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June 2016 Posts

*** UPDATED x3 *** Quick stopgap budget roundup (06-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Video *** Comptroller Munger to "reassess" lawmaker pay delay (06-30)
Silver: Trump is gonna get trounced in Illinois (06-30)
K-12 preliminary analysis (06-30)
What's in the BIMP? (06-30)
More heroin/Fentanyl deaths than traffic fatalities (06-30)
BGA takes a look at an anti-union group (06-30)
What's at stake today (06-30)
Question of the day (06-30)
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*** LIVE *** Session Coverage (06-30)
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Deal outline begins to emerge (06-29)
Question of the day (06-29)
Rauner proposal funds abstinence education grants (06-29)
Social services implode as middle class shrinks (06-29)
Reporters are understandably freaking out about Chicago's violence (06-29)
IDPH director violated rules, judge declares, so med-mar coverage must include PTSD (06-29)
"It was as if a mini-Capitol had sprouted" (06-29)
Kirk slams Duckworth and "crooked Democratic machine in Springfield" which defended her (06-29)
A little late (06-29)
Group warns Rauner stopgap does "nothing" for human service provider contracts (06-29)
"The wasteland that is Illinois" (06-29)
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*** LIVE *** Leaders meeting and session Coverage (06-29)
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Good morning! (06-29)
Stay tuned (06-29)
Another collectivist rag weighs in (06-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (06-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Angelo disputes *** Today's quotable (06-28)
Question of the day (06-28)
Munger has "exciting news," Mendoza posts very long ad (06-28)
Emanuel says Rauner has "wasted" his term (06-28)
I just can't (06-28)
Maybe not (06-28)
A look at the elected Chicago school board bill (06-28)
Caption contest! (06-28)
More like this, please (06-28)
AG Madigan announces huge VW settlement (06-28)
Rauner blasts Dems (06-28)
Scherer opponent drops out (06-28)
Rauner poll: Voters oppose CPS "bailout" (06-28)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Madigan won't say if he has the votes *** House not yet in agreement with Senate (06-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Bills filed *** Rauner unveils his stopgap plan (06-28)
SDems leak K-12 funding plan (06-28)
A look at the Chicago numbers (06-27)
Rauner looks to the South for inspiration (06-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner admin responds *** AFSCME local to hold "special strike assessment" meeting (06-27)
Question of the day (06-27)
Rauner's new favorite word (06-27)
A violence prevention program that seems to work? (06-27)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Rauner to hold press conference with mayors (06-27)
Today's quotable (06-27)
More money isn't everything (06-27)
Crain's: "By nearly every measure, the state is worse off since Rauner took office" (06-27)
More bad news (06-27)
This Is Illinois (06-27)
Duckworth case settled for fees, costs (06-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A good idea, just don't over-promise (06-27)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-24)
CUB Poll: 84% Oppose Exelon Bailout - Solar Poll: 81% Oppose Demand Charges (06-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New cable TV buys and fundraiser calendar (06-24)
Question of the day (06-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - Friends of the Parks responds *** Lucas pulls plug on museum (06-24)
"Dead. Yes, dead." (06-24)
Radogno shares some deets on stopgap, blames Chicago for holdup (06-24)
Maybe this will convince Democrats to cut a deal? (06-24)
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong (06-24)
Another way Chicago is behind the times (06-24)
More on that Cullerton meeting (06-24)
Creating a workaround for new CPS debt? (06-24)
Settlement talks in Duckworth case "initiated by the judge" (06-24)
Hostage dies (06-24)
Close on 6-month stopgap, not there yet on K-12 (06-24)
Another hostage on the brink (06-23)
*** UPDATED x3 - House will return as well *** Senate to come back next Wednesday (06-23)
CUB Poll: 84% Oppose Exelon Bailout - Solar Poll: 81% Oppose Demand Charges (06-23)
Well, that's a relief (06-23)
