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July 2009 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (07-31)
This just in... Bond is out (07-31)
Guv "details" budget cuts - 2,552 headcount reduction (07-31)
Hamos makes mistake, Birkett may change mind and Kirk's secret tour (07-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Not a good sign (07-31)
Question of the day (07-31)
Newspaper hypocrisy (07-31)
Dillard flip-flops on video poker, and other campaign news (07-31)
Morning Shorts (07-31)
All sorts of weirdness (07-30)
Question of the day (07-30)
Fun with graphs (07-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Should campaign have posted while candidate was on duty? (07-30)
Oy (07-30)
Morning Shorts (07-30)
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This just in... (07-29)
Trouble in paradise? (07-29)
Question of the day (07-29)
A few Hamos strengths and weaknesses (07-29)
Politics and the budget (07-29)
Polling secrets (07-29)
Lessons that must be learned (07-29)
Morning Shorts (07-29)
Question of the day (07-28)
Campaign 2010 roundup (07-28)
Will Quinn "save" pre-school program? (07-28)
Unsolicited advice (07-28)
Mikva wants all trustees to resign (07-28)
Morning Shorts (07-28)
Absolutely fabulous (07-27)
Hynes and Quinn go at it again (07-27)
Musical chairs (07-27)
Hamos in for the 10th (07-27)
Question of the day (07-27)
Campaign 2010 roundup (07-27)
Giannoulias launches campaign (07-27)
A dizzying tide of red ink (07-27)
Morning shorts (07-27)
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Watch Alexi Giannoulias' US Senate campaign kick-off (07-26)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (07-24)
Hynes campaign shoots back (07-24)
First shot fired in Dem primary - Group claims $10.3 billion deficit for next year (07-24)
Quinn: "I plan to run" (07-24)
Question of the day (07-24)
Tribune slants the story and hides the facts (07-24)
Rollback to be vetoed, decriminalization won't (07-24)
Hynes to jump in, Quinn can't admit mistakes (07-24)
Perfection and politics (07-24)
MARK BUEHRLE PITCHES PERFECT GAME!!! (07-23)
Question of the day (07-23)
Changes coming to reform bill? (07-23)
Coulson mulls, Cronin announces, O'Brien says he's in and much more (07-23)
The world won't end (07-23)
Morning Shorts (07-23)
Question of the day (07-22)
This time it's the schools (07-22)
Kennedy rumors, Daley gushings, big bucks and a possible Kirk flip-flop (07-22)
Mikva asks about "Indian Mafia" (07-22)
Hooray for the Cook County Board! Boos to Todd Stroger! (07-22)
Morning shorts (07-22)
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Giannoulias to kick off Senate campaign this Sunday (07-21)
This just in... (07-21)
Question of the day - With a prize for the winner (07-21)
Seals jumps into the 10th CD race (07-21)
Stroger's past debt and bleak future (07-21)
Can Quinn catch up? (07-21)
Garrett out, Hamos may jump in, Link mulls it and the Repubs look for a savior (07-21)
Morning shorts (07-21)
Kirk's roll-out couldn't have been better (07-21)
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Unsolicited advice (07-20)
*** UPDATE: QUINN RAISED $860,000 *** Question of the day (07-20)
Light shined on shroomlike behavior (07-20)
2010 campaign roundup (07-20)
Kicking the can down the road (07-20)
Red herrings and lack of context (07-20)
Morning shorts (07-20)
Did all those grisly crimes really happen at Burr Oak? (07-18)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (07-17)
Jack Franks raised $1.3 million - Blagojevich empties out campaign fund (07-17)
Newspaper welfare (07-17)
Question of the day (07-17)
Realities behind the video poker hype (07-17)
That funding is not what it appears (07-17)
Hastert's poor showing, Proft on caddying lessons, plus lots more political stuff (07-17)
WLS embarrasses itself yet again (07-17)
Morning shorts (07-17)
Evening video: Quinn's presser (07-16)
Lackluster Bond numbers, strong Hynes, Rutherford numbers and Giannoulias tries a setup on Kirk (07-16)
This just in... Unemployment rises to 10.3 percent (07-16)
Today's must-see video (07-16)
Question of the day (07-16)
This just in... More trouble ahead (07-16)
Did campaign politics kill Burr Oak bill? (07-16)
Quinn: "I think I'm doing a fine job" (07-16)
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Morning shorts (07-16)
Late Night Videos (07-15)
Senate passes pension note plan (07-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sen. Meeks off the temporary budget (07-15)
Whitney trying again (07-15)
This just in... (07-15)
Kirk set to announce statewide run (07-15)
Question of the day (07-15)
Wheeler hits a home run (07-15)
Dart, Topinka and Rutherford all praised (07-15)
Court rules parental notice law should be enforced (07-15)
Borrow and spend (07-15)
