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- Reader comments closed until Tuesday (05-31)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-31)
- House Dem leaders Ortiz, Evans apologize for their absence (05-31)
- The jury angle (05-31)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Chamber speaks up about 'interchange' bill (05-31)
- House Democratic staff union filing lawsuit against Speaker Welch (Updated x2) (05-31)
- Illinois public defenders’ push for legislation to address funding, oversight falls short (05-31)
- Today's quotable (Updated) (05-31)
- Post-session press releases (Live updates) (05-31)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-31)
- Open thread (05-31)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-31)
- Live coverage (05-31)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (Updated) (05-30)
- Deficit spending reported as revenues plunge, salaries and debt increase (Updated) (05-30)
- What's next after 'Karina's Bill' stalls? (Updated) (05-30)
- Post-session press releases (Live updates) (05-30)
- Reps. Walsh, Chung talk about revenue, budget votes (05-30)
- It’s almost a law (05-30)
- Open thread (05-30)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-30)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-30)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-30)
- Live coverage (05-30)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-29)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-29)
- Yes on operations and capital spending, No on revenues to pay for it (05-29)
- Giannoulias on House floor while bill goes down (05-29)
- Some budget react (05-29)
- Governor rebuffs Rep. Crespo’s worries of future fiscal cliff (05-29)
- Coverage roundup: House sends $53.1 billion FY25 budget to the governor (05-29)
- Open thread (05-29)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-29)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-29)
- Live coverage (05-29)
- Welch: 'No one's ever said the House is boring' (05-29)
- House passes budget 65-45 - BIMP passes 62-46 - Grocery tax elimination sails 86-20 - Revenue omnibus put on postponed consideration - Motion to reconsider passes - But big problem and Dems will have to suspend the rules - Concurrence motion finally passes as GOP gives up (05-29)
- Reform group slams election bill days after it cleared both chambers (05-28)
- Former AT&T president tries to poke holes in feds' Madigan-related case (05-28)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-28)
- OPPOSE The Interchange Fee Prohibition Act! (05-28)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-28)
- A quick explainer (05-28)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (Updated) (05-28)
- Question of the day (05-28)
- *** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** (05-28)
- Analysts indicate Illinois sportsbook tax hike not a huge deal, but investors worry it'll spread to other states (05-28)
- It’s almost a law (05-28)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality - Vote No On House Bill 5345 (05-28)
- Open thread (05-28)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-28)
- *** 2024 end of session cheat sheet *** (05-28)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-28)
- Live coverage (05-28)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Budget stuff (Updated) (05-27)
- OPPOSE The Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (05-27)
- Welch to convene House at noon tomorrow (05-27)
- Reader comments closed until Tuesday (05-26)
- Harmon: 'Each budget is its own beast, and this one was a doozy' (05-26)
- Two Senate Democrats voted against the budget, three voted against the revenue bill (05-26)
- Secretary of State has plans to install cameras and call boxes in Stratton parking garage (05-26)
- Good stuff (Updated x1) (05-26)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality - Vote No On House Bill 5345 (05-26)
- Session updates (Updated x3) (05-26)
- Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-26)
- Open thread (05-26)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-26)
- *** 2024 end of session cheat sheet *** (05-26)
- *** LIVE session coverage *** (05-26)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-26)
- Live coverage (05-26)
- Harmon: I'm hoping the Senate will be able to wrap up its business tomorrow (Updated) (05-25)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session stuff (Updated x2) (05-25)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (05-25)
- Today's quotable (05-25)
- Keep Card Transactions Safe And Convenient. OPPOSE Changes To The Existing Interchange Process! (05-25)
- *** Live session coverage *** (05-25)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality And Vote NO On House Bill 5345 (05-25)
- It’s almost a law (05-25)
- It’s just a bill (05-25)
- Open thread (05-25)
- Isabel’s morning roundup (05-25)
- *** 2024 end of session cheat sheet *** (05-25)
- Budget deal eliminates grocery tax, reduces retailer sales tax discount (05-25)
- Now-former DuPage County prosecutor charged with threatening legislators and gun reform groups (05-25)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-25)
- Live coverage (05-25)
- East St. Louis mayor says graduated sports betting tax will 'devastate' his city (05-24)
- 2024 end of session cheat sheet (05-24)
- Interchange Works: STOP Efforts To Include Interchange In Budget Bills (05-24)
- Live session coverage (05-24)
- House passes bill to phase out the sub-minimum wage for some disabled Illinoisans (05-24)