Question of the day (06-23)
Actively neglecting our history (06-23)
Human service "customers"? (06-23)
Thankfully, Madigan does not control the weather (06-23)
Schimpf walks it back (06-23)
Are we ignoring a huge cause of distracted driving? (06-23)
Don't get your hopes up (06-23)
State Rifle Association is on board with gun proposal (06-23)
State owes $32 million for prison utilities (06-23)
Stuff that passes for controversy (06-23)
Pat Quinn's selective memory (06-23)
Rate the new Mark Kirk TV ad (06-23)
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United Way survey finds 1 million people lost services (06-23)
Nothing is that simple (06-22)
Today's number: 900 (06-22)
Madigan basically handed them these negative stories (06-22)
Question of the day (06-22)
Franks calls out administration over Lottery issues (06-22)
Two ways of looking at it (06-22)
Kirk buying Chicago TV (06-22)
Moving the goalposts? (06-22)
Lousy idea, but a decent video (06-22)
Mt. Sterling mayor wants to organize others (06-22)
Durbin goes to bat for Sheila Simon (06-22)
Dems hit for taking break at "taxpayer's expense" (06-22)
Putting Trump's campaign money in perspective (06-22)
This isn't the answer (06-22)
Don't hold your breath (06-22)
Rauner pens another op-ed (06-22)
Bipartisan "gun reform" bill introduced (06-21)
Group claims IDOT will do "complete shutdown" on June 30 without stopgap deal (06-21)
Will he ever answer this simple question? (06-21)
Today's quotable (06-21)
A haircut for social service providers? (06-21)
Poll: 60 percent give Rauner a negative job rating (06-21)
Question of the day (06-21)
Finally, a bit of good news (06-21)
A quick break from the madness (06-21)
And yet another hostage goes down (06-21)
Contradictory messaging (06-21)
Another hostage goes down (06-21)
Mt. Sterling won't shut off water service (06-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner accuses AFSCME of running out the clock *** "The union is a dictator" (06-21)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rauner responds - ILGOP: Madigan "afraid" of his own members *** Madigan again cancels session (06-21)
Rauner lays out his minimum requirements (06-21)
Cullerton gets a hostile earful from parents (06-21)
Rauner says "collectivist economy" is "crushing" Illinois (06-21)
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Rauner: Madigan would be "dictator" if GOP loses seats (06-20)
Report: W won't be helping Kirk (06-20)
Maybe somebody ought to pick up a phone? (06-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Claypool responds *** Big announcement for FFA, but yet another call for CPS bankruptcy (06-20)
Question of the day (06-20)
Rauner gives Dan Proft group $2.5 million (06-20)
This Is Illinois (06-20)
Welcome to the future (06-20)
There's bigger fish to fry (06-20)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pfleger responds *** Rauner blames "special interests" for canceling Juneteenth event (06-20)
Mayors call school funding system "morally indefensible and a threat to the future of Illinois" (06-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP pounces *** Remap reformers file response to legal challenge (06-20)
Today's quotable (06-20)
Divided we stand (06-20)
Lots more "heroics" may be required (06-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-17)
Friday appointments announced (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Freshman takes to Twitter to repeatedly demand Mautino step aside (06-17)
Question of the day (06-17)
Illinois women hurt badly by impasse (06-17)
Because... Madigan! (06-17)
Way over the top (06-17)
Deja vu all over again (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Claps stepping down (06-17)
Another dashed dream (06-17)
Basic arithmetic is not compromise (06-17)
Unclear on the concept (06-17)
Maybe not (06-17)
Flooding the zone (06-17)
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Are they suggesting he's brainwashed? (06-16)
Question of the day (06-16)
The past is important, but the future is what matters (06-16)
Bond vigilantes still a myth (06-16)
Rose-colored glasses (06-16)
Practice what you preach, Speaker (06-16)
Map grant apps drop 13 percent (06-16)
The rent is too darned high (06-16)
Sins of omission (06-16)
Kennedy gets all flourishy (06-16)
Today's quotable (06-16)
Rauner pushes hard for transportation stopgap (06-16)
