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August 2017 Posts

Reader comments closed until next week (08-31)
Rauner signs school funding reform bill (08-31)
Heart Association warns of PE provisions in school funding reform bill (08-31)
Get ready for another intra-party rumble (08-31)
Question of the day (08-31)
Republicans file TRUST Act repeal bills while Rauner dodges questions (08-31)
Rate Bloomberg's new pop tax TV ad (08-31)
Illinois, and Gov. Rauner, get some props in NYT editorial (08-31)
Ameren consultant says customers too poor and uneducated to benefit from program (08-31)
Biss to lurch further leftward with running mate pick (08-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP responds *** CTU may sue to block school funding reform law over tax credits (08-31)
Rauner hires new chief legal counsel (08-31)
Drury claims "efforts to silence our campaign have reached new heights" (08-31)
Letter reveals ultimate goal of the Illinois Policy Institute's national network (08-31)
Harvey's rain would cover all of Illinois with 2 feet of water (08-31)
Wall St. Journal praises Rauner, but calls school bill a Chicago "bailout" (08-31)
Beiser won't run again (08-30)
Rep. Bourne disputes Gov. Rauner's account (08-30)
Salon: Rauner "provides an unlikely road map for Republican resistance" (08-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker would've voted "No" on school bill *** Brown takes a close look at the new tax credit (08-30)
Illinois Policy Institute calls school funding bill "Chicago bailout" (08-30)
Question of the day (08-30)
Governor pressed on whether school funding bill is a Chicago "bailout" (08-30)
Biss to unveil running mate, Kennedy holds fundraiser, Pritzker on the bus (08-30)
Asked about credit for his chief, Rauner instead praises legislators, self (08-30)
"You're not going to change the demographic and political culture of Illinois just by changing the lines" (08-30)
Frerichs blasts Rauner's AV (08-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Manufacturing woes continue here (08-30)
McCann explains his vote (08-30)
Sun-Times has a tax hike freak-out (08-30)
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Rauner's education funding reform victory lap begins (08-30)
Question of the day (08-29)
*** UPDATED *** React rolls in to passage of education funding reform (08-29)
Senate approves education funding reform bill 38-13-4 (08-29)
Your moment of Zen (08-29)
The best reason to vote "No" on the tax credit (08-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Senate to finally make Brady's leadership official (08-29)
EIU trustee appalled by tax hike is running for House (08-29)
Speaking of dramatic awards... (08-29)
Rauner again hit from the right on TRUST Act (08-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AG Madigan to file suit seeking court oversight of CPD (08-29)
The House Republicans over-performed (08-29)
Politics, bedfellows, etc. (08-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Clarifying the clarification (08-29)
The Academy Award for best histrionics about process goes to... (08-29)
Will another veto be overridden? (08-29)
First the Looch and now the Mooch (08-29)
*** LIVE *** "Emergency session" coverage (08-29)
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*** UPDATED x5 - Pritzker, IFT, CTU, Rauner, Emanuel, Madigan respond *** On second try, education funding reform passes with 73 votes (08-28)
*** UPDATED x3 - SB1 override fails - What's next? New vehicle bill *** Education funding reform bill gets just 46 votes (08-28)
House Democrats release analysis of school funding reform bill (08-28)
More Rauner staff changes (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CPS board president says district stands to gain $450 million (08-28)
Justice Department criticizes Rauner's signature on TRUST Act (08-28)
Rutherford cleared, but appeal is expected (08-28)
Fine, but then what? (08-28)
Besler leaves Rauner campaign, heads back to IOP (08-28)
The more things change... (08-28)
TRUST Act finally signed into law (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** School funding reform language filed (08-28)
Rauner accused of "playing the victim" (08-28)
Rauner signs AVR bill (08-28)
SEIU to ramp up "Fight for 15" (08-28)
*** LIVE *** "Emergency session" coverage (08-28)
Rauner to match contributions to send Speaker Madigan "a clear message" (08-28)
