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June 2018 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (06-29)
Why has tuition increased so much? State funding cuts are a big reason (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Post-Janus service charges for non-members? (06-29)
Question of the day (06-29)
Rauner defends record on veterans, Quincy (06-29)
You can't wish this pension funding problem away, Chicago (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lots of fake news on Janus ruling (06-29)
HFS processing backlog may have killed a nursing home (06-29)
It's "Toilet Week" at the Rauner campaign (06-29)
Controversy, confusion over state's new "Change Union Membership Status" website (06-29)
Ives still snapping at Rauner (06-29)
FOP backs Pritzker: "Illinois needs a fresh start" (06-29)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-29)
Question of the day (06-28)
Rep. Conroy donates kidney, doing well in recovery (06-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Our sorry state (06-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Supreme Court paves the way for huge lawsuit against SEIU (06-28)
WIU lays off 24 teachers, eliminates 62 vacant teaching positioins (06-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Free speech or partisan politics? (06-28)
"Most of them won't be funded this year" (06-28)
Contribution caps blown in attorney general race (06-28)
Rauner campaign continues victory lap (06-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-28)
AFSCME claims CMS e-mail is "misleading" and designed to "weaken unions" (06-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to this morning's edition (06-27)
Quick hits (06-27)
Rauner apologizes, says remarks taken out of context (06-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It's just a bill (06-27)
Question of the day (06-27)
Both candidates in 12th CD race oppose Janus decision (06-27)
CMS reaches out to state employees about Janus (06-27)
From staunch allies, to bitter enemies, then back again (06-27)
Hedging his Madigan bets? (06-27)
Grafting a Stratton Building clone on to Union Station (06-27)
Unclear on most of the concepts (06-27)
Two ways of looking at it (06-27)
*** UPDATED x1 - Press conference video *** Rauner: "I am proud of what we started three years ago on behalf of state employees and taxpayers" (06-27)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rauner responds *** What happens next? (06-27)
A few highlights from the majority Janus opinion (06-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bad times ahead for public sector unions (06-27)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-27)
Janus react (06-27)
Janus wins (06-27)
Rauner extends DC trip (06-26)
Could Kash Jackson be in jail on election day? (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (06-26)
Unclear on the concept (06-26)
Biden to keynote Dem chairman's brunch (06-26)
Caption contest! (06-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More resignations (06-26)
*** UPDATED x3 - AG responds *** Disagreement over US Supreme Court's crisis pregnancy center decision (06-26)
Kash Jackson calls oppo dump "false allegations" (06-26)
Gonzales loses a round in suit against Madigan (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner badly stumbles while trying to make some valid points (06-26)
No Janus decision again today (06-26)
Rauner campaign following Pritzker around with a toilet (06-26)
Tchen joins Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access Panel (06-26)
McCann already complains about potential petition challenges (06-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-26)
Sam McCann round-up (06-25)
Caption contest! (06-25)
Does Illinois really have the highest black unemployment rate? (06-25)
Question of the day (06-25)
It's just a bill (06-25)
Close, but no cigar (06-25)
Learn something new every day (06-25)
Fact checkers and opinion checkers (06-25)
Madigan: "I don't think there is a judge in the nation, especially in Illinois, who would challenge this" (06-25)
Voting with their feet (06-25)
Addressing the teacher shortage (06-25)
*** UPDATED x3 - McCann to turn in over 60,000 signatures - Libertarians file *** McCann to submit petitions today (06-25)
Raoul slams Harold in new online ad (06-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** No Janus decision yet (06-25)
The Democrats' Madigan problem (06-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-25)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-22)
Question of the day (06-22)
School has kid slapped with felony eavesdropping charge (06-22)
AG Madigan to file lawsuit challenging "cruel and unconstitutional policy" at southern border (06-22)
Rep. Andersson tries a comeback (06-22)
CTU's Lewis to retire (06-22)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner brags he's "dramatically" reduced Medicaid enrollment, but hit on "failing" computer system (06-22)
Fitch: "The enacted budget entails significant implementation risk" (06-22)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pritzker campaign calls comments "racist" *** After Black Caucus backlash, Gov. Rauner says he's "Not surprised they're sensitive because the black legislators really have not been serving their community very well" (06-22)
Rep. Chad Hays to resign (06-22)
The local news memory hole (06-22)
No Janus ruling today (06-22)
Police chiefs want Rauner to veto hemp bill (06-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner campaign responds *** New Pritzker TV ad blames Rauner for job losses to neighboring states (06-22)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-22)
