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June 2019 Posts

Zero details after Pritzker, Lightfoot meet (06-29)
Martwick to the Senate, Mayor Stephens to the House (06-29)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-28)
Question of the day (06-28)
Pritzker says the majority of infrastructure money goes to Downstate (06-28)
Motor Fuel tax coverage roundup (06-28)
Pritzker signs Rebuild Illinois into law (06-28)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Pritzker not receptive to Lightfoot's huge state bailout proposal (06-28)
Open thread (06-28)
Freedom isn't free (06-28)
Lake County could block video gaming expansion (06-28)
Another way of looking at the issue (06-28)
Sound advice (06-28)
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SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (06-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (06-27)
Pritzker plans fly-around to highlight new capital bill (06-27)
Group to host public forum on private wealth's role in funding public service (06-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (06-27)
Durkin to Sterigenics: Nope (06-27)
ISP lays out its training, regulatory and enforcement roles on the new cannabis law (06-27)
SCOTUS: Courts have no role in regulating partisan gerrymandering (06-27)
Slow down, Speed Racer (06-27)
Unclear on the concept (06-27)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-27)
Tribune: FBI raids Kevin Quinn's house (06-26)
Question of the day (06-26)
How the expungement/pardon process will work (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Reformer criticizes Pritzker for not using tax money to fly to public events (06-26)
Our sorry state (06-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fun with numbers (06-26)
What's next for cannabis? (06-26)
President Preckwinkle wants another term (06-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-26)
Question of the day (06-25)
Cannabis roundup (06-25)
Open thread (06-25)
Time to rethink legislative replacement process? (06-25)
6,700 more students will receive MAP grants (06-25)
"Our worst fears have been realized" (06-25)
Home health care workers receive back pay approved in 2017 (06-25)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-25)
Lightfoot advice (06-24)
Question of the day (06-24)
Is this really the best we can do? (06-24)
Not exactly employee of the year (06-24)
"If anything is good, more is better" (06-24)
Cochran gets a year and a day (06-24)
Cullerton explains why Dems got more member projects than the GOP (06-24)
About 18 percent of public employee retirees move out of state (06-24)
Today's number: 30 years (06-24)
That is so Illinois (06-24)
AFSCME members ratify new state contract (06-24)
Everything you ever wanted to know about Kelly Cassidy (06-24)
A missed opportunity (06-24)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-24)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-21)
Could this be part of what the feds are looking at? (06-21)
Question of the day (06-21)
New laws impose "strictest limits in the nation on ethylene oxide emissions" (06-21)
Pritzker signs immigration bills (06-21)
Could Bluhm's Lightfoot ties help his city casino bid? (06-21)
Union drives ahead for cannabis industry (06-21)
Census roundup (06-21)
Soaring property values drive up tax bills in parts of city (06-21)
What the heck is going on in Winnebago County? (06-21)
Open thread (06-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-21)
Chairman Tracy steps down from Gaming Board (06-20)
Liberal Pritzker and conservative Batinick agree on pension proposal (06-20)
Question of the day (06-20)
Fun with numbers (06-20)
Today's must-read (06-20)
Pritzker touts his "rational, pragmatic, progressive agenda" to biz leaders (06-20)
Chicago metro area gets older, less white (06-20)
Wind NIMBYs lose a big one (06-20)
Rare Lincoln bible obtained by ALPLM (06-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update (06-20)
Oberweis apologizes for "token white male" email (06-20)
Neville kicks off Supreme Court race (06-20)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-20)
Question of the day (06-19)
It's (still) just a bill (06-19)
Just own it, dude (06-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** FBI raids Ald. Austin's ward office (06-19)
Fun with numbers (06-19)
The hollowing out of state government (06-19)
Lightfoot pushes back against critics (06-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (06-19)
Two Bradys, two rhetorical approaches (06-19)
Justice Burke under fire again for appointments (06-19)
Crosstown open thread (06-19)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-19)
IDNR Director Callahan abruptly resigns state central committeewoman post (06-18)
Open thread (06-18)
Question of the day (06-18)
IL PIRG: "You can’t build your way out of congestion" (06-18)
Today's must-read (06-18)
Rhode Island gives pension-cutters a ray of hope here (06-18)
McAuliffe and Mulroe roundup (06-18)
Unintended consequences (06-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (06-18)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-18)
Question of the day (06-17)
Tribune breaks four-year silence (06-17)
Crosstown open thread (06-17)
All's well that ends well (06-17)
Last Republican Chicago legislator resigns after 23 years (06-17)
Rainbow flag flies over Statehouse for first time (06-17)
IDNR director now a state party committeewoman (06-17)
Today's must-read (06-17)
Maisch: Tale of two sessions (06-17)
