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May 2019 Posts

Mayor Lightfoot opposes sports betting proposal (05-31)
*** UPDATED x4 - Madigan comments - Budget passes House 83-35 - IMA backs budget, capital bills *** This just in... Movement (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Shuttle diplomacy by leaders to try to avoid overtime (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Megaproject near Soldier Field tucked into the BIMP (05-31)
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Cheat sheet for the big stuff still on the table (05-31)
Question of the day (05-31)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Madigan calls weekend special session (05-31)
House sends legalized cannabis bill to governor 66-47-2 (05-31)
It's just a bill (05-31)
Demmer unhappy with budget, capital, gaming, etc. (05-31)
During House prayer, minister asks God to "judge Illinois for the sanctioned destruction of the innocent unborn" (05-31)
Pritzker backs off vow to phase out private school scholarship program (05-31)
Another year, another property tax task force (05-31)
*** UPDATED x5 - Vertical capital, horizontal capital, gaming bill, budget surface *** Gaming, capital and the budget all await action (05-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AFSCME Council 31 reaches tentative contract deal with state (05-31)
Cannabis roundup (05-31)
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House passes bill to set graduated income tax rates 67-48-0 (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kaegi says House leadership buried his bill in Rules (05-30)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Ald. Burke named in a pending federal bribery case (05-30)
Illinois Credit Unions: Focused On The Members We Serve (05-30)
It's just a bill (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Stripped *** Question of the day (05-30)
Rate the new anti parking tax radio ad (05-30)
Give up the funk! (05-30)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-30)
*** UPDATED x3 - Bill won't be called - Bill to be stripped - Lightfoot opposes *** Did this McPier proposal go too far? (05-30)
Bluhm oppo prompts Zalewski recusal, favorable bill (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Capital bill update (05-30)
Cannabis roundup (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker activates National Guard to help with flood-fighting efforts (05-30)
Yep, it's false (05-30)
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Senate votes to legalize cannabis 38-17-2 (05-29)
House passes "Fix the FOID" bill 62-52 (05-29)
Sen. Hastings tables bill tied to ALEC (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - End of session party update (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Budget update (05-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (05-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Gaming bill update (05-29)
It's just a bill (05-29)
Today's quotable (05-29)
A look at what the new rates would do to tax payment rankings (05-29)
The new policy appears to be working like a charm (05-29)
It is time to #PasstheRHA (05-29)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Senate to take up cannabis legalization bill today (05-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** RHA roundup (05-29)
Illinois Policy Institute announces "purge" after leak (05-29)
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Good morning! (05-29)
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It's just a bill (05-28)
Question of the day (05-28)
RHA bill clears House 64-50-4 (05-28)
It Is Time To #PasstheRHA (05-28)
Capital bill roundup (05-28)
85 percent of those who would pay more live in Chicago and the suburbs (05-28)
Sports betting roundup (05-28)
Illinois Credit Unions: Making A Difference In Our Communities (05-28)
"Descend like vultures" (05-28)
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All 44 House Republicans spoke against graduated income tax (05-28)
Property taxes again take the forefront, to be folded into the rates bill (05-28)
Some legislators have financial ties to video gaming (05-28)
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Graduated income tax amendment passes 73-44-1 (05-27)
Heads up! (05-27)
Blowback (05-27)
Memorial Day roundup (05-27)
RHA appears back on track (05-27)
More details on that threatening letter (05-27)