"As-is" ain't compromise (06-16)
Republicans criticized over anti-Chicago ad (06-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (06-16)
State Museum to reopen (06-16)
CREW files complaints against two "dark money" groups that have benefitted Rauner (06-15)
Question of the day (06-15)
Kane County rejects Raunerite proposal (06-15)
Three Dems slammed for the price of one (06-15)
Durbin's sound advice (06-15)
Frerichs pushes back on bond sale (06-15)
McCarter urges Rauner to sign stopgap human services bill (06-15)
Faculty unimpressed with MJM talking points (06-15)
Rauner: No special session (06-15)
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars (06-15)
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Union claims 55,000 fewer children in state program under Rauner (06-14)
The coming implosion for area agencies on aging (06-14)
Despite Trump predictions, RNC bypassing Illinois (06-14)
Question of the day (06-14)
Today's quotable (06-14)
Painting a target on her back (06-14)
Rauner briefly meets with protesters (06-14)
Rauner uses legal maneuver to expedite impasse hearing (06-14)
Simple solutions are usually neither (06-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner: No *** Finger-pointing continues while services crash and burn (06-14)
Fun with polling numbers (06-14)
Quinn pushing Chicago mayor term limits (06-14)
This Is Illinois (06-14)
Poll: Because... Madigan! (06-14)
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House Speaker again cancels session (06-13)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (06-13)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (06-10)
ComEd/Exelon: $1 Billion Guaranteed Profits On $2.4 Billion In Programs (06-10)
Rauner vetoes $3.9 billion for social services, higher ed (06-10)
Campaigning like children (06-10)
Question of the day (06-10)
Environmental group rails at AG Madigan, environmentalists (06-10)
It's just a bill... (06-10)
Haven't had an Oscar the Puppy pic in a while (06-10)
No summer school scheduled for CPS yet, while funding/progress is debated (06-10)
Because... Madigan! (06-10)
Brinksmanship over operations (06-10)
A look at a non-budget future (06-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Or not *** Lucas museum deal could be in the works (06-10)
New Jersey pension ruling won't impact Illinois (06-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Z moves to campaigns, Goldberg moves up to chief (06-10)
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S&P also lowers Illinois' ratings (06-09)
"Not an oppo dump" (06-09)
ComEd/Exelon: $1 Billion Guaranteed Profits On $2.4 Billion In Programs (06-09)
Madigan: "Rauner has created the crisis he so publicly sought" (06-09)
It's Munger's turn to take a hit over Trump (06-09)
Yep, just keep talking us up like that (06-09)
Question of the day (06-09)
Gonna be a while (06-09)
Not our biggest problem (06-09)
No longer worth the wait? (06-09)
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*** UPDATED x3 - ILGOP, Rauner blame Madigan *** State bond rating cut (06-09)
Sandack gets blunt (06-09)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Munger to hold 11 am press conference (06-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - School water tested positive for lead *** School tour derided as "stunt" (06-09)
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Locusts!!! (06-08)
Fed dollars bail out state program for pregnant women with HIV (06-08)
Question of the day (06-08)
Today's quotable (06-08)
Another hostage on the ropes (06-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Senate President Cullerton press conference (06-08)
Yeah, but it probably goes both ways (06-08)
Madigan responds to Rauner press conference (06-08)
CPS begs to differ on "Rauner's bridge to nowhere" (06-08)
Trump becomes issue in Bost's district as race may be heating up (06-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Gov. Rauner press conference (06-08)
BlackRock rages against Illinois (06-08)
Edgar: "It’s obvious what we’ve done the last year hasn’t worked" (06-08)
Good for the goose... (06-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Hillman: It isn't fixed *** Rauner wasn't wrong (06-08)
Here we go again... (06-08)
Union leader says "We are better than that" (06-08)
Pro-life critique rebutted (06-08)