Mrs. Rauner talks about Mrs. Madigan (08-28)
Opposition builds to education funding reform compromise (08-28)
Behind Rauner's bragging on the economy (08-28)
Rauner signs two bills sought by gay rights activists (08-28)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Leaders' meeting updates (08-27)
SDems: Special session will avoid triggering veto clock (08-27)
More Friday veto dump reacts (08-26)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-25)
Rauner beefs up ILGOP ahead of school funding vote (08-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner signs transgender birth certificate bill (08-25)
Another big Friday afternoon veto and bill-signing dump (08-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner vetoes $15 per hour minimum wage bill (08-25)
Yaffe leaves for greener pastures (08-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Some education funding stuff (08-25)
Mixed messaging is always the best messaging (08-25)
Caption contest! (08-25)
*** UPDATED x3 - Pawar, Kennedy, Pritzker respond *** Biss opposes "voucher" plan as wheels start to look shaky (08-25)
Rauner says school funding deal "not fair" because of Chicago, pledges to "fix the problems" in another bill (08-25)
Drury: "We are ready to end Mike Madigan’s chokehold on Illinois" (08-25)
Pritzker, DGA pounce on Rauner missteps (08-25)
Another burning question answered! (08-25)
Question of the day (08-25)
An historic first: ILGOP press release doesn't contain the word "Madigan" (08-25)
Take the win and let's move on (08-25)
They refuse to let this cartoon story drop (08-25)
Get it together, man (08-25)
It ain't over 'til it's over (08-25)
Sheila Simon endorses Biss (08-25)
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Wasn't Rauner's SB1 veto designed to stop a Chicago bailout? (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Rumor" that Rauner denounced today turns out to be true (08-24)
*** UPDATED x4 *** School funding reform agreement reached (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** IBIC explains the "TRUST Act" bill (08-24)
Question of the day (08-24)
TRS warns of insolvency and there's blame all around (08-24)
Rep. Ford confronts Rauner, then asks that cartoon issue be "put to rest" (08-24)
Thanks for the ZZ Top earworm, JB (08-24)
A peek into the school funding reform talks (08-24)
Chamber CEO raises hopes of landing Toyota plant (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** IEA president calls tax credit proposal "ransom payment" (08-24)
Superintendents, S&P warn about lack of school funding deal (08-24)
Illinois Policy Institute won't say whether they'll rehire former staffers (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner complained about "enemies" to staff (08-24)
Rauner touts pension reform law (08-24)
Pawar wants to change name of Columbus Day holiday (08-24)
Former restaurant owner mulls House bid (08-24)
Advocates say Rauner admin is withdrawing community care rules (08-24)
Rauner: "I disagree with the characterization of turmoil," blames Madigan, dodges questions on cartoon (08-24)
Pritzker trolls Rauner with Craigslist job ad (08-24)
*** LIVE VIDEO *** Gov. Rauner's Naperville event (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - DGA responds *** Rauner finally announces staff resignations (08-24)
Throwback Thursday video: "I've been successful at everything I've ever done" (08-24)
Rauner tells staff that three have resigned (08-24)
*** UPDATED x7 - Looch gone? - Pritzker campaign responds *** Wednesday night massacre? (08-23)
Rauner College Prep supports SB1 override (08-23)
Madigan upset about Rauner veto of workers' comp insurance bill (08-23)
*** UPDATED x2 ***SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - An interesting development (08-23)
Elections board puts off decision on Kobach Commission request (08-23)
Question of the day (08-23)
Emanuel connects cartoon response to SB1 veto (08-23)
Pressure builds on Rauner as Trump supporting sheriff tries to calm nerves on the far right (08-23)
Illinois is different than other states (08-23)
Demmer strikes a nerve over cartoon as GOP primary threatened (08-23)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pritzker responds to ILGOP attack on White *** ILGOP claims Jesse White is "Mike Madigan’s top patronage chief" (08-23)
