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May 2023 Posts

Afternoon Roundup (05-31)
Roundup: Chicago City Council approves $51 million for migrant aid (05-31)
Florida beats out Illinois for bigger cut of EPA lead pipe replacement fund (05-31)
Question of the day (05-31)
It’s almost a law (05-31)
Union-backed bill appears headed for rare gubernatorial veto (05-31)
Illinois Supreme Court will hear consolidated pension funds case (05-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-31)
Open thread (05-31)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-31)
Live coverage (05-31)
Afternoon roundup (05-30)
ISBE: "CPS continues to defy its legal obligations" (05-30)
An idea whose time has come (05-30)
Fun with numbers (05-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-30)
Question of the day (05-30)
It’s almost a law (05-30)
Today's quotable (05-30)
Uber And ASU Are Expanding Access To Higher Education In Illinois (05-30)
The new state budget could be a tight squeeze (05-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-30)
Open thread (05-30)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-30)
Live coverage (05-30)
End of session coverage roundup (05-27)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (05-27)
Not a fake headline: Chicago FOP President describes working collaboratively with Chicago's mayor, legislature on pension legislation (05-26)
Planned Parenthood Illinois Action counts its wins (05-26)
Afternoon roundup (05-26)
Pritzker opposes fast-moving bill to hand Ameren a monopoly on building regional transmission lines (05-26)
AG Raoul pushes back against Cupich claims (05-26)
Budget react roundup (05-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Medicaid; Budget; Invest in Kids; Sims; BIMP; CPS (05-26)
Question of the day (05-26)
2023 end of spring session cheat sheet (05-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-26)
Open thread (05-26)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-26)
Live coverage (05-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Late-night session roundup (05-25)
Afternoon roundup (05-25)
It's almost a law (05-25)
Audit slams DCEO's handling of federal pandemic relief money (05-25)
Wait. What? (05-25)
Morning budget updates (05-25)
Today's must-read (05-25)
It's just a (good) bill (05-25)
GRF Medicaid Rate Increase Needed For Sustainable Investments In Equitable Access To Hospital Care (05-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-25)
2023 end of spring session cheat sheet (05-25)
Open thread (05-25)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-25)
Live coverage (05-25)
Harmon: "Mechanical impossibility for us to pass a budget tonight" (05-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A look ahead (05-24)
Budget deal coverage roundup (05-24)
It's almost a law (05-24)
2023 end of spring session cheat sheet (05-24)
IARF Urges Legislators To Improve On Woefully Inadequate Wage Increase In State Budget Plan (05-24)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (05-24)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pritzker, Welch and Harmon to speak about budget negotiations (05-24)
Caption contest! (05-24)
AG Raoul's Catholic clergy report coverage roundup (05-24)
ICC staff, transit agencies, business groups, CUB gang up on ComEd's $1.5 billion rate hike request (05-24)
The Triibe: 64 current police officers not allowed to testify in Cook County court (05-24)
Illinois Medicaid Ranks At The Bottom Of All States, D.C. In Funding – Increase Hospital Medicaid Rates (05-24)
Question of the day (05-24)
Fun with numbers (05-24)
A quick look at the legislative week ahead (05-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-24)
Open thread (05-24)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-24)
Live coverage (05-24)
Question of the day (05-23)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (05-23)
State asked to help again as tiny school district fights huge private equity firm over property taxes (05-23)
Anti-abortion activist to be brought before federal judge over allegedly attempting to destroy building that will be used as a Danville abortion clinic (05-23)
ISP's Decatur Forensic Science Lab receives final accreditation (05-23)
AG Raoul's new report "reveals names and detailed information of 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers who abused at least 1,997 children" (05-23)
It’s almost a law (05-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (Updated x4) (05-23)
It’s just a bill (05-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-23)
The First GRF Medicaid Hospital Rate Increase Since 1995 Is Urgently Needed to Protect Patient Care (05-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-23)
