takes more heat on Quincy veterans' home (05-10)
Once again, it's all or nothing for Gov. Rauner (05-10)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-10)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-10)
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Question of the day (05-09)
Hippies are gonna make us kill all our dogs!!! (05-09)
Loyola's Sister Jean comes to Springfield (05-09)
"Lincoln Park Pirates" one step closer to losing state towing license (05-09)
McSweeney slams Rauner for meeting with party chair who's also "a known extremist" (05-09)
Is a revenue estimate the new "Turnaround Agenda"? (05-09)
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*** UPDATED x1 - IDOC denies *** IDOC needs gas money (05-09)
"In a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse" (05-09)
Support a free and open internet (05-09)
Rauner's "post election" comment disputed by Dems (05-09)
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A closer look at that shocking Adams County Coroner story (05-08)
How far will he go? (05-08)
Question of the day (05-08)
In which I agree with Kristen McQueary (05-08)
Happy anniversary! (Reposted) (05-08)
Good cop, bad cop after leaders' meeting (05-08)
Today's number: 3 (05-08)
Lousy biz poll result prompts criticism of incumbent's challenger (05-08)
What are the financial benefits of credit union membership in Illinois? (05-08)
ERA debate focuses on abortion rights (05-08)
Gov. Rauner scores a big win, but the devil is in the details (05-08)
After saying he's "unifying" the GOP, Gov. Rauner says he's not putting much thought into the task (05-08)
Support a free and open internet (05-08)
Lightfoot expected to join the long line of mayoral contenders (05-08)
Four leaders to meet with Gov. Rauner today (05-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Ives: Rauner never actually heard the message sent *** Ives: "You don’t blame-shift when you had 13 deaths" (05-08)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-08)
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Question of the day (05-07)
It's just a bill (05-07)
I think I finally figured it out (05-07)
Awkward moments (05-07)
Amanda Kass has some unanswered budget questions (05-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner's argument actually makes the case for a graduated income tax (05-07)
Stop Illinois Big Coal Bailouts (05-07)
After more than a century of battling and bashing unions, Tribune concedes to one of its own (05-07)
Unclear on the concept (05-07)
*** LIVE *** Rauner, Norwood press conference (05-07)
Circular firing squad: Rauner, Ives endorse competing state party chairman candidates (05-07)
Editorial board slammed for calling Mendoza a "lapdog" (05-07)
A searing indictment of the current state of higher education in Illinois (05-07)
*** WATCH IT LIVE *** (05-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-04)
Question of the day (05-04)
More heat over Senger e-mail (05-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** McCann pleads to judge: Without taxpayer resources "I can no longer effectively perform my duties" (05-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Twenty-one percent of legislative incumbents have left or are leaving (05-04)
We're gonna need a bigger boat (05-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-04)
Rauner praises Iowa governor's proposed tax cut (05-04)
Illinois Credit Unions: Giving back to the Community (05-04)
Once again, it's all or nothin' (05-04)
Roskam district Dem poll finds weak GOP support, strong opposition to Trump (05-04)
Rauner: "We’re unifying all Republicans" (05-04)
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Question of the day (05-03)
The more things change... (05-03)
Dems attack Rauner, Senger (05-03)
Mendoza "offshoring" bill clears Senate (05-03)
It's just a bill (05-03)
Locusts! (05-03)
McCann goes off - Implies reporter is a Raunerite, calls him "yellow" and "a joke" (05-03)
Behind Madigan's graduated tax resolution (05-03)
Vallas: "I will be the candidate who spends the least on TV ads" (05-03)
Dueling press releases (05-03)
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*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-03)
Rate the new Madigan and Rauner videos (05-02)
Correlation vs. causation on taxation (05-02)
I killed way too much time on this silly little project today (05-02)
Question of the day (05-02)
It's just a bill (05-02)
A look at Sam McCann's federal lawsuit (05-02)
Now is the time to continue data collection on traffic stops in Illinois (05-02)
Rauner admin contradicted on revenue estimate claim (05-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Harris responds *** IDHS claims Rep. Greg Harris has "chosen to misrepresent issues" (05-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Durbin, Duckworth respond *** What's in the Quincy veterans' home report? (05-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - Not - Maybe not *** Rauner schedules TV ads for September (05-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner brushes off growing concerns over Medicaid managed care (05-02)
State's capital needs estimated at $21 billion PER YEAR (05-02)
Yarbrough resigns from state party sexual harassment panel after Sen. Bush intervenes (05-02)
Senger's "blame Duckworth" e-mail finally surfaces (05-02)
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Rauner administration releases Quincy veterans home plan (05-01)
Question of the day (05-01)
Surprise! Unpopular, dead tax idea polls poorly after crucial info withheld (05-01)
"Sh-caw-go" is almost no more (05-01)
It's just a bill (05-01)
Now is the time to continue data collection on traffic stops in Illinois (05-01)
Incompetence or a plan? (05-01)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (05-01)
*** UPDATED x4 *** There's only one way to get this done by Monday (05-01)
Don't forget about independent expenditures (05-01)
Dem Rep signs on as chief-co of anti-prog tax rez (05-01)
Don't get mad, get even (05-01)
Hampton files complaint with Legislative Inspector General (05-01)
Next! (05-01)
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