Solving this will require more than platitudes (06-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-17)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-14)
Open thread (06-14)
Fun with numbers (06-14)
Illinois tried tightening up religious exemption for vaccinations, but failed (06-14)
Feds finding it difficult to staff Thomson prison (06-14)
Ald. Ervin appears to hand Justice Burke a win (06-14)
Congressional candidate praises sponsors for making tax hike "happen," then blasts opponent who voted for it (06-14)
WIU president leaves amid chaos (06-14)
Rep. Reick shoots back at the capital bill naysayers (06-14)
Moody's: Budget, capital bills "credit positive" for local governments, schools (06-14)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-14)
Sen. Mulroe heads to the judiciary (06-13)
AFSCME tentative contract details leaked (06-13)
Question of the day (06-13)
Andersson lands at HRC, Ruiz to become CBA president (06-13)
Cannabis roundup (06-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Super-minority of super-minority throws colleagues under the bus (06-13)
Report: Rezin turned down US Senate bid to challenge Underwood (06-13)
Fun with numbers (06-13)
RHA roundup (06-13)
NHL open thread (06-13)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-13)
Sick day (06-12)
Question of the day (06-11)
Ideas Illinois poll shows support slipping for graduated income tax (06-11)
Because... Pickleball! (06-11)
A quick look at the budget (06-11)
The very definition of "polarized" (06-11)
Let's be careful out there (06-11)
Tribune editorial board member compares Republican legislative leaders to Nazi collaborators (06-11)
Today's quotable (06-11)
"Just because you can pass a bill doesn’t always mean that you should" (06-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (06-07)
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Reader comments closed until Tuesday (06-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Willie Wilson to blast Pritzker spending plan (06-06)
Somebody isn't telling the truth (06-06)
Question of the day (06-06)
Floodtown, Illinois (06-06)
Unforced error by BPIA™ (06-06)
No good deed goes unpunished (06-06)
Higher minimum wage prompts demand from social service providers (06-06)
Capital bill roundup (06-06)
Eliminating a flawed reform? (06-06)
Springfield bishop lashes out at Madigan, Cullerton over abortion bill (06-06)
Major League Baseball open thread (06-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-06)
Durkin says graduated tax will allow Dems to "pickpocket more money from Illinois families and businesses" (06-05)
Question of the day (06-05)
"You need to be able to discern the difference between someone's posturing and what they really need" (06-05)
Budget roundup (06-05)
David Harris talks about what he's learned so far (06-05)
Musical interlude: "Truckin'" (06-05)
Pritzker to sign budget, tax rate implementation legislation today (06-05)
Fun with numbers (06-05)
Wake of the Flood (06-05)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-05)
Question of the day (06-04)
Pritzker won't take the populist bait on legislative pay raises (06-04)
How the infrastructure money will be spent (06-04)
Hampton wants CTU ordered to turn over documents (06-04)
Not everyone is as corrupt as Ed Burke (06-04)
ILGOP chairman throws Republicans under the bus (06-04)
Where should a Chicago casino go? (06-04)
It's just a bill (06-04)
How much will gaming expansion really raise? (06-04)
Open thread (06-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-04)
Cannabis legalization to create "hiring boom" with unionized workers (06-03)
This "fleeing the state" thing has finally jumped the shark (06-03)
Question of the day (06-03)
Gaming roundup (06-03)
Signs of the times (06-03)
Repeal of year-old limit on some state teacher pension liability slipped into the BIMP (06-03)
Freeloadin' and proud of it (06-03)
Changes are coming for online sellers, buyers (06-03)
Pritzker's wins (06-03)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-03)
Pritzker totals up his wins (06-02)
Legislators in line for first pay raise in eleven years (06-02)
800 Solar Projects Waitlisted Across Illinois Because Of The Renewable Funding Cliff (06-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** With LiveStream down, BlueRoomStream to broadcast on Facebook (06-02)
Budget, capital, gaming roundup (06-02)
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*** UPDATED *** Sunday legislative cheat sheet (06-02)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-02)
Madigan, Durkin release statements on end of session (06-01)
*** UPDATED x5 *** House passes budget, capital, gaming package (06-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Lightfoot confirms *** Gov. Pritzker says he's reached an understanding with Mayor Lightfoot on sports betting (06-01)
*** UPDATED x2 - Easily passes House *** Chronic pain, migraines, IBS, other ailments could be added to medical cannabis program (06-01)
Ives: "Stop this bill from being Bi-Partisan" (06-01)
$40K minimum teacher salary mandate clears both chambers (06-01)
RHA roundup (06-01)
Updated cheat sheet on the big stuff (06-01)
"Fix the FOID" stalls in Senate (06-01)
Goodbye and good riddance to this debate (06-01)
Budget, capital, gaming roundup (06-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** House session delayed until noon today (06-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-01)

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