Open thread (05-23)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-23)
Live coverage (05-23)
Afternoon roundup (05-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Site of planned Danville abortion clinic allegedly rammed by protester (05-22)
It’s just a bill (05-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-22)
Question of the day (05-22)
Study: Illinois’ freight-handling, crossroads transportation hub exposes nearly two million to heightened pollution risks (05-22)
Fingerprint vendors, locksmiths say their BIPA exemption doesn't actually exempt them (05-22)
Better management, please (05-22)
Not all Republicans are being shut out of budget talks (05-22)
It’s almost a law (05-22)
Uber And ASU Are Expanding Access To Higher Education In Illinois (05-22)
We can stop talking about this now (05-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-22)
Open thread (05-22)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-22)
Live coverage (05-22)
Your weekend briefing (05-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-19)
Evening news roundup (05-19)
Legislature to return Wednesday (05-19)
New bills: Red light and speed cam reforms; Lightfoot's late appointment may be blocked; Cannabis omnibus; PPP's for the tollway; Expanded EV incentives (05-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update (Updated) (05-19)
Afternoon roundup (05-19)
Dems' BIPA change assailed by business groups (05-19)
It’s just a bill (05-19)
Groups say Sen. Anderson's comment "gives license to transphobic actors to harm trans people" (05-19)
Question of the day (05-19)
Cannabis transporters sue state over alleged illegal shipments (05-19)
Uber And ASU Are Expanding Access To Higher Education In Illinois (05-19)
Soldier Field debt service payment ramp will rise 69 percent in next nine years (05-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and an update (05-19)
It’s almost a law (05-19)
Bring Offshore Wind To Lake Michigan (05-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-19)
Open thread (05-19)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-19)
Live coverage (05-19)
Evening news roundup (05-18)
Caption contest! (05-18)
Afternoon roundup (05-18)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-18)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-18)
Hold Uber Accountable. Support HB 2231. (05-18)
Question of the day (05-18)
It’s almost a law (05-18)
It’s just a bill (05-18)
Krishnamoorthi "extremely disappointed" that Census Bureau still hasn't implemented methodolical changes (05-18)
Know Mpox campaign launched (05-18)
SB 1763 Is Urgently Needed For The First GRF Medicaid Hospital Rate Increase Since 1995 (05-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-18)
Open thread (05-18)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-18)
Live coverage (05-18)
Today's quotable (05-17)
Afternoon roundup (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It’s almost a law (05-17)
Harmon proposal would stop constitutional challenge venue-shopping (05-17)
Embattled CTA president sits for softball interview (05-17)
Drivers On The Uber platform Are Moving Toward A Zero-Emission Future By 2030 In Illinois (05-17)
After emergency appeal, US Supreme Court doesn't block implementation of assault weapons ban (05-17)
Work your bills, people (05-17)
It’s just a bill (05-17)
Hospital Workers Urge Legislators To Pass SB 1763 To Protect And Invest In Patient Care (05-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-17)
Open thread (05-17)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-17)
Live coverage (05-17)
Afternoon roundup (05-16)
Moylan won't call Bears bill for floor vote this spring (05-16)
It’s almost a law (05-16)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-16)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-16)
Nice work if you can get it (05-16)
Brandon Johnson Inauguration Day coverage roundup (05-16)
Daily Herald Editorial: Hospitals Make A Valid Case For First State Medicaid Rate Increase In 28 Years (05-16)
Question of the day (05-16)
Bring Offshore Wind To Lake Michigan (05-16)
It’s just a bill (05-16)
Do better (05-16)
Caption contest! (05-16)
Hold Uber Accountable. Support HB 2231. (05-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-16)
Open thread (05-16)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-16)
Live coverage (05-16)
Afternoon roundup (05-15)
A tale of two state budgets (05-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-15)
Question of the day (05-15)
It’s just a bill (05-15)
It’s almost a law (05-15)
Civic Federation: Look before you leap (05-15)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-15)
DeSantis again brings Pritzker's family into political attack (05-15)
School districts lash out at Bears as newly revised bill surfaces (05-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and more (05-15)
