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June 2020 Posts

724 new cases, 23 additional deaths, 2.6 percent positivity rate (06-30)
Bustos on the hot seat (06-30)
Maybe find another funding source? (06-30)
Question of the day (06-30)
Federal judge appears skeptical of GOP arguments (06-30)
Licensing delay could be "catastrophic" for some applicants (06-30)
¯_(ツ)_/¯ (06-30)
Just another reminder that the days of learning election results on election day are over (06-30)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Harvard study: Illinois one of just 17 states conducting enough COVID-19 tests (06-30)
Study: Unionized hospitals were better prepared for pandemic (06-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Federal judge sends Bailey case back to Clay County (06-30)
CDC official: "This is really the beginning" (06-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Millions unmasked march" planned for late July (06-30)
Open thread (06-30)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-30)
ISP has probed 11 violent threats against Pritzker (06-29)
738 new cases, 14 additional deaths, 2.7 percent positivity rate (06-29)
Rate the Pritzker response ads (06-29)
We're number one, and for a change that's a good thing (06-29)
Caption contest! (06-29)
Move beyond the slogans to focus on what works (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Was reopening bars a mistake? (06-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - React to today’s edition (06-29)
Question of the day (06-29)
AAP issues recommendations for reopening schools (06-29)
National Guard's top general: "Treating every member of our organization with dignity and respect starts with listening and compassion" (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Duckworth gets her moment in the sun (06-29)
Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Lightfoot rebuke President Trump (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Prepare for return fire (06-29)
Open thread (06-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (06-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-29)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-29)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-26)
857 new cases, 39 additional deaths (06-26)
Question of the day (06-26)
Don't believe everything you read (06-26)
AG responds to ILGOP lawsuit (06-26)
There oughta be a law (06-26)
Restaurant owners seeing light at the end of the tunnel, but hotel owners are gloomy (06-26)
Harmon to give away FOP contribution, won't accept more (06-26)
Open thread (06-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-26)
Today's quotable (06-25)
Gaming to resume on July 1 (06-25)
Pritzker says all regions will advance to Phase 4 tomorrow - Cass County in warning zone - Pritzker speaks of friend he lost to virus - Talks about what could happen if cases spike again - Cass County spike is meat-packing plant - Warns young people - Will extend evictions moratorium, but open to talks - "We're taking this as it comes" - Will maintain federal sites with federal money already received - Will not delay minimum wage hike - Implies Lightfoot is defying Phase 4 crowd regulations - Reiterates support for police reforms - Commends Gaming Board - Calls virus numbers "stable" - Says he is trusting Illinoisans to make smart decisions - Warns going backward would be "terrible for business" - Dodges question about why IDES director doesn't speak at briefings - Didn't need GAO report to know he was right about PPE mess (06-25)
894 new cases, 41 additional deaths (06-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lightfoot appears to defy a state crowd-size limit (06-25)
Who's bluffing whom? (06-25)
State survey of Cook County estimates $20 million in damages "due to recent civil unrest" (06-25)
July could be a key month for the state's beleagured budget (06-25)
Question of the day (06-25)
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will reopen next week with new exhibit (06-25)
Rate the Illinois Rising Action TV ad (06-25)
1.48 million Americans, 46,005 Illlinoisans file for unemployment benefits (06-25)
Rep. Bailey: "We don’t want a new normal. We want the old normal" (06-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (06-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Landlords file suit against Pritzker to allow resumption of evictions (06-25)
Augie's Front Burner to close (06-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-25)
Legislators ask Pritzker to stop General Iron's move to the South Side from Lincoln Park (06-24)
Caption contest! (06-24)
715 new cases, 64 additional deaths (06-24)
Pritzker says state will maintain testing sites in face of federal funding cut-off (06-24)
Question of the day (06-24)
Open thread (06-24)
Please, wear a mask (06-24)
DeVore: "I’d love nothing more to get the governor on the stand" (06-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dems, Repubs push Pritzker on non-profit funding (06-24)
Teachers' unions not thrilled with Pritzker's reopening plan (06-24)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-24)
