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August 2011 Posts

Question of the day (08-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - Schnorf knocks down story *** What they're not telling you (08-31)
Some progress with Sears, but doubts remain (08-31)
Caption contest! (08-31)
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Today's quota of "Quinn Quotables" (08-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Afternoon campaign updates (08-30)
Question of the day (08-30)
Meanwhile, in other states (08-30)
Catholic Charities plans appeal (08-30)
Forwarded e-mail lands employee in hot water (08-30)
SB 1652 Highlights Electric Utility Accountability for Performance (08-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More strong poll numbers for Emanuel (08-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - It gets even better *** "Adventures in Governing" with your host Pat Quinn (08-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (08-29)
Question of the day (08-29)
Spiting your face (08-29)
The war at home (08-29)
Caption contest! (08-29)
Done with Dunn? (08-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a big campaign roundup (08-29)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-26)
Heckuva job (08-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Legislative campaign roundup (08-26)
Contrariness (08-26)
Question of the day (08-26)
Updating our infrastructure ain't free (08-26)
*** UPDATED x2 - Quinn: Superintendents won't be paid until October *** This just in... Judge rules against regional superintendents (08-26)
After vetoing their salaries, Quinn expands duties of regional superintendents (08-26)
So long, Steve (08-26)
Regional superintendent hearing live-blog (08-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... Plus a supplement to today’s edition and some campaign news (08-25)
Question of the day (08-25)
Constitutional argument or a shakedown? (08-25)
Adventures in education (08-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** State to get into suburban voters' pockets yet again (08-25)
Knocking Down the Profit Margin Myth (08-25)
Caption contest! (08-25)
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*** UPDATED x2 - Madigan spokesman responds *** Quinn says he's "disappointed" in Speaker Madigan (08-25)
Question of the day (08-24)
Airlines, Sears taking advantage of Downstate tax havens (08-24)
Madigan and Boehner, sitting in a tree (08-24)
Sandoval scholarships forwarded to FBI - And more on that withdrawn amendatory veto (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** This just in... Quinn admin sent out wrong veto message (08-23)
Emanuel's poll shows he has huge job approval rating (08-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The governor whacks Emanuel again (08-23)
Doing the subsidy math, playing jobs politics and some possibly flawed tax suits (08-23)
Question of the day (08-23)
Knocking Down the Profit Margin Myth (08-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (08-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Budget office: Tax hike not causing layoffs (08-23)
Here we go again (08-23)
Could Thome come back to the White Sox? (08-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (08-23)
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*** UPDATED x2 *** Rutherford heads to China on gubernatorial quest (08-22)
Question of the day (08-22)
Bishop says Illinois politicos "at war" with Catholics (08-22)
Chicago to sue Downstate tax havens (08-22)
Gov. Quinn's office says Mayor Emanuel didn't tell the truth (08-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Regional superintendents sue to get paid (08-22)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-19)
My Maserati does 185... (08-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Hendry out as Cub GM (08-19)
Republican Day roundup (08-19)
Question of the day (08-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (08-19)
Judge Schmidt: "No citizen has a recognized legal right to a contract with the government" (08-19)
Gov. Quinn accused of sandbagging Mayor Emanuel (08-19)
Kinda goofy (08-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** MESSAGE TO SUBSCRIBERS (08-19)
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SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Campaign update and a police report (08-18)
Question of the day (08-18)
Sponsor claims that gaming bill is "75 percent of the way toward a resolution" (08-18)
Quinn on the defensive in face of union protests (08-18)
"Our secretary of state forever" (08-18)
State Fair videos and pics (08-18)
A rare year leaves reporters struggling (08-18)
State Fair race results (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
A little-known, but very powerful process (08-17)
Stimulus project focus of Obama visit (08-17)
Governor's Day is upon us (08-17)
"Put down your torches and pitchforks" (08-17)
Baseball open thread (08-17)
This is the argument? Really? (08-17)
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*** UPDATED x2 - Emanuel fires back at governor *** Quinn to Emanuel: Back off (08-16)
"Hundreds" of union members to protest outside fairgrounds (08-16)
Crime and punishment (08-16)
Question of the day (08-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** League of Women Voters files suit over remap's "partisanship" (08-16)
The First Amendment (08-16)
What happens to Motorola's subsidy now? (08-15)
Question of the day (08-15)
Are we self-segregating by partisanship? (08-15)
Report: Pension bill will be debated in fall veto session (08-15)
Somehow, some way, we gotta get our act together (08-15)
Caption contest! (08-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (08-15)
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Sen. Lauzen to run for county board chair (08-13)
Stephens replacement picked (08-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-12)
Question of the day (08-12)
One small step forward in East St. Louis (08-12)
Moody's issues yet another warning to Illinois (08-12)
Creating problems in order to solve them (08-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-12)
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Question of the day (08-11)
More bad news as far as the eye can see (08-11)
Smart Grid Math: Can we afford NOT to modernize the system? (08-11)
Out of district scholarship recipients could be a very big problem (08-11)
Moody's warns Illinois (08-11)
Question of the day (08-10)
Judge rules that Daley can be sued in alleged torture cover-up case (08-10)
Giannoulias lands unpaid chairmanship (08-10)
Feds get tough with Illinois (08-10)
Quinn again calls for eliminating legislative scholarships (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Statehouse roundup (08-10)
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Afternoon video (08-09)
"There oughta be a law" (08-09)
Question of the day (08-09)
Spiraling back down? (08-09)
Behind the hype (08-09)
A state rock song? (08-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a big Statehouse roundup (For those who were mistakenly sent LAST WEEK's password) (08-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a big Statehouse roundup (08-09)
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Apparently, it's still a great safe haven (08-08)
Unsurprising stuff (08-08)
Question of the day (08-08)
Lots of new faces coming our way (08-08)
Bad news everywhere you look (08-08)
Rauner again making noises about governor's race (08-08)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-05)
Oberweis thinking about state Senate (08-05)
Walsh: Child support story "wildly and off-the-charts inaccurate" (08-05)
Question of the day (08-05)
Half-truth, untruth and something to make you bang your head against the wall (08-05)
Push-back begins on Quinn "solution" to problem he created (08-05)
From the department of: What the heck? (08-05)
Caption contest! (08-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (08-05)
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Republicans unveil their own congressional maps (08-04)
SB 1652 Highlights Electric Utility Accountability for Performance (08-04)
Question of the day (08-04)
Seeing both sides (08-04)
No resolution in sight (08-04)
Federal court hearing today on the right to carry a gun in Illinois (08-04)
Illinois not joining 16 other states in a sales tax holiday this month as federal revenues drop $1 billion (08-04)
City remap could be very painful process (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (08-03)
This just in... Appellate court hands Quinn defeat (08-03)
A second look at some news stories (08-03)
And it's still overpriced (08-03)
OK, we can't pass this up (08-03)
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Newspapers continue to push hard for "their" casinos (08-02)
Question of the day (08-02)
Old Pat Quinn vs. New Pat Quinn (08-02)
Private scholarship fund for undocumented students signed into law (08-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Better never late (08-02)
Rep. Ron Stephens resigns (08-02)
Caption contest! (08-02)
States struggling to assess budget damage from federal debt ceiling deal (08-01)
More hubris, even at the brink of imprisonment (08-01)
Lauzen says he's thinking about congressional bid (08-01)
Question of the day (08-01)
Stermer fined $500 for one tiny infraction (08-01)
CME Group: "Our tax situation is untenable" (08-01)
Caption contest! (08-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-01)

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