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August 2016 Posts

Social service groups lose court case, considering an appeal (08-31)
Question of the day (08-31)
From 200,000 down to 700, or maybe 86,000 (08-31)
Rauner: We're just hearing things that some people are saying (08-31)
Get your priorities straight (08-31)
Today's number: $14 billion (08-31)
Careful what you wish for (08-31)
Caption contest! (08-31)
Kasper explains the non-disclosure (08-31)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Why is the media ignoring this lawsuit? (08-31)
Is tomorrow the big day? (08-31)
Remap group demands rehearing (08-31)
The holes in Quinn's plan (08-31)
Third party candidates removed from ballot (08-31)
Moody's likes the TRS move, but says it's still $1.5 billion short (08-31)
Unclear on the concept (08-31)
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Uncle Mike (08-30)
Today's number: 4,600 (08-30)
Baked into the cake (08-30)
Dunkin becomes issue in Metro East race (08-30)
More Rauner TV (08-30)
"Child's play" to hack state database (08-30)
Elected Chicago school board discussed (08-30)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Pat Quinn remap press conference (08-30)
Man who threatened Rauner gets misdemeanor charge, receives probation (08-30)
Governor asked how he sleeps at night (08-30)
Munger hit on two online fronts (08-30)
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*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP slams Quinn *** On this point, I agree with Pat Quinn (08-29)
Today's number: 26.8 percent (08-29)
Bills gets 10 years for red light scheme (08-29)
Mistakes happen (08-29)
Derren and Darwin Sorrells' arrest record (08-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Isikoff hacking scoop criticized (08-29)
Rauner says he won't be involved in Murphy replacement (08-29)
Duckworth ridiculed for ineffectiveness as she runs new ad (08-29)
Question of the day (08-29)
Illinois prison population drops 8.7 percent in two years (08-29)
Another attempt to explain the Trump phenomenon (08-29)
Rauner schooled on school funding (08-29)
Dem calls Rep. Kay "misogynist," Kay fires back (08-29)
Falling into his own trap (08-29)
They knew the odds were stacked against them going in (08-29)
Illinois wasn't the only hacked state elections board (08-29)
Putting these pieces together will require more than just "monologuing" (08-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Cable TV buys (08-27)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-26)
Rauner vetoes several social service bills (08-26)
Ok, that's enough (08-26)
I truly hate this US Senate race (08-26)
Rauner signs life insurance bill (08-26)
Question of the day (08-26)
State bond sale goes well, but still paid a higher price (08-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Picking on the little guys (08-26)
We've been a sorry state for a long time (08-26)
Munger and Mendoza face off in hostile debate (08-26)
I'm still befuddled by this move (08-26)
*** UPDATED x5 - Motion approved - Noven to withdraw - $421 million budget hit - One appointee appears to be ineligible - The plot thickens as three new board members appointed *** Controversy expected at TRS hearing today (08-26)
React to remap reform ruling (08-26)
Divided court kicks remap reform off ballot (08-26)
Question of the day (08-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: TRS update (08-25)
Unanimously approved bill awaiting Rauner signature (08-25)
Rockford provider desperately needs state cash that isn't coming (08-25)
Today's number: 95.02 percent (08-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Federal judge rules Gill can remain on ballot (08-25)
Rate the new Baricevic ad (08-25)
The Rauner template (08-25)
Yet another race to the bottom in the US Senate race (08-25)
Beware the reformers (08-25)
SIU newspaper "consultant" pushed hard to land printing contract for his paper (08-25)
Cassidy "dare" lauded, but don't hold your breath (08-25)
Unclear on the concept (08-25)
An ever-changing semantics game (08-25)
The latest on redistricting reform (08-25)
Munger, Mendoza to face off at Tribune editorial board meeting (08-25)
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House GOP candidate rents to a sex offender, blames Madigan for "trying to distract" voters (08-24)
Gonzales attends tax hike rally, says he's not done with politics (08-24)
Question of the day (08-24)
I'm just so done with this US Senate campaign (08-24)