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*** UPDATED x5 - Groups are still opposed *** Kaegi says deal reached on property tax assessment reform bill (05-25)
Reader comments closed until Sunday afternoon (05-24)
Illinois separatist interviewed on Fox News show (05-24)
House's newest freshman ponders tax vote (05-24)
Gatehouse cuts jobs to the marrow while spending $100 million on stock (05-24)
Leader Brady upbeat on budget talks (05-24)
Capital bill roundup (05-24)
Cannabis roundup (05-24)
House Revenue Committee approves Senate income tax rate bill (05-24)
The Credit Union Difference (05-24)
Congratulations, Rhiannon! (05-24)
Read the Lightfoot tea leaves (05-24)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Pulled *** Rate the new FanDuel/DraftKings TV ad (05-23)
House cancels Saturday session, will return Sunday at 4 (05-23)
Supremes hand down another big defeat for Chicago food trucks (05-23)
Question of the day (05-23)
It's just a bill (05-23)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-23)
Caption contest! (05-23)
Chicago's population plunge has stopped (05-23)
Cannabis roundup (05-23)
This problem has to be fixed (05-23)
Fun with numbers (05-23)
What Is The Credit Union Difference? (05-23)
Reproductive Health Act will move forward as issue heats up with Lipinski (05-23)
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Question of the day (05-22)
Durkin and Brady: A study in contrasts (05-22)
Capital bill roundup (05-22)
It's just a bill (05-22)
Turnover (05-22)
Cannabis roundup (05-22)
Energy bills put on hold as new poll shows strong support for clean power (05-22)
Illinois Secretary of State Securities Department probes Sen. Van Pelt (05-22)
When Will The Illinois House Pass the Reproductive Health Act? (05-22)
Yet another reason why I love my blog commenters (05-22)
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Question of the day (05-21)
Illinois counties with high firearm suicide rates tend to be "gun sanctuaries" (05-21)
It's just a bill (05-21)
HRO chair wants to kick Chicago out of Illinois (05-21)
About that expungement issue (05-21)
All rise! (05-21)
Prizker nixes state bailout for private foundation (05-21)
Bluhm's "penalty box" language could apply to... Bluhm? (05-21)
PPP poll: 58 percent support governor's "Fair Tax" in targeted House districts (05-21)
When Will The Illinois House Pass the Reproductive Health Act? (05-21)
High-speed rail advocates call Pritzker capital bill "retrograde" (05-21)
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Revenue Committee sends Pritzker's constitutional amendment to House floor (05-20)
Do better (05-20)
Question of the day (05-20)
Rodney Davis: "With the support of J.B. Pritzker, Betsy Londrigan wants to make us a vassal state of the city" (05-20)
Our sorry state (05-20)
Poll: 60 percent support cannabis legalization, just 35 percent oppose (05-20)
Ethics bill starts to come together (05-20)
Chuck Sweeny (05-20)
House Republicans complain Pritzker won't listen to them (05-20)
Capital bill roundup (05-20)
Cannabis roundup (05-20)
Unions are the key to most everything this year (05-20)
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Walter Burnett’s son sworn into the House (05-17)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-17)
What Is The Credit Union Difference? (05-17)
Question of the day (05-17)
Capital plan react (05-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-17)
It's just a bill (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker's preliminary draft capital plan relies on about $1.8 billion a year in new or higher taxes (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker administration briefs legislators on preliminary draft of six-year $41.5 billion capital plan (05-17)
We need a capital bill (and we may be seeing deets today) (05-17)
Budget roundup (05-17)
Madigan and Cullerton campaign committees spent $420K on sports tickets (05-17)
Cannabis roundup (05-17)
White to be awarded "Distinguished Member of the Regiment" (05-17)
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Question of the day (05-16)
Van Pelt no longer co-sponsoring cannabis legalization bill (05-16)
Union grievance results in order to remedy problem of assaults on corrections staff (05-16)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-16)
Almost ex-mayor has even more advice for Springfield and Lightfoot (05-16)
State criminal probe into Quincy veterans deaths "remains active" (05-16)
Reformer criticizes Pritzker for personally funding national DCFS director search (05-16)