Feds OK safety net hospital plan (06-21)
Motion to place SIU's Dunn on leave fails (06-21)
On teacher salaries, Rauner says answer is mandate relief (06-21)
Yingling launches targeted cable ad buy for Lake County Assessor bill (06-21)
Poll: Pritzker leads Rauner by nine points (06-21)
Our sorry state (06-21)
*** UPDATED 4x *** Illinois to benefit from Supreme Court ruling in online sales tax case (06-21)
Rate the Ad: Pritzker's "Silent Partner" (06-21)
*** UPDATED 1x - Pritzker responds *** Rauner up with "Pritzker Plumbing" billboards (06-21)
They're here (06-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-21)
Lawmakers eviscerate CPS for sexual abuse of students at hands of teachers, staff (06-20)
Black Caucus strikes back at Rauner for yesterday’s claims on WVON (06-20)
Governor appoints new Human Rights Commission exec (06-20)
*** UPDATED 1 *** Did he actually say anything? (06-20)
Sanguinetti says she’s not ruling out run for governor (06-20)
With $500 million in state support, UI-led research institute officially underway in Chicago (06-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-20)
*** UPDATED x5 Bourne, ILGOP responds, Clark was on Rauner payroll in '14, Manar, Clark respond *** 95th District Dem candidate touts embellished record as volunteer firefighter (06-20)
Rauner calls on White House to end child separations at U.S. Southern border (06-19)
Pritzker campaign, Campaign Workers Guild clash over intern compensation (06-19)
Possible sale of Lincoln artifacts gets national attention (06-19)
Uihlein gives $1.5 million to Liberty Principles PAC (06-19)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Rauner claims he’s done more for black people than any other governor (06-19)
Does Walgreens post office move mean the end of HQ2 bid? (06-19)
*** UPDATED 4x - Pritzker buys FB ads, Rauner responds, a correction *** Gov campaigns, Illinois Congressionals respond to border policy (06-19)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-19)
*** UPDATED 1x - Pritzker hits back *** Rauner goes statewide with “Porcelain Prince” ad buy (06-19)
Medical marijuana expansion bill to be released (06-18)
Madigan taps Maggie Hickey for independent investigation of House (06-18)
New photos of the Executive Mansion, and some vintage ones (06-18)
Question of the Day (06-18)
Wisconsin gerrymandering case punted by Supreme Court (06-18)
Morrison defends his handling of SVP arrested twice for child sex crimes (06-18)
Rauner campaign launches two new initiatives (06-18)
Adventures in data governing (06-18)
*** UPDATED 1x - SIU Board to meet on Dunn *** Higher ed group to continue working this summer (06-18)
*** UPDATED x4 *** State Senate candidate once dressed up in blackface for Halloween (06-18)
Brady says GOP leveraged balanced budget from nervous Dems (06-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-18)
Politifact rates Rauner Legionnaires' claim 'False' (06-18)
Former 'Chicago Tonight' host Elizabeth Brackett has died (06-17)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-15)
DHFS interim director chosen to replace Norwood (06-15)
Blandford named Executive Mansion Curator (06-15)
M-E Dems back Madigan's handling of #MeToo allegations (06-15)
The Cook County-est news items of the week (06-15)
Stones, glass houses, etc. (06-15)
THIS JUST IN: Tabares to become to new 23rd Ward alderman (06-15)
P. Scott Neville, Jr. sworn in as Illinois Supreme Court justice (06-15)
*** UPDATED 3x *** Rauner claims unpaid bills at $10B when he took office (06-15)
CAPTION CONTEST! (06-15)
Rauner's office responds to flood waters questions (06-15)
McCann talks supporting Trump, Rauner buying GOP (06-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-15)
Statewide unemployment rate down (06-15)
Mary Morrissey appointed Chief Operating Officer at DPI (06-14)
Question of the day… (06-14)
*** UPDATED 1x *** Rauner campaign responds; Top Madigan lawyer takes over for Mapes as treasurer for Dem fund and MJM fund (06-14)
DGA hits Rauner over Quincy flood waters claim (06-14)
*** UPDATED 2x *** Pritzker responds to Rauner response; Rauner responds; Pritzker hits Rauner for "very proud" remark (06-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-14)
While you were sleeping (06-14)
Question of the day (06-13)
It's just a bill (06-13)
Women Senators call on caucus leaders to be "leaders of change" (06-13)
I actually think they're serious (06-13)
People are grumpy, and rightly so (06-13)
*** UPDATED x4 - MJM, Rep. Cassidy respond - Could Quinn's statement kill a deal? - Hampton attorney responds *** Kevin Quinn tells his side as Alaina Hampton's attorneys go to court (06-13)
AFSCME declares another victory over Rauner on step increases (06-13)
President Trump is 22 points underwater in Illinois poll (06-13)
Rodney Davis still haunted by shooting (06-13)
Rauner touts anti-corruption stance (06-13)
Mayor Emanuel rejects the "Madigan question" (06-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-13)
Question of the day (06-12)
Sanguinetti ties Blagojevich to Pritzker (06-12)
Rauner promises "big capital bill" in the next six months (06-12)
Basham announces first steps in new role as chief (06-12)
Rotheimer claims she filed ARDC beefs against Madigan, Cullerton and the LIG, among others (06-12)
Rate Rauner's new digital ad (06-12)
Rauner's State of the State guest from Quincy veterans' home dies (06-12)
Hampton, Wallace say they want to be DPI executive director (06-12)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-12)
The little foundation that couldn't (06-11)
Question of the day (06-11)