- Today's quotable (05-24)
- Mayor's controversial RTA board nominee withdraws from consideration (05-24)
- IDFPR brings in a couple of temp workers to help with application backlog (05-24)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-24)
- End of session stuff: Budget framework agreement reached; Johnson pledges no action against selective enrollment schools (Updated x4) (05-24)
- It’s almost a law (05-24)
- It’s just a bill (05-24)
- Open thread (05-24)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-24)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-24)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-24)
- Live coverage (05-24)
- Ozinga campaign aide charged with harassing Sen. Hastings with obscene images (Updated x3) (05-23)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-23)
- New bill could prohibit infamous 'pink slime' sites from publishing any more voter registration data (05-23)
- It’s just a bill (05-23)
- Showcasing the Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-23)
- Pritzker on Choate, his health care bill and the sports betting tax (05-23)
- Investment In Carbon Capture Technology Will Help Grow Illinois’ Corn Industry, Spur Job Creation, And Keep Nation ‘Fed and Fueled’ (05-23)
- Listen To Servers – Vote No On House Bill 5345 (05-23)
- Pritzker addresses Madison County secession issue during visit to county (05-23)
- Help Illinois Patients Achieve Better Health: Support IHA’s MCO Reforms (05-23)
- Chicago CFO: 'The City cannot and would not pursue expanding the tax base on our own' (05-23)
- The disinformation outrage machine strikes again (05-23)
- Open thread (05-23)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-23)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More news (05-23)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-23)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-23)
- Live coverage (05-23)
- Judge issues preliminary injunction for post-primary slating law (Updated) (05-22)
- Sun-Times reports two revenue sticking points remain (Updated) (05-22)
- WBEZ report: Comms job candidate with mayor's office claims he was not hired because he formerly worked for Pritzker (05-22)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-22)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-22)
- Behind the 1969 LGDF agreement (05-22)
- Question of the day (05-22)
- You gotta be kidding me (05-22)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-22)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-22)
- It’s just a bill (05-22)
- Vote YES On The Kinship In Demand (KIND) Act To Support Youth In DCFS Care (05-22)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Session stuff (Updated) (05-22)
- Vote YES On IHA’s MCO Prior Authorization Reforms To Benefit 3.6 Million Illinoisans (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)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-21)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-21)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality - Vote No On House Bill 5345 (05-21)
- AFSCME says it supports rebuilding prisons, opposes closures and relocation (05-21)
- Investment In Carbon Capture Technology Will Help Grow Illinois’ Corn Industry, Spur Job Creation, And Keep Nation ‘Fed and Fueled’ (05-21)
- Fitch looks at basic Tier 2 pension fix, pronounces it 'likely neutral for state credit' (05-21)
- Showcasing the Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-21)
- House Dem staff union says Speaker, top staff have not acted in good faith (Updated x2) (05-21)
- Medicaid MCOs’ Inappropriate Denials: Support Commonsense Reforms With NO Budget Impact (05-21)
- It’s just a bill (05-21)
- Open thread (05-21)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-21)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-21)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-21)
- Live coverage (05-21)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-20)
- Question of the day (05-20)
- Your moment of zen (05-20)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-20)
- There's no real mystery here (05-20)
- One problem, mayor: You can't do this tax without the legislature and the governor (05-20)
- Support House Bill 4781 (05-20)
- It’s just a bill (05-20)
- Musical interlude (05-20)
- Get it together, man (05-20)
- Passing HB5395 Will Put Critical Healthcare Decisions In Hands Of Patients And Their Doctors, Not Insurance Companies (05-20)
- Open thread (05-20)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-20)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-20)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-20)
- Live coverage (05-20)
- Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-17)
- Republicans denied TRO in bid to be appointed to ballot (05-17)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-17)
- It’s almost a law (05-17)
- Credit Unions: A Smart Financial Choice for Illinois Consumers (05-17)
- Was the CTU lobby day over-hyped? (05-17)
- 'Re-renters' tax in the budget mix? (05-17)
- It’s just a bill (05-17)
- Open thread (05-17)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-17)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-17)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-17)
- Live coverage (05-17)
- Rides For Moms Provides Transportation To Prenatal Care (05-16)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-16)
- Question of the day (05-16)
