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June 2015 Posts

Snark consequences? (06-30)
CMS: 9 to 12 months to determine FLSA status (06-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dems considering partial one-month budget (06-30)
Question of the day (06-30)
It has begun (06-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (06-30)
OK, maybe not (06-30)
"With warmest personal regards" (06-30)
Ask the Insurance Industry “Where’s the money?” (06-30)
Credit Unions – Protecting Financial Futures (06-30)
Republicans launch yet another attack on Duckworth (06-30)
Best laid plans... (06-30)
Supreme Court takes fair share case (06-30)
*** LIVE *** Overtime session coverage (06-30)
Arrests reported at Griffin protest (06-30)
Preckwinkle to "re-examine" proposed sales tax hike if Springfield cooperates on pension proposal (06-30)
Fate uncertain for CPS pension payment delay (06-30)
Yes, the precedent exists, but not the way the governor claims (06-30)
What's behind the CTU's contract demands? (06-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-30)
Leaders meeting fails to move the ball forward (06-29)
He said, she said (06-29)
AFSCME vows legal action on worker paychecks (06-29)
AG Madigan cites legal precedent in response to Rauner promise (06-29)
Question of the day (06-29)
Rauner pledges he will "fight any legal attempts" to prevent employees from being paid during shutdown (06-29)
Less like this, please (06-29)
SEIU airing Downstate TV ads (06-29)
On Calhoun County (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Supreme Court upholds Arizona's independent redistricting commission (06-29)
Two-day hearing to focus on shutdown (06-29)
Today's number: 40,000 (06-29)
This one's on Rauner (06-29)
Madigan's messages (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Credit Union 1 set to offer loans to state workers if paychecks aren't issued (06-29)
Report: DHS caseworker used state data to help boyfriend repo cars (06-29)
*** UPDATED x2 - Emanuel says "No" *** Is the pressure off? (06-29)
Good morning! (06-29)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-26)
Senate announces another "Committee of the Whole" (06-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - The Cullerton plan (06-26)
Somewhat unclear on the concept (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Mayor changes course on Rauner's CPS proposal (06-26)
Rate Mike Flynn's new YouTube ad (06-26)
AFSCME: "We must be ready to stand up and resist" (06-26)
Caption contest! (06-26)
Question of the day (06-26)
*** UPDATED x3 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Rauner, Rahm and CPS (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Poll indicates Rauner trouble (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fisking the governor's words and actions (06-26)
Illinois' same-sex marriages now recognized nationwide (06-26)
Mel Reynolds indicted for failing to file tax returns (06-26)
Rauner, unions extend contract one month (06-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - Emanuel responds *** CTU: Talks are broken off (06-25)
*** UPDATED *** Cullerton react - Madigan react - Ounce react (06-25)
Rauner announces budget veto, pension help for CPS in Tribune op-ed (06-25)
Mrs. Rauner's group calls for "sustainable revenue" (06-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - CPS update (06-25)
Question of the day (06-25)
Credit Unions – Providing “peace of mind” to their members (06-25)
What would health care be like without the civil justice system? (06-25)
Closing the museum won't be easy (06-25)
Up against the wall (06-25)
Illinois' Obamacare plan can continue (06-25)
What's in the education approp bill? (06-25)
Madigan schedules hearing on "Rauner shutdown" (06-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-25)
Good morning! (06-25)
Question of the day (06-24)
*** UPDATED x2 *** This just in... Rauner signs K-12 funding bill (06-24)
Here's something you don't see every day (06-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A tiny bit of reasonableness peaks through (06-24)
The impact of the impasse (06-24)
Today's number: 11.5 percent (06-24)
Dem Rep. announces for Aurora mayor (06-24)
It has always been thus (06-24)
Good news on workers' comp? (06-24)
In other Statehouse news... (06-24)
Tracy jumps in (06-24)
SEIU: Rauner "making union-busting demands" (06-24)
CPS pension roundup (06-24)
Good morning! (06-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-24)
Credit Unions – Providing “peace of mind” to their members (06-23)
Question of the day (06-23)
Today's quotable (06-23)
LaHood accused of "crony capitalism" (06-23)
The Key to Lowering Workers’ Compensation Costs is Insurance Transparency and Oversight (06-23)
*** UPDATED - Bill fails on House floor *** City school system could get temporary pension reprieve (06-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dem claims Rauner spending million more than Quinn on office (06-23)
*** LIVE *** Overtime session coverage (06-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Pension deal update (06-23)
Hoosiers win again! (06-23)