AFSCME wants apology from IDOC for blaming workers in inmate assault (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner claims he's spending "all my time" on reforms, not campaigns (08-24)
Daley whines about Emanuel, but poll results indicate he's wrong (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - White House responds *** Reporters focus on stroke angle, Dems hit race angle (08-24)
Maybe a phone call might help? (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Legislator wants to stop Pokémon Go from leading players to protected sites (08-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New cable TV buys (08-24)
Another big budget hit coming? (08-24)
Question of the day (08-23)
Yeah, good luck with that, Rod (08-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - IDOC responds *** AFSCME claims IDOC is "allowing" assaults on guards "without any kind of penalty" (08-23)
Rauner appears exasperated by latest Kirk gaffe (08-23)
The latest on redistricting reform (08-23)
Unclear on the concept (08-23)
Watching the watchdogs (08-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - Planned Parenthood responds *** Lawsuit filed over Chicago "bubble zone" ordinance (08-23)
Englewood anti-violence group ordered to move (08-23)
Rauner gives another $5 million to ILGOP (08-23)
Rauner talks about ISP's battle against Chicago crime (08-23)
No surprise: Munger passes on IEA session (08-23)
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Good morning! (08-23)
Madigan: "Clearly part of Rauner's plan to underfund social services" (08-22)
Question of the day (08-22)
Rauner veto criticized (08-22)
Gov. Rauner signs more criminal justice reform bills (08-22)
Illinois improves economic ranking, but we're still mired down (08-22)
Undercover justice (08-22)
How much more damage are they prepared to inflict? (08-22)
Today's number: 425 (08-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kirk admits to problems with Q&A, blasts Obama (08-22)
Sponsor claims Rauner vetoed bill because he was "afraid to be seen as soft on crime" (08-22)
Because... Madigan! (08-22)
Proft papers slammed (08-22)
Illinois State Fair called a "disaster" (08-22)
Rauner candidate slammed for governor's prison reduction goal (08-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New cable TV buys (08-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-19)
Friday afternoon news dump (08-19)
Our sorry state (08-19)
Final arguments filed by Independent Maps (08-19)
Oh, come on, man (08-19)
Good for the goose... (08-19)
Question of the day (08-19)
Yard signs don't vote, but they sure can rattle an opponent (08-19)
No state funding for a program that works (08-19)
Rauner does some good as Democrats go negative (08-19)
Today's quotable (08-19)
Summers explains himself (08-19)
Instant karma (08-19)
Because... Madigan! (08-19)
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Question of the day (08-18)
Today's assignment (08-18)
Another Kirk facepalm (08-18)
Summers floating name for governor (08-18)
Nekritz twice tried to get into the Olympics (08-18)
Durkin offers deal on automatic voter registration (08-18)
The man who shall not be named (08-18)
Mendoza lashes out at Munger, Rauner (08-18)
A bit of a stretch (08-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - McAuliffe update (08-18)
Another year, another Rutherford event (08-18)
White says "no intention" of running again (08-18)
A picture is worth a thousand words (08-18)
KISS fans boo Munger's mention of Rauner (08-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Illinois State Fair Democrat Day (08-18)
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Rauner rages against "the machine," pushes term limits, never mentions top of the ticket (08-17)
Durbin bites back at Rauner in campaign e-mail (08-17)
State Fair stuff (08-17)
Munger doubles down on legislator pay (08-17)
Today's quotables (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
Don't hold your breath (08-17)
Rauner sets another money record (08-17)
Rauner signs bill to extend local wind farm tax (08-17)
Caption contest! (08-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Illinois State Fair Governor's Day (08-17)
Kirk blasts SEIU, returns to supporting Petraeus, backs Turnaround Agenda (08-17)
It's Rauner's day, and Durbin will be in the crosshairs (08-17)
"Buddy the Budget" to protest Rauner event (08-16)
Rodney Davis to advise Donald Trump on agriculture (08-16)
AFSCME claims latest administration video is "riddled with misstatements, omissions and outright falsehoods" (08-16)
Our sorry state (08-16)