Pritzker announces education reopening guidelines (06-23)
601 new cases, 38 additional deaths (06-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Movie theater owners say Pritzker's new guidelines will make it difficult to reopen (06-23)
Question of the day (06-23)
Among the country's ten largest cities, Chicago has the most police officers per capita and most murders per capita (06-23)
More bad news for Illinois, with one very tiny bright spot (06-23)
Illinois Supreme Court to hire Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the judicial branch (06-23)
Third party and independent candidates score a win at appellate level (06-23)
Let's be careful out there (06-23)
Some Illinois Republicans skittish about attending national convention (06-23)
Illinois facing critical shortage of blood (06-23)
Open thread (06-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (06-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-23)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-23)
462 new cases, 26 additional deaths (06-22)
Question of the day (06-22)
Good news, bad news (06-22)
Michael Camerer (06-22)
Pritzker administration pushes back against GOP legislator's cover-up claim: "Conspiracy theories serve absolutely no purpose" (06-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rep. Bailey, other Eastern Bloc members meet with Willie Wilson to talk reparations (I did not make that up) (06-22)
ILGOP says Kilbride "should be ashamed" for siding with Chicago FOP in disciplinary records destruction case (06-22)
C'mon, AP (06-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Please, don't let your guard down (06-22)
In-person fundraising about to restart (06-22)
Open thread (06-22)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Breaking news and a supplement to today's edition (06-19)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-19)
Question of the day (06-19)
692 new cases, 44 additional deaths (06-19)
COVID-19 roundup (06-19)
"Illinois is what I would call a quasi-slave state" (06-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Limited outdoor visitation now allowed for long-term care facilities (06-19)
Study finds early release program tilted in favor of white inmates, but over-sentencing could be to blame (06-19)
Sun-Times demands budget cuts (06-19)
Black and brown people are being hit coming and going (06-19)
Dr. Ezike on handshakes: "Between a year and never again" (06-19)
Open thread (06-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-19)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-19)
AG Raoul talks about what he's gone through so far (06-18)
593 new cases, 55 additional deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 3 percent (06-18)
Deloitte sued over Illinois data "glitch" (06-18)
Question of the day (06-18)
Meanwhile, in Opposite Land (06-18)
New pro-Pritzker coalition forms as Chicago biz group unveils its own reopening plan (06-18)
Because... Madigan! (06-18)
Illinois Supreme Court: State laws trump union contracts (06-18)
44,639 new unemployment claims filed in Illinois last week (06-18)
Unclear on the concept (06-18)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Frerichs steps on third rail (06-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CTU slammed for "clearly racist" tweet (06-18)
State agrees to pandemic pay bump for nurses (06-18)
More charges against Arroyo? (06-18)
Open thread (06-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-18)
Bobby Molaro (06-17)
546 new cases, 87 additional deaths (06-17)
Pritzker unveils $900 million effort for rental/mortgage assistance, business grants, poverty alleviation (06-17)
Question of the day (06-17)
COVID-19 roundup (06-17)
ComEd's legal tab quadruples during probe (06-17)
New law, new rules (06-17)
False alarm: BoS Center employee during special session did not test positive (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker concedes to Jacobson (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** ILGOP lawsuit: "Political parties are for political expression what churches are for religious expression" (06-17)
Open thread (06-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** AG Kwame Raoul tests positive for COVID-19 (06-16)
I need a couple more days (06-15)
It's break time (06-05)
Pritzker says legislature needs a plan before returning for a special session - Supports concept of requiring a special prosecutor for all officer-involved deaths - Points to lessening violence - Repeats call for federal assistance for state and local governments - Hospitalization numbers two to three weeks after start of protests will show whether demonstrations caused a spike - Talks challenges of reopening casinos - Talks summer school - Asks Scott County residents to be careful - More assistance coming for small businesses - "Hard to second guess when you're in a dynamic environment" (06-05)
1,156 new cases, 59 additional deaths (06-05)
ACLU of Illinois wants end to all local curfews (06-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (06-05)
Question of the day (06-05)
Demmer slams Pritzker small business program as inadequate (06-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AG Raoul opens up to employees: "I'm angry" (06-05)