- Broad Support For Carbon Capture And Storage Across Illinois, “Vital” For The Environment and Downstate Growth (05-16)
- Here we go again (05-16)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality - Vote No On House Bill 5345 (05-16)
- Rep. Tarver says CPS general counsel needs to be forced out over rape case (Updated) (05-16)
- Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-16)
- It’s just a bill (05-16)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-16)
- Open thread (05-16)
- Adopt Legislative Fixes For Prior Authorization Denials Impacting Medicaid MCO Patients (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)
- Live coverage (05-16)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Another supplement to today’s edition (05-15)
- Isabel’s afternoon briefing (05-15)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Issue poll (05-15)
- Question of the day (05-15)
- Poll: Johnson disapproval at 57 percent, approval at 28 percent (05-15)
- Rides For Moms Provides Transportation To Prenatal Care (05-15)
- It’s just a bill (05-15)
- Caption contest! (05-15)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-15)
- Vote YES On IHA’s Legislation To Address Unnecessary Care Denials By Medicaid MCOs (05-15)
- Rep. Buckner on the CTA: 'There will be no new revenue without reform' (Updated) (05-15)
- Rep. Crespo: 'It’s an empty promise that gives people a false sense of hope' (05-15)
- Open thread (05-15)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-15)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-15)
- Live coverage (05-15)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to Monday’s edition (05-14)
- Broad Support For Carbon Capture And Storage Across Illinois, “Vital” For The Environment and Downstate Growth (05-14)
- Afternoon roundup (05-14)
- Please, move over and slow down (05-14)
- Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-14)
- It's just a bill (05-14)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality And Vote NO On House Bill 5345 (05-14)
- Poll: Half of city respondents don't trust the mayor to look out for best interest of CPS students, three-quarters trust teachers, 84 percent say city politicos 'too focused on petty political battles' (05-14)
- Pritzker won't sign birth equity bill if Senate strips out abortion coverage (Updated x3) (05-14)
- CTBA recommends increasing state support of evidence-based funding by $200 million per year (Updated) (05-14)
- This is my surprised face (Updated) (05-14)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-14)
- Stop paying people to defend rapists, CPS (05-14)
- With fed money drying up and talk of state-mandated transit consolidation, some city council members try to oust CTA director (05-14)
- Open thread (05-14)
- Support IHA’s Prior Authorization Reforms To End Unnecessary Denials Of Needed Care (05-14)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-14)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-14)
- Live coverage (05-14)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Heads up (05-13)
- Mayor’s Advisory Council on LGBTQ+ Affairs continues dispute with mayor's office over parade (05-13)
- Afternoon roundup (05-13)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-13)
- Lawsuit filed over law forbidding post-primary legislative slating (05-13)
- Johnson talks about state money owed to CPS, Chicago Bears stadium deal (Updated) (05-13)
- It's just a bill (05-13)
- The most 'normal' state? (05-13)
- Pritzker asked about budget memo (05-13)
- A dramatic lead-up that didn't really go anywhere (05-13)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-13)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-13)
- Open thread (05-13)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-13)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-13)
- Live coverage (05-13)
- Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-10)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-10)
- Pink slime sites agree to remove personal data after AG Raoul files suit (05-10)
- Question of the day (05-10)
- News you may have missed: Volkswagen loses case against Illinois law (05-10)
- Suspect arrested in bomb threats to Statehouse, state facility (05-10)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-10)
- CTU coming to town: 'A large presence of red shirts at the capitol will tell the Governor and our Springfield lawmakers that they must support our students and fully fund our schools' (05-10)
- IHA Urges Support Of HPA And IHA’s Prior Authorization Reform Package (05-10)
- It’s just a bill (05-10)
- Open thread (05-10)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-10)
- Live coverage (05-10)
- New Coalition Members from Across Illinois Unite to Protect the Tip Credit (05-09)
- Public mass transit coverage roundup (05-09)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-09)
- Illinois Credit Unions: Member Driven Financial Cooperatives (05-09)
- Budget cuts coming? (05-09)
- More on the Johnson visit (05-09)
- Broad Support For Carbon Capture And Storage Across Illinois, “Vital” For The Environment and Downstate Growth (05-09)
- Musical interlude: Live Theater Production Tax Credit lobbying (05-09)
- Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-09)
- It’s just a bill (05-09)
- Eliminate Unnecessary Prior Authorization Delays To Improve Health Outcomes and Equity (05-09)
- Open thread (05-09)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-09)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-09)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-09)