Sen. Peters talks about going viral, violence and ADHD (05-15)
Pre-inauguration coverage roundup (05-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-15)
Open thread (05-15)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-15)
Live coverage (05-15)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-12)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (05-12)
That toddlin' town roundup (05-12)
House passes three abortion bills, two head to governor's desk (05-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and a bunch of other stuff (05-12)
Chicago’s plan to help migrants is still unclear, community orgs work to pick up slack (05-12)
ISP releases video of officer-involved shooting (05-12)
The state needs to step in (05-12)
Pritzker remains optimistic about budget (05-12)
It’s just a bill (05-12)
Dems take yet another swing at DeSantis (05-12)
Bring Offshore Wind To Lake Michigan (05-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-12)
Open thread (05-12)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-12)
Live coverage (05-12)
City Council Latino Caucus demands legislature draw new school board map based on student demographics (05-11)
Afternoon roundup (05-11)
Watchdog group says "crumbling" Stateville Correctional Center "inhumane and unsafe" (05-11)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-11)
Parties snipe ahead of DeSantis visit (05-11)
Pritzker: "There’s nobody going after anybody" (05-11)
Public health emergency ends today (05-11)
Hold Uber Accountable. Support HB 2231. (05-11)
It’s just a bill (05-11)
Today's quotable: Rep. Gregg Johnson (05-11)
bp Is Investing In Illinois (05-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-11)
Open thread (05-11)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-11)
Live coverage (05-11)
Afternoon roundup (05-10)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-10)
Pritzker responds to Quinn, talks budget, punts to legislators on healthcare for undocumented residents, holds out hope for more federal funds to deal with asylum-seeker influx (05-10)
It’s just a bill (05-10)
Advocates want a do-over on Chicago’s elected school board draft map (05-10)
bp Is Investing In Illinois (05-10)
Question of the day (05-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (05-10)
Drivers On The Uber platform Are Moving Toward A Zero-Emission Future By 2030 In Illinois (05-10)
The Flowers banishment and removal goes way beyond a single remark (05-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-10)
Open thread (05-10)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-10)
Live coverage (05-10)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-09)
Afternoon roundup (05-09)
Hold Uber Accountable. Support HB 2231. (05-09)
Question of the day (05-09)
Bring Offshore Wind To Lake Michigan (05-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Extra! (Updated) (05-09)
As Lightfoot departs office, where’s the plan for helping migrants? (05-09)
It’s just a bill (05-09)
Pass Senate Bill 1763 To Preserve And Expand Access to Healthcare (05-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (05-09)
bp Is Investing In Illinois (05-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-09)
Open thread (05-09)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-09)
Live coverage (05-09)
Afternoon roundup (05-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser and events list (05-08)
The rest of the story (05-08)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-08)
Report: US Rep. Danny Davis will run again (05-08)
It’s just a bill (05-08)
That toddlin' town roundup (05-08)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-08)
ComEd Four trial reflection roundup (05-08)
Landing the budget plane won't be easy this year (05-08)
If you want to truly address homelessness, look to Rockford (and Houston) (05-08)
The opposite of "Opposite Land" (05-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-08)
Open thread (05-08)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-08)
Live coverage (05-08)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-05)
Afternoon roundup (05-05)
Five and a half years after major employer requests traffic light, huge road-work project begins (05-05)
Question of the day (05-05)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-05)
Drivers On The Uber platform Are Moving Toward A Zero-Emission Future By 2030 In Illinois (05-05)
It’s just a bill (05-05)
Because... Madigan! (05-05)
Two Phil’s is Illinois' first Kentucky Derby contender since 2007 (05-05)
Sun-Times reports that Chicago is sitting on a $700 million surplus as state costs grow again for health insurance coverage of undocumented residents (05-05)