Phantom savings? (06-23)
Rauner deploys "Task Force 1" (06-23)
Could school snow days one day be a thing of the past? (06-23)
Putting human faces on line items (06-23)
AFSCME: Rauner giving state workers "no choice but to force them out on strike for fairness" (06-23)
Norb Andy's to close yet again (06-23)
Rauner extends TV ad buy into second week (06-23)
Deja vu all over again? (06-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a fundraiser/event list (06-23)
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Jackson, Jr. now in home confinement (06-22)
Republican legislator wants SC to take down its Confederate flag (06-22)
Putting human faces on line items (06-22)
What's the harm? Ask Pat Quinn (06-22)
Question of the day (06-22)
Reform the remap, please (06-22)
Reading the tells (06-22)
Looking for a solution in Chicago (06-22)
It could've been much worse (06-22)
Lisa Madigan conspiracy theory rises again (06-22)
Crises and opportunities (06-22)
A simulated SunTimes.com experience (06-22)
Good morning! (06-22)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-19)
AFSCME: Rauner wants "two radical changes" to group insurance (06-19)
Question of the day (06-19)
Last and final warning (06-19)
The Kirk question (06-19)
Who woulda thunk it? (06-19)
Today's must-read (06-19)
Prosecutors say they're looking into Hastert leaks (06-19)
GOP Rep: Right to work "like spanking a child" (06-19)
The march to war (06-19)
Sen. Sullivan won't run again (06-19)
Caption contest! (06-18)
Unemployment rate stays at 6 percent, but weak job growth (06-18)
More insight into MJM's property tax practice (06-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Shutdown oddities (06-18)
What would toys be like without the civil justice system? (06-18)
Credit Unions – Individual service, united in focus (06-18)
Question of the day (06-18)
High court strikes blow against online morons (06-18)
Madigan's "elevator pitch" (06-18)
Putting human faces on line item numbers (06-18)
What goes around... (06-18)
Question of the day (06-17)
CMS: Lack of union deal won't impact current wages, but no raises, limited grievances (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Cullerton: "Workers' comp is not an economic development tool" (06-17)
The "other" Mike Madigan considers Senate bid (06-17)
Procedural rules and the same ol' same ol' (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner responds *** "That is a problem he would own" (06-17)
Others chime in on Rauner TV ads (06-17)
This just in... Auditor General to retire (06-17)
Madigan, Democrats react to Rauner TV blitz (06-17)
Republicans explain Rauner TV blitz (06-17)
Simple solutions are usually neither (06-16)
Simon considering state Senate bid (06-16)
*** LIVE *** Overtime session coverage (06-16)
Question of the day (06-16)
Illinois vs. Indiana – Workers’ Compensation (06-16)
Not helpful at all (06-16)
Chicago eyes partial school pension payment (06-16)
Chiraq attack rebuffed (06-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Rauner's buy deets (06-16)
Poll: Public sides with home care workers against Rauner (06-16)
Credit Unions – Individual service, united in focus (06-16)
Rate the governor's new TV ad (06-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-16)
Mayor pledges "world class celebration for a world class team" (06-16)
We now conclude today's broadcast... (06-15)
Kirk issues apology "to the people of Illinois" (06-15)
Duckworth, others to Kirk: Apologize for real (06-15)
House announces another committee of the whole (06-15)
Question of the day (06-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Rauner's initial cable buy (06-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update about tomorrow (06-15)
Rauner's million dollar buy will target Madigan (06-15)
Yawn (06-15)
A new way of doing business, and an old way (06-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** GOP defends "brave women" who stood up to Duckworth (06-15)
It could always be worse (06-15)
Rauner spokesperson: Governor won't lock out employees (06-15)
Oops: The state may soon receive a $2 million windfall from the Rauner campaign (06-15)
Today's number: 15 (06-15)
Rauner readies TV ad campaign (06-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-15)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-12)
This just in... (06-12)
Weekend shopping plans? (06-12)
What the what??? (06-12)
Question of the day (06-12)
LaHood hit on craft beer vote (06-12)
The civil justice system gives everyone a fair chance (06-12)
Kirk react (06-12)
I suppose it could be worse (06-12)
Unclear on the concept (06-12)
More workers' comp thoughts (06-12)
Rauner promises to keep state services afloat (06-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (06-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-12)