Musical interlude: "Let's Get it Started" (05-16)
Receipt (05-16)
The man who shall not be named (05-16)
A bit over the top (05-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (05-16)
Civic Federation supports Pritzker's budget plan, with "significant concerns" (05-16)
Before It Is Too Late, Support The Reproductive Health Act (05-16)
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There they go again (05-15)
Another name change (05-15)
Question of the day (05-15)
Sandoval likely to scale back taxes and fees for capital (05-15)
Todd Stroger to join Maze Jackson on WVON (05-15)
Senator's "riding the wave with the rich" pitch called "totally inappropriate" (05-15)
GCS Credit Union: Caring For Our Community (05-15)
Lots of people are seeing Rockford's Facebook ads asking for a casino (05-15)
If you want your opinions respected, don't totally flub your facts (05-15)
Before It Is Too Late, Support The Reproductive Health Act (05-15)
Rate the new Think Big ad (05-15)
DCFS study reveals huge systemic problems (05-15)
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The House vs. Senate softball game is proceeding as planned (05-14)
Pritzker unveils bill to "strengthen Scott’s Law" (05-14)
Question of the day (05-14)
Our opinion leaders (05-14)
Moody's places tollway under review for downgrade (05-14)
The other side of the cigarette tax hike coin (05-14)
When the mayor-elect wants a bricked bill, the mayor-elect usually gets a bricked bill (05-14)
#Taxsplaining (05-14)
Cannabis roundup (05-14)
Ives appears to be gearing up for Casten challenge (05-14)
SJ-R editor abruptly dumped after she offered to resign to save jobs (05-14)
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Question of the day (05-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "I’m really trying to get through this process with pressure and respect" (05-13)
Hinz: Pritzker capital bill proposal coming "very soon" (05-13)
It's up to Pritzker to move this to the "acceptance" stage (05-13)
Illinois car manufacturer upset with Sandoval's proposed EV fee hike (05-13)
Rate Think Big's latest "A Chance To Vote" TV ad (05-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Legalize Illinois responds *** What about the children? (05-13)
Stand for Children floats new school funding idea (05-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Grandstanders rarely propose their own ideas (05-13)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-10)
Executive Ethics Commission imposes largest fine in its history (05-10)
Question of the day (05-10)
Unclear on the concept (05-10)
Is it time to start thinking about merging some of Illinois' counties? (05-10)
Report: Feds looking at gift to Quinn lieutenant (05-10)
Ohio prison system chief of staff hired to head Dept. of Corrections here (05-10)
Video gaming operators float alternative to Pritzker's tax hike (05-10)
Garbage in, garbage out (05-10)
Vaccinate your kids! (05-10)
Pritzker pension reversal draws praise from credit analysts (05-10)
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House Democratic Women's Caucus won't support gaming bill if team owners get a piece of sports betting (05-09)
Question of the day (second try) (05-09)
Nathan Reitz sworn in to replace former Rep. Jerry Costello (05-09)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-09)
Barickman jumps off cannabis legalization, but a new draft is coming (05-09)
Andigo Credit Union Scholarship Program (05-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (05-09)
Sandoval's punitive electric car registration fee (05-09)
Lightfoot, Rush appear to move on from the past (05-09)
How the impasse endangered children who needed vaccines (05-09)
G-PAC poll: 66 percent support "Fix the FOID Act" (05-09)
Opposition (05-09)
Sports betting details (05-09)
Our sorry state (05-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (05-09)
Reps. Yingling, Carroll jump ship (05-09)
Zalewski denies he's trying to kill Kaegi's bill (05-09)
Caption contest! (05-09)
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Rate the new Think Big ad (05-08)
Today's quotable (05-08)
Fix this, please (05-08)
Question of the day (05-08)
Yes, it can be done, but at a very high price (05-08)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-08)
Sandoval proposes $2.4 billion tax and fee hike to pay for horizontal infrastructure projects (05-08)
It's just a bill (05-08)
Burnett stepson, Maze Jackson, Jesse White aides among possible Conyears-Ervin replacements (05-08)