Morning Shorts (07-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Miller; Murphy; Fritchey; Schoenberg; Flowers (07-15)
DO THE RIGHT THING – FIX IT BEFORE IT GETS WORSE! (07-15)
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Evening Video from the Leaders Meeting (07-14)
A very dumb idea (07-14)
Leaders meeting ends, nothing resolved yet, but talks were "positive" says Cross (07-14)
My Jawbone is busted (07-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY- Budget docs; Franks; Taxes; Nekritz; Ethics (07-14)
Question of the day (07-14)
Bad day for Giannoulias and Kirk (07-14)
REPOSTED: This just in... (07-14)
A look at the week ahead (07-14)
Last night's "Chicago Tonight" (07-14)
Morning shorts (07-14)
Stupid human tricks (07-13)
Question of the day (07-13)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Quinn signs capital bills (07-13)
Crime, punishment and ethics (07-13)
Cemetery thoughts (07-13)
*** UPDATE: McKenna bows to Kirk *** Kirk's snit, Dillard's reasons and bad timing for Giannoulias (07-13)
Is a temporary end in sight? (07-13)
Note to blog readers (07-13)
Morning shorts (07-13)
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Reader coments closed for the weekend (07-11)
This just in... (07-10)
Roland Burris announcement (07-10)
Question of the day (07-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Step back and wait for more info before burning Hynes at the stake (07-10)
LMadigan conspiracy theory and predictions roundup (07-10)
Morning shorts (07-10)
Campaign 2010 roundup (07-10)
Lisa out, Quinn settles down? (07-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Raw audio of Gov. Quinn's Thursday presser - New TV ad (07-10)
Sneed: Burris out of the race (07-09)
Birkett backing away from AG race? Sure looks like it (07-09)
Quinn "open to 5-month budget" (07-09)
Brady: Dillard should apologize - Houlihan won't run for county prez (07-09)
This just in... (07-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Budget; DCFS; Froehlich; Constitution (07-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Extra! (07-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (07-09)
Question of the day (07-09)
A must-see map (07-09)
The crystal ball sez... (07-09)
The "Daddy Conspiracy" finally dies (07-09)
Morning shorts (07-09)
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Gov. Pat Quinn weighs in (07-09)
Dillard walks it back, Birkett vows to press on (07-08)
Hamos will "revisit" with supporters and ask for ideas (07-08)
Lisa Madigan's statement (07-08)
Dan Hynes on Madigan decision - Updated with Giannoulias statement on LMadigan (07-08)
Dillard jumps in, all but endorses LMadigan, Proft pounces (07-08)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Harris cops a plea (07-08)
A programming note (07-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Dominoes begin to fall - Kirk to run for Senate (07-08)
Question of the day (07-08)
L. Madigan to stay put (07-08)
This morning's Napalm smells nothing like victory (07-08)
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Early release a possibility (07-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (07-07)
Quinn press conference - Strong Blagojevich echoes (07-07)
Mr. Curious has some questions (07-07)
Question of the day (07-07)
Greedy U (07-07)
The mystery deepens (07-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Quinn promises cuts, talks to suburbanites (07-07)
Morning shorts (07-07)
Late afternoon news (07-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Syverson; McCarthy; Beiser; Nekritz; JGordon/Koehler (07-06)
Question of the day (07-06)
Absolute insanity (07-06)
The blame game (07-06)
Pat Quinn's slick campaign videos feature Mike Ditka, Emil Jones (07-06)
Lisa Madigan: Don't cut me, bro! (07-06)
Morning shorts (07-06)
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This just in... Froehlich out (07-03)
Blagojevich finishes second behind Palin (07-03)
Recall warning (07-03)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (07-02)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Birkett appears in for AG (07-02)
Question of the day (07-02)
Mother Blowhard (07-02)
Blood on the sidewalk (07-02)
Madigan vs. Quinn (07-02)
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Morning Shorts (07-02)
Site news and a great, big thankyou (07-01)
*** UPDATED *** Videos of Quinn, Madigan (07-01)
Madigan: I find regrettable some of Quinn's remarks (07-01)
Governor Quinn vetoes social service grant bill (07-01)
Joint legislative session called for July 14th (07-01)
Quinn to take veto action this afternoon (07-01)
Morning Shorts (07-01)
Question of the day (07-01)
Blogger sued by newspaper (07-01)
Meltdown roundup (07-01)
Videodrome (07-01)
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