Illinois Republican congressmen ask Trump to oppose clemency for Blagojevich (06-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Addendum to today's edition (06-11)
Ives uses #MeToo presser to showcase some of Proft's candidates (06-11)
Durbin takes credit for all-female DPI panel to find Mapes replacement (06-11)
Today's number: 12,935 apples (06-11)
National Dems, Repubs boast about new ad buys (06-11)
Moody's: Pension buyout plan is credit positive, poses "modest budget risk" (06-11)
Brady's budget claims explained (06-11)
It's just a bill (06-11)
Suddenly, the mayor's race looks very different (06-11)
Was Rauner's introduced budget better than the one he signed? (06-11)
Can Madigan change 20+ years of behavior? (06-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-11)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-08)
A little Friday snarkiness (06-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (06-08)
Question of the day (06-08)
Way to build employee confidence there, Ed (06-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraising calendars (06-08)
Save the date: Illinois vs. Missouri legislative softball game is June 14th (06-08)
It's just a bill (06-08)
Search committee selected to pick Mapes DPI replacement (06-08)
State child care assistance program in tatters (06-08)
Rauner to re-announce major infrastructure project in DC (06-08)
Are we blaming the wrong thing? (06-08)
Mixed messages (06-08)
We've reached another campaign finance milestone (06-08)
Too little, too late for Ed Burke? (06-08)
A slow-motion disaster (06-08)
Amid feeding frenzy, media repeats old news as fresh (06-08)
"We believed Ken Dunkin would continue his commitment to public service" (06-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-08)
"They want us to be afraid to come forward" (06-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More drama at SIU (06-07)
Question of the day (06-07)
Uihlein gives thumbs up to Proft, Tillman (06-07)
House Democratic Women's Caucus to launch "Representing Respect" (06-07)
Quinn says "mighty" effort needed to get mayoral term limits question on ballot (06-07)
*** UPDATED x1- "I'm not resigning" *** Dunkin isn't going away (06-07)
Lather, rinse, repeat (06-07)
Pritzker launches second, negative TV ad (06-07)
Is the end near for Madigan? (06-07)
Noted (06-07)
Rauner recycles another Blagojevich ad from the primary (06-07)
Sherri Garrett responds to Mapes' resignation (06-06)
Madigan: Mapes resigned "at my direction" (06-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sen. McConnaughay won't seek reelection (06-06)
Rauner calls on Dunkin to resign from MWRD (06-06)
Mapes coverage roundup (06-06)
Pritzker calls on Mapes to be suspended, fired (06-06)
Rep. Kelly Cassidy on Sherri Garrett: "Folks should feel safer coming forward" (06-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Political events calendar (06-06)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Tim Mapes named in harassment allegations (06-06)
Turnabout is fair play (06-06)
Infant mortality rate gap has narrowed between blacks and whites, but big problems remain (06-06)
Downstate secessionist rails against "northern liberal oppression" (06-06)
Rauner campaign releases new version of TV ad that aired during primary (06-06)
House employee will come forward today "about repeated sexual harassment in Springfield" (06-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-06)
Madigan featured in online congressional ad (06-05)
Question of the day (06-05)
Rauner campaign demands release of all Blagojevich wiretap tapes (06-05)
The Rauner campaign in a nutshell (06-05)
Rauner denies being "disingenuous" about tax hike (06-05)
In which I agree with Todd Maisch (06-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Empty bragging or a vow to buy an election? (06-05)
It's just a bill (06-05)
S&P keeps Illinois one notch above junk status... for now (06-05)
Another DCFS disaster exposed (06-05)
*** UPDATED x3 - Blagojevich files paperwork - Pritzker, Rauner weigh in *** Blagojevich begs for the mercy he rarely provided others (06-05)
Manar launches first TV ad (06-05)
Batinick defends new pension law (06-05)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-05)
Rauner, Pritzker release first TV ads of the general election (06-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Late afternoon campaign updates (06-04)
Director Norwood to leave Rauner administration (06-04)
Rauner going up on TV tomorrow (06-04)
Question of the day (06-04)
Durbin supports reducing Blagojevich's sentence (06-04)
NuMark Credit Union Volunteers at Northern Illinois Food Bank (06-04)
"A much-needed return of stability" (06-04)
Good news for social media users: Pritzker finally retires ubiquitous ad (06-04)
Now that it's signed... (06-04)
The case for state regulation of gun dealers (06-04)
Dems respond to Rauner signing budget (06-04)
Caption contest! (06-04)
Today's number: $2,387.28 (06-04)
Durkin overcame numerous obstacles and got things done (06-04)
Let this one play itself out (06-04)
Easy money (06-04)
My favorite weekend tweets (06-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-04)
*** UPDATED x2 - ILGOP responds *** Pritzker pumps $25 million into campaign fund, gives million to Madigan committee (06-02)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-01)
Yay, bypass! Yay, bypass! (06-01)
Question of the day (06-01)
It's just a bill (06-01)
Read. Every. Single. Word. (06-01)
A look back at the 1982 ERA fight (06-01)
Has Rauner learned a lesson? (06-01)
What a weird, exhausting day (06-01)
New Pritzker digital ad mocks Rauner's Cubs ad (06-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-01)

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