Jobs Tax = Unfair Tax (05-08)
When Will The House Pass The Reproductive Health Act? (05-08)
"Bye-Bye, Illinois" (05-08)
Legislation filed to address some DCFS problems (05-08)
Despite April revenue windfall, Mendoza says her office is still in "triage mode" (05-08)
Judge orders Westlake Hospital to remain open (05-08)
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April revenue stunner: $1.5 billion higher than expected - FY19 hole filled - Pritzker cancels planned pension holiday (05-07)
Study: States with graduated tax systems cut rates more often than they raise them (05-07)
DuPage Credit Union Continues Support of Community Organizations (05-07)
It's just a bill (05-07)
Tom Hynes (05-07)
Hey, governor! What about this? (05-07)
Cullerton wants to triple Pritzker's proposed cigarette tax hike (05-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Moylan apparently doesn't realize that people use cannabis now (05-07)
Audit: DCFS was a disaster during the impasse (05-07)
Rep. Jerry Costello resigns from House, takes IDNR top cop job (05-07)
Madigan on Pritzker and the Republicans (05-07)
When Will The House Pass The Reproductive Health Act? (05-07)
Madigan on finding 60 votes for the cannabis bill and convincing "the minorities" (05-07)
Madigan "prepared to support" Chicago casino (05-07)
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Good morning! (05-07)
Pritzker withdraws nominations after uproar over hospital closure (05-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-06)
Question of the day (05-06)
*** UPDATED x2 - Definitely misquoted *** Madigan: Senate moved too fast on income tax, House ratcheting down spending (05-06)
Moylan's "go-slow" ruse (05-06)
Pritzker asked about Emanuel's opposition to spending money on third airport (05-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Lipinski responds *** Newman puts the band back together (05-06)
Moody's: "Industrial diversity and high wealth levels give Illinois the ability to support a higher tax burden" (05-06)
It's just a bill (05-06)
Dark money group launches new TV ad attacking Pritzker's tax plan (05-06)
Fun with numbers (05-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (05-06)
Oh, please (05-06)
Why has cannabis legalization taken so long? (05-06)
Rahm's Statehouse record (05-06)
Violence interruption doesn't gain much in Pritzker budget (05-06)
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Pritzker unveils cannabis legalization bill (05-04)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-03)
Question of the day (05-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to a recent story (05-03)
Our sorry state (05-03)
Pols behaving badly (05-03)
It's just a bill (05-03)
Speaker Madigan signs on to letter seeking $150 million for third Chicago airport (05-03)
Senate's gonna Senate (05-03)
Smart money or another over-loaded Christmas tree? (05-03)
Pension buyouts begin, another in the works (05-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Our sorry state (05-03)
Why the proposed property tax freeze may be illusory (05-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (05-03)
Mixed bag at biz lobby day (05-02)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-02)
Question of the day (05-02)
Hemp applications start to pour in (05-02)
Definitely worth a look (05-02)
Missed It By That Much (05-02)
Senate income tax roundup (05-02)
Caption contest! (05-02)
"Prevention, diversion and change" (05-02)
Two Janus-related lawsuits filed (05-02)
Support The Reproductive Health Act (05-02)
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Illinois' richest person says he'll stay put and "fight" (05-01)
Question of the day (05-01)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (05-01)
We Need Strong Unions. They Build The Middle Class. (05-01)
Constitutional amendment clears Senate (05-01)
Caption contest! (05-01)
ILGOP stirs up remap questions (05-01)
It's just a bill (05-01)
Indiana child deaths more than doubled despite gigantic increases in investigations and home removals (05-01)
Rep. Chris Welch: "Gov. Pritzker let us down" (05-01)
Vertical construction backers make their case (05-01)
Republicans go on the attack against Pritzker over probe (05-01)
Senate's new graduated income tax plan roundup (05-01)
Property tax freeze roundup (05-01)
Estate tax repeal roundup (05-01)
Get it together, people (05-01)
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