8 crucial points to remember about the impasse (06-08)
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Rauner piles on Trump (06-07)
This just in... Kirk won't support Trump, calls him "un-American" - Duckworth asks what took so long (06-07)
*** UPDATED x2 - Cullerton response - Edgar weighs in *** Another day, another corruption allegation (06-07)
We should probably pay this bill (06-07)
Rauner again lashes out at Madigan, CPS and Emanuel (06-07)
That's nice, but what about the very real and ongoing emergency? (06-07)
Question of the day (06-07)
CPS rejects revised Rauner plan (06-07)
Dems unveil "Trump or Kirk" website (06-07)
Protester's "verbal assault" decried by ILGOP (06-07)
Rauner denies uptick in crime due to impasse, but that may not be the case (06-07)
Rauner blasts Attorney General Madigan (06-07)
Protesters scream obscenities at Rauner (06-07)
Illinois going back to bond markets (06-07)
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*** UPDATED x3 - Brown responds - Rauner weighs in *** House cancels Wednesday session (06-07)
Hillman: What Rauner said isn't wrong (06-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Today's raw audio (06-06)
Radogno: Taxing retirement income likely "off the table" (06-06)
Just one more contested legislative race than last time (06-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Claypool: Rauner should "apologize for his hurtful, divisive and inflammatory rhetoric" *** More back and forth (06-06)
Question of the day (06-06)
Biss and Madigan agree on tax idea (06-06)
What does he want? (06-06)
The next nightmare? (06-06)
Today's quotable (06-06)
Here we go again (06-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kennedy takes turn floating his name (06-06)
Connecting the dots (06-06)
Failing on his mandate (06-06)
Role reversals need to stop (06-06)
*** UPDATED x17 - LIVE COVERAGE *** Superintendents rip Rauner over funding, divisiveness (06-06)
Reader comments closed until Monday (06-03)
Everything old is new again (06-03)
Winters out, Hammers in (06-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Wishful thinking and hiding the ball (06-03)
Voting with their wallets? (06-03)
Another hostage can't cope (06-03)
To the numbers... (06-03)
Question of the day (06-03)
Concern trolling at its best (06-03)
One way forward (06-03)
Careful what you wish for (06-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A fall preview? (06-03)
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House Republicans launch TV ads attacking five Dem targets (06-02)
Question of the day (06-02)
Now Rauner takes the high road? (06-02)
More aggressive leadership... for Downstate (06-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CTU points fingers at city and state, but won't budge on pension pickup (06-02)
We need a coordinated response to violence (06-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - Goldberg slams Claypool - CPS responds with an insult *** Purvis demands CPS take a position on Rauner proposal (06-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Maybe not *** Today's number: 5 months (06-02)
Khan finds a new gig (06-02)
Targeted Democrat wants Mautino to step aside (06-02)
Mrs. Rauner's group upset that all leaders can't set aside differences (06-02)
Exelon again threatens to close nuke plants (06-02)
Rock Valley Credit Union Partners with PINK HEALS to Make a Difference (06-02)
"Racially tinged attacks" denounced (06-02)
Downstate non-pandering leadership tour continues (06-02)
AFSCME: Rauner's partisan attacks, candidate promo at state facilities "highly unethical" - Rauner admin flatly denies (06-01)
Rauner wants more overtime session days (06-01)
Naptime open thread (06-01)
The great uniter (06-01)
Question of the day (06-01)
No dough? No dough (06-01)
It can always get worse (06-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cassidy: Rauner "derailed" move *** A missed opportunity for bipartisan unity? (06-01)
A total mess (06-01)
The governor's "bridge" plan (06-01)
Yes, there was an uprising and some agreement (06-01)
A pox on everyone (06-01)
*** UPDATED x2 - U of I: "All options are on the table as we go forward" - Catholic Charities: "This is not a matter of politics, it is a matter of people’s lives" *** The consequences of failure (06-01)
Taking the arrows (06-01)
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