Rep. Harper wants serial numbers on ammo (08-16)
AG Madigan rules that police officers' private e-mails are subject to FOIA (08-16)
Republicans and Democrats band together to push constitutional amendment (08-16)
Rauner launches Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation (08-16)
Question of the day (08-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Illinois State Fair Events List (08-16)
Madigan predicts Mautino vindication (08-16)
The numbers behind the stories (08-16)
Another attempt to get to the bottom of that Rauner veto (08-16)
Caption contest! (08-16)
Final arguments filed by Independent Maps (08-16)
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Illinois Policy Institute offering "VIP bags" to local officials at Coors Light tent (08-15)
Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights signed into law (08-15)
Mess with the bull... (08-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - Proft responds *** Today's quotable (08-15)
Question of the day (08-15)
The other side of the Rauner AVR veto (08-15)
Rich people problems (08-15)
NYT: Tronc chairman rocks it like William Randolph Hearst (08-15)
More on Sen. Murphy's resignation (08-15)
Because... Madigan! (08-15)
Driving while black (08-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - Video of remarks *** Kirk goes mum on presidential preference (08-15)
Rauner's AVR veto reasoning (08-15)
GOP plunks down $500K on cable this week alone (08-15)
Term limits ad already tops a million dollars (08-15)
Let's do something right, for a change (08-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - AVR update (08-12)
Latest news from Independent Maps (08-12)
Reader comments closed until Monday (08-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sen. Matt Murphy to resign (08-11)
Barton has the wheel (08-11)
Question of the day (08-11)
The governor's union hyperbole (08-11)
The "gift" that keeps on "giving" (08-11)
Quinn to deliver "The State of Our State" address (08-11)
Dem opponents unimpressed with Trump disavowals (08-11)
Emanuel responds to Lewis threat (08-11)
Group says lawsuit filed against gay conversion "therapy" ban law (08-11)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Duckworth kinda said she could be for a border wall if it "makes somebody happy" (08-11)
Illinois budget would be hit very hard if a recession strikes (08-11)
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Time to find another write-in, Senator (08-10)
DCCC poll: Clinton leading Trump in Dold district by 31 points, Schneider up by 6 (08-10)
If you believe in omens... (08-10)
The dire need for better police training (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Duckworth campaign tries to undermine Kirk immigration event (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
Paging Tony Peraica! (08-10)
A human face behind the state's depressing heroin statistics (08-10)
Unclear on the concept (08-10)
Ill Allman replaced by Three Doors Down (08-10)
Focusing on the formula, and only the formula (08-10)
Deadliest Chicago day in 13 years (08-10)
Remap group files final Supreme Court brief (08-10)
Open thread (08-09)
Here we go again (08-09)
Chicago is getting crazier by the freaking day (08-09)
More bad pension news (08-09)
Question of the day (08-09)
Mapes on remap reform (08-09)
A sign of the times (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** On second thought... (08-09)
Latest news from Independent Maps (08-09)
We need to reform our overly bureaucratic and pricey medical marijuana law (08-09)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** UPDATE *** BLAGOJEVICH JUDGE REFUSES TO REDUCE SENTENCE (08-09)
The race to the bottom continues (08-09)
A slippery slope? (08-09)
Did Blagojevich really change? (08-09)
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Today's number: 20,000 (08-08)
A good idea, but a big pricetag (08-08)
Question of the day (08-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Gonzales files suit against Madigan, others in federal district court (08-08)
17-year-olds now have more voter rights (08-08)
The Sandack mystery deepens (08-08)
Press Association says Proft's newspapers aren't eligible for membership (08-08)
Rauner personally intervened in Rockford's Turnaround Agenda vote (08-08)
Moving a little slow today (08-08)
Legislator says comptroller, governor engaging in "extortion and corruption" (08-08)
Oh, this ought to be good (08-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Democratic poll has Duckworth widening her lead to 7 (08-08)