- Live coverage (05-09)
- Senate Exec Committee zooms CTU-opposed selective enrollment schools bill to the floor (Updated x2) (05-08)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (Updated) (05-08)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Another update to today’s edition (Updated) (05-08)
- Inappropriate Prior Authorization Harms Patients: Support Reform For Private Insurers And MCOs (05-08)
- Mayor's nominee to the RTA board says he didn't know about upcoming $735 million transit fiscal cliff (Updated x3) (05-08)
- Support House Bill 4781 (05-08)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today’s edition (05-08)
- Lil Wayne added to State Fair lineup (05-08)
- It’s just a bill (05-08)
- Welcome to Springfield (05-08)
- AG Raoul asks court to force Timpone/Proft papers to remove personal voter information from its websites (05-08)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-08)
- Pritzker expresses some concern about data center power usage, says state is 'monitoring' (05-08)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-08)
- Open thread (05-08)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-08)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (05-08)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-08)
- Live coverage (05-08)
- Protect Illinois Hospitality Adds New Coalition Members From Across Illinois To Protect The Tip Credit (05-07)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (Updated) (05-07)
- Support House Bill 4781 (05-07)
- Caption contest! (05-07)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-07)
- Unclear on the concept (05-07)
- Broad Support For Carbon Capture And Storage Across Illinois, “Vital” For The Environment and Downstate Growth (05-07)
- Pritzker says a prison 'can't be a great economic growth strategy' for Logan County area (05-07)
- Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-07)
- Learn something new every day (05-07)
- City Bureau, Invisible Institute’s coverage of missing Chicago Black women wins Pulitzer (05-07)
- It’s just a bill (05-07)
- Open thread (05-07)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-07)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (05-07)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-07)
- Live coverage (05-07)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-06)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (05-06)
- Behind the CMS cost projections (05-06)
- The Field Museum unveils earliest bird fossil known to science (05-06)
- Today’s must-read (05-06)
- Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation (05-06)
- It's that time of year again (05-06)
- It’s just a bill (05-06)
- Pritzker unexpectedly won't rule out service tax for mass transit (05-06)
- Open thread (05-06)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (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)
- Live coverage (05-06)
- Reader comments closed for the weekend (05-03)
- COGFA says revenue growth 'largely in line' with its forecast (05-03)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-03)
- Fun with numbers (Updated) (05-03)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (05-03)
- It’s just a bill (05-03)
- Illinois Hospitals Are Driving Economic Activity Across Illinois: $117.7B Annually And 445K Jobs (05-03)
- Pritzker signs bill banning post-primary slating, adding advisory questions to ballot (Updated x2) (05-03)
- Rides For Moms Provides Transportation To Prenatal Care (05-03)
- Question of the day (05-03)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-03)
- Doctors accuse McHenry County State’s Attorney of making 'baseless accusations' about legislation (Updated) (05-03)
- Open thread (05-03)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-03)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-03)
- Live coverage (05-03)
- Rides For Moms Provides Transportation To Prenatal Care (05-02)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-02)
- Rivian announces $1.5 billion investment in Normal facility, Pritzker talks about incentives (05-02)
- Support House Bill 4781 (05-02)
- Another budget pressure point (Updated) (05-02)
- Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work (05-02)
- Question of the day (05-02)
- Credit Unions: A Smart Financial Choice for Illinois Consumers (05-02)
- $117.7B Economic Impact: More Than Healthcare Providers, Hospitals Are Economic Engines (05-02)
- A fun night for all, House wins interchamber softball game (05-02)
- It’s just a bill (05-02)
- Open thread (05-02)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-02)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-02)
- Live coverage (05-02)
- Post-Bears meeting react (05-01)
- House Republicans protest referendum, vote present (05-01)
- Isabel’s afternoon roundup (05-01)
- Pritzker talks about calls for Northwestern president to step down, campus protests (05-01)
- Three referendums proposed for fall ballot (Updated x2) (05-01)
- Advocacy group responds to governor's Karina's Bill comments (05-01)
- $117.7B In Economic Activity: Illinois Hospitals Are Essential To Communities And Families (05-01)
- It’s just a bill (05-01)
- Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board (05-01)
- Open thread (05-01)
- Isabel’s morning briefing (05-01)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (05-01)
- Live coverage (05-01)
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