Good morning! (06-12)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Today's quotable (06-11)
Workers injured on the job deserve the right to reasonable compensation (06-11)
Question of the day (06-11)
Today's number: 3,081 (06-11)
Credit Unions – Paying it Forward in their Communities (06-11)
You be the judge (06-11)
Budget impasse delays transportation projects (06-11)
Workers' comp thoughts (06-11)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner react *** IHA wants temporary budget extension if gridlock continues (06-11)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Rauner verbally jousts with critic (06-11)
*** UPDATED x1 - "Fraud" alleged *** Log Cabin Republicans back Flynn (06-11)
Back to the future (06-11)
Good morning! (06-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Your (now quite rare) "right to work" roundup (06-10)
Question of the day (06-10)
Today's number: 27 (06-10)
Munger warns of fiscal consequences, claims GA has "failed" (06-10)
"Beleaguered. Humiliated. Frightened. Ashamed." (06-10)
Democrats respond to Rauner (06-10)
Rauner goes off on Madigan, Cullerton (06-10)
Stop the satellite TV tax (06-10)
AFSCME members to rally today (06-10)
Bradley: "Republicans don't want compromise" (06-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-10)
Lots of heat, very little light (06-09)
Question of the day (06-09)
What? Me worry? (06-09)
Here we go... (06-09)
Nobody is wearing a white hat here (06-09)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (06-09)
Will the political guns still be firing in late August? (06-09)
Snarky, snarky (06-09)
Credit Unions – Paying it Forward in their Communities (06-09)
Rauner cheered, booed at two stops (06-09)
Good morning! (06-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (06-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-09)
*** UPDATED x2 *** House to take up property tax freeze, Purvis invited to testify (06-08)
Cheesehead problems (06-08)
Dealing with the expected horde (06-08)
Question of the day (06-08)
Can't anybody play this game? (06-08)
Durbin splits hairs (06-08)
Disowning the pain (06-08)
Get the lead out (06-08)
*** UPDATED x3 *** IL Republicans go after three Dems (06-08)
How dirty tricks sometimes work (06-08)
Putting human faces on line item numbers (06-08)
20 races at a million each (06-08)
Unsolicited advice: Avoiding "The Guns of August" (06-08)
Think, don't sing (06-08)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-05)
Are you ready to rumble? (06-05)
Cullerton announces "committee of the whole" (06-05)
The Credit Union Difference (06-05)
Question of the day (06-05)
Bread and circuses (06-05)
Administration urging state employees to submit anonymous questions in run-up to posible strike (06-05)
Durbin backing Duckworth (06-05)
Despite the hooplah, some real progress was made (06-05)
Woman claims Hastert abused her brother (06-05)
But what if that's what Madigan wants? (06-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-05)
Question of the day (06-04)
Kirk jettisons Hastert cash, DCCC demands Davis do the same (06-04)
Emma's story (06-04)
Rauner denounces Dems' "sexist smear campaign" (06-04)
Madigan's workers' comp proposal blasted (06-04)
The blame game continues (06-04)
Gaming Christmas tree grows (06-04)
The shape of things to come (06-04)
*** LIVE *** Session coverage (06-04)
Broadening the war (06-04)
Report: Two flix nixed by Rauner money block (06-04)
Good morning! (06-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (06-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-04)
Dismantling Prohibition (06-03)
Cooperation vs. confrontation (06-03)
He can't do it right away (06-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - House action update (06-03)
The Guns of August (06-03)
Today's number: 2 (06-03)
The plutocrat next door, and at home (06-03)
Question of the day (06-03)
Liberal Senate Dems unveil their own agenda (06-03)
More progress on criminal justice reform (06-03)
Rauner to hold cabinet meeting today (06-03)
A look at the impact and legality of Rauner's cuts (06-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner office responds *** Madigan to take up workers' comp bill tomorrow (06-03)
Luechtefeld will retire, won't move (06-03)
LaHood unveils first TV ad (06-03)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner announces budget react (06-02)
Reader comments closed until Wednesday (06-01)
"What They’re Saying in Decatur" (06-01)
Question of the day (06-01)
The Credit Union Difference (06-01)
Follow the Rauner brick road (06-01)
The return of happy hour (06-01)
Musical interlude (06-01)
Another Quinn coinkydink (06-01)
A plea for the middle ground on guns (06-01)
Looking ahead (06-01)
The blame game (06-01)
Statehouse power play underway (06-01)
Rauner's "messaging" (06-01)
Rauner launches fusillade of insults while pledging cooperation (06-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-01)

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