Lightfoot talks about policing: No vigilantes, cops must wear masks, be respectful of citizens, but police will remain in schools and CPD won't be "defunded" (06-05)
Peaceful Black Lives Matter protests pop up in some surprising places (06-05)
I am not my brothers' keeper (06-05)
I'm not sure that Scott County should be rejoicing (06-05)
Open thread (06-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-05)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-05)
Pritzker sends message to all state workers on George Floyd aftermath (06-04)
No, Antifa is not plotting to invade Sparta (06-04)
New Pritzker EO suspends in-person creation of sports betting accounts (06-04)
ISBE and IDPH release new summer school guidance (06-04)
Here comes another lawsuit (06-04)
Rep. Ford explains his EO demand (06-04)
929 new cases, 116 additional deaths (06-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Feds subpoena lobbying records of former Rep. Acevedo, sons (06-04)
Question of the day (06-04)
Some people will believe anything on social media (06-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Larry Walsh (06-04)
Harmon issues statement to "amplify" and "support" Black Caucus voices, efforts (06-04)
If you want a test, you can now get one (06-04)
Everyone has their own priorities (even good priorities) (06-04)
SoS White brings his workforce back, but other constitutionals have yet to follow suit (06-04)
1.9 million Americans, 46,522 Illinoisans filed for unemployment benefits last week (06-04)
Pritzker adds five counties to disaster proclamation (06-04)
Open thread (06-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-04)
982 new cases, 97 additional deaths (06-03)
Is anybody out there? (06-03)
Base revenues fell $341 million in May, but income tax plunge vastly slowed (06-03)
Some people will believe anything on social media (06-03)
Attempts to heal (06-03)
Black Caucus lays out some of its agenda (06-03)
Oberweis wants expanded mail-in ballot program (06-03)
Today's must-read (06-03)
Testing sites reopening (06-03)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Three House Black Caucus members call for special legislative session (06-03)
Open thread (06-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-03)
Illinois will be first state to borrow from Federal Reserve (06-02)
Pritzker, Preckwinkle, Cupich call for peace, reforms (06-02)
S&P: Latest state budget "continues to be precariously balanced" (06-02)
Question of the day (06-02)
1,614 new cases, 113 additional deaths (06-02)
IGPA conducts poll of experts on pandemic response (06-02)
Lightfoot on Trump Insurrection Act threat: "This is a man who likes to bluster" (06-02)
Your moment of Zen (06-02)
Chicago forges ahead (06-02)
Rumors and looters (06-02)
Violence flared in Cicero and Naperville last night (06-02)
Peaceful marches after turbulent weekend (06-02)
Open thread (06-02)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-02)
I'll be back tomorrow (06-01)
ISP Director: Job is to allow people to be heard and not be drowned out by crime - "We've had requests for assistance from every part of the state" - No indication "of an organized structured group" - More ramp closures than anyone can recall - Says "different tone and tenor" today, and "we hope it stays that way" - Limitations of ILEAS prompts resource shifting - "This is different than other protests" - "We have to be different" - Three regions - "We are going to be ready for anything and we are ready for anything" (06-01)
Pritzker calls up 250 more IL National Guard members, deploys 300 more ISP troopers for areas outside Chicago - Issues disaster proclamation for 9 counties - Says Trump has"fanned the flames instead of bringing peace and calm" - Chicago requested "limited role" for National Guard - Of Trump: "I really think it is time to call for calm" - All community-based COVID-19 testing sites closed - "We're being responsive as municipalities have asked us to step in" - "I don't want to dominate peaceful protesters who have legitimate grievances" - On Trump spat: "I think people should know what we stand for" - ISP has "several different missions" - Disaster declaration gives flexibility (06-01)
Rep. Maurice West has an 8-point plan (06-01)
A quick programming note (06-01)
Question of the day (06-01)
974 new cases, 23 additional deaths (06-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** ISP seals off expressway exits (06-01)
Some dummies will believe absolutely anything they see on social media (06-01)
A quick look around (06-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Not sure what to even say about this (06-01)
Rep. Chris Welch outlines a way forward (06-01)
Statehouse, SoS offices to close today ahead of BLM rally (06-01)
Jacobson sues (06-01)
Looking for something to do? (06-01)
We need a national system (06-01)
With mandates off, pray for common sense (06-01)
Open thread (06-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (06-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (06-01)

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