ComEd parent to pay shareholders $173 million for Madigan scheme, while ratepayers got five bucks each last month (05-05)
bp Is Investing In Illinois (05-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-05)
Open thread (05-05)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-05)
Live coverage (05-05)
Federal appeals court in Chicago stays Southern District judge's order blocking Illinois assault weapons ban (05-04)
bp Is Investing In Illinois (05-04)
Afternoon roundup (05-04)
Hold Uber Accountable. Support HB 2231. (05-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement and update to Wednesday's edition (05-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (05-04)
Giannoulias' bill to withhold state grants from book-banning library boards clears legislature (05-04)
It’s just a bill (05-04)
AG Raoul says Danville abortion ordinance "merely symbolic," claims it is "not in effect and will not take effect based on a last-minute amendment" (05-04)
WTTW guest claims unrecovered 9/11 dead were "lost to all eternity," says composting human remains would lead to same fate (05-04)
Illinois Medicaid Ranks At The Bottom Of All States, D.C. In Funding – Pass SB 1763 To Invest In Patients (05-04)
Man who allegedly threatened to kill Gov. Pritzker bails out of DuPage County jail (05-04)
Bears apply for Arlington International Racecourse demolition permit (05-04)
Bring Offshore Wind To Lake Michigan (05-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (Updated) (05-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-04)
Open thread (05-04)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-04)
Live coverage (05-04)
COGFA FY23 projections don't hold up, revised downward to $183 million below governor's budget office estimate (05-03)
Illinois Credit Unions: Member Driven Financial Cooperatives (05-03)
Afternoon roundup (05-03)
Question of the day (05-03)
Bring Offshore Wind To Lake Michigan (05-03)
Danville's corporation counsel calls abortion ordinance "poorly written" and warns: "I do not believe under Illinois law or federal law that this ordinance is legal" (05-03)
Lincolnshire nursing home under IDPH investigation after most staff doesn’t show up for work (05-03)
CTBA wants $200 million increase in annual evidence-based school funding ramp (05-03)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Various stuff (05-03)
Drivers On The Uber platform Are Moving Toward A Zero-Emission Future By 2030 In Illinois (05-03)
It’s just a bill (05-03)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-03)
React to ComEd Four verdict (05-03)
Senate Bill 1763 Will Help Protect Patient Care As Hospitals Confront Dire Financial Challenges (05-03)
ComEd Four trial verdict coverage roundup (05-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-03)
Open thread (05-03)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-03)
Live coverage (05-03)
*** UPDATE: ALL FOUR GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS ***Jury reaches verdict in ComEd 4 trial (05-02)
Some House Democratic staffers try organizing union (05-02)
Afternoon roundup (05-02)
Today's quotable (05-02)
ISP Director urges patience while I-55 probe begins (05-02)
It’s just a bill (05-02)
Hold Uber Accountable. Support HB 2231. (05-02)
A city in seemingly constant crisis-management mode (05-02)
Question of the day (05-02)
Hospital Expenses Up 17.5% Since 2019: Senate Bill 1763 Will Help Protect Patient Care (05-02)
I-55 reopens after dust storm causes fatal crashes (05-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (05-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-02)
Open thread (05-02)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-02)
Live coverage (05-02)
Multiple dead, more than 30 hospitalized after blowing dust leads to accidents on I-55 (05-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-01)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land… (05-01)
Afternoon roundup (05-01)
Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Support Renewable Energy Credits. (05-01)
More than a quarter of Pontiac's inmates are seriously mentally ill (05-01)
Mississippi River flooding continues in Northwest Illinois (05-01)
It’s just a bill (05-01)
Pritzker says he doesn't expect major movement on Mayor-elect Johnson's tax ideas (05-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Elections have consequences (05-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Priorities, please (05-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Full Danville City Council votes Tuesday on ordinance to outlaw abortion medication, instruments (05-01)
The ball's in your court, leaders (05-01)
Open thread (05-01)
Isabel’s morning briefing (05-01)
Live coverage (05-01)

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