Voter suppression? (08-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New cable TV buys (08-06)
Rauner sends another $5 million to ILGOP (08-05)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-05)
Governors State downgraded to junk status, ISU also hit (08-05)
Friday fun (08-05)
Question of the day (08-05)
Rauner vetoes bill to allow private companies to collect delinquent taxes and fees (08-05)
Rauner ad promotes online term limits petition (08-05)
Rauner sued over new "Right of Conscience" law (08-05)
Gonzales to file suit against Madigan and "several of his co-conspirators" (08-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - AFSCME says "no one" will be fined for crossing picket line *** Terranova advises workers how to dump their full union membership (08-05)
What the what? Kirk is totally confused on the facts (08-05)
Quinn "hedged," but "didn't say no" to possible run (08-05)
Poll shows widespread support for "bold" criminal justice reforms (08-05)
Legislator makes ends meet with Uber driving gig (08-05)
Ousted SEIU official claims racial discrimination (08-05)
A look back and a look ahead (08-05)
Rauner urged to stop playing politics with term limits (08-05)
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Today's quotable (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Illinois Policy Institute wants same-day registration law tossed ahead of election (08-04)
Question of the day (08-04)
Because... Madigan (08-04)
Another tax hike for Chicagoans, with more on the way (08-04)
“Busy Week in Court for Independent Maps” (08-04)
What you may not be reading about proposed Obamacare premiums (08-04)
Today's number: $3.34 billion with no end in sight (08-04)
Tribune documents huge problems with Illinois' factory farms (08-04)
What bipartisan cooperation can accomplish (08-04)
Unpaid bereavement leave now law (08-04)
Emanuel takes "cheap" shot at Rauner (08-04)
Kinzinger goes on CNN to say he won't back Trump (08-03)
Duckworth case removed from trial docket (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
More on Madigan, Rauner and Trump (08-03)
Boardman removed from top SEIU job amid "collapse of leadership" (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Whistleblower says unchecked criminal was allowed to care for a veteran (08-03)
The tinfoil hatters should stand down... for now (08-03)
Rauner appointees are 75 percent white, 75 percent male, but no data to compare to Quinn (08-03)
Yard signs don't vote, but they're here to stay (08-03)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Accusation that AFSCME will fine strike-breakers called "groundless" (08-03)
Dueling press releases (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** I really wish this worked (08-03)
First meeting today for education funding reform commission (08-03)
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Question of the day (08-02)
Report: State's two top utilities either didn't pay or paid little corporate state income tax (08-02)
Because... Madigan! (08-02)
Rauner absolved of blame on stopgap deficit (08-02)
Illinois growth slows slightly in July (08-02)
Candidate denounces negative mailer sent on his behalf (08-02)
Today's number: 10,754 (08-02)
Kirk, Duckworth and Kinzinger slam Trump (08-02)
“Busy Week in Court for Independent Maps” (08-02)
Program for troubled teens codified into state law (08-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Watch out for these bad polls (08-02)
A telling pause? (08-02)
Profs voting with their feet (08-02)
Madigan: Golden Declicious or Honeycrisp (08-02)
McAuliffe already up on Chicago broadcast TV (08-02)
Madigan says his longevity helps him "resist" Rauner's "extremism" (08-01)
Caption contest! (08-01)
Highly intemperate, but not totally wrong (08-01)
New laws on gun rights, LGBT pension fairness, railroad crossing fines, yoga, etc. (08-01)
This won't go over well (08-01)
Legislative leader with 18 years in office pushes for term limits (08-01)
Chicago heroes (08-01)
White reinstates reminder mailers (08-01)
Rate Duckworth's new TV ad (08-01)
Question of the day (08-01)
Understanding Trump (08-01)
The people Blagojevich left behind (08-01)
Not gonna happen even if it does happen (08-01)
Rauner signs another criminal justice reform proposal into law (08-01)
Put away your tinfoil hats (08-01)
How much are Trump and Rauner really alike? (08-01)
Madigan ignored his own unpopularity in Philly (08-01)
Madigan on term limits, Rauner, Cullerton and the fall election (08-01)
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