Rauner called out on debt transparency veto (08-23)
Education funding reform talks resume tomorrow (08-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - Another one *** Why the Rauner silence? (08-23)
Best Team In America™ (08-23)
Goldberg hangs out a shingle (08-23)
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*** UPDATED x2 - Rep. Christian Mitchell, Pritzker respond *** Rauner disavows "as a white male" statement (08-22)
Madigan cancels Wednesday session after talks progress (08-22)
JB Pritzker and Jesse White to make "major campaign announcement" tomorrow (08-22)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Leaders meeting update (08-22)
Sweeney: McCann "definitely wants to run" for governor (08-22)
CPS finances are really lousy (08-22)
*** UPDATED x5 - Pawar, Mayor Emanuel, Pritzker campaign, Rep. Christian Mitchell respond - Full statement *** "As a white male" Rauner doesn't have "anything more to add to the discussion" (08-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner takes more heat over legislation (08-22)
Harvey pension fund "on the verge of default or bankruptcy" (08-22)
Question of the day (08-22)
Ozzyclipse 2017 (08-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker response *** S&P: Refinancing state debt would restore some capacity to manage cash (08-22)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Rauner in TIF tiff with mayors (08-22)
Pritzker, Kennedy, Daiber, Hardiman oppose pop tax - No candidate supports a forced state repeal (08-22)
Kennedy talks money, healthcare (08-22)
Fun with the eclipse (08-22)
New budget has a surprise for local governments (08-22)
The governor's sales pitch needs some work (08-22)
Can the governor bring himself to cut a deal? (08-22)
For crying out loud, somebody show him the cartoon (08-22)
Eclipse open thread (08-22)
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Weekend news roundup (08-19)
React to Rauner's Friday vetoes (08-19)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (08-18)
Rauner vetoes several major pieces of legislation (08-18)
Four leaders meet in Chicago, plan another sitdown on Tuesday (08-18)
Kennedy delivered an unusually somber Democrat Day speech (08-18)
Governor signs River Edge bill in Rockford... err... Aurora (08-18)
Caption contest! (08-18)
All's well that ends well, I suppose (08-18)
Question of the day (08-18)
SDems have most seniority, HGOPs the least (08-18)
Asked when he'll take responsibility, Rauner blames Madigan (08-18)
Do Your Job, Inc. puts latest online ad on TV (08-18)
*** UPDATED x1 - IDHS responds *** What's the holdup on domestic violence funding? (08-18)
Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez says she won't run again (08-18)
Rauner calls TRUST Act a "very reasonable" bill, won't commit to signing it (08-18)
Drury says he has a "good sense" of how government works (08-18)
The story behind that Facebook pic of Madigan (08-18)
Rauner explains his weight loss (08-18)
Today's quotable: “No one’s going to locate there" (08-18)
*** UPDATED x3 - Still hasn't seen it - DGA criticizes Rauner *** Rauner points to WVON host's defense of Illinois Policy Institute cartoon as legislators to protest HQ (08-18)
Bloomberg pop tax ad called "act of desperation" (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
Sparks fly on Democrat Day (08-17)
IDES bemoans slow job growth (08-17)
I don't quite get it (08-17)
Revisionist history from the WSJ, but it could've been worse (08-17)
Today's quotable (08-17)
What's the holdup on AVR? (08-17)
Bed-and-breakfast which refused service loses another round in court (08-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Is Preckwinkle toast? (08-17)
"Who’s ‘bailing out’ whom?" (08-17)
Where are the other GOP candidates? (08-17)
Rauner spokesperson says Madigan claim "absolutely false" (08-17)
Republican Party calls White's decision to run again "a gift to Madigan" (08-17)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker responds *** Moody's issues warning on school funding impasse (08-17)
Biss again calls on opponents to release tax returns (08-17)
Rauner feeling heat on his right flank (08-17)
US Rep. Kelly endorses Biss (08-17)
If at first you don't succeed... (08-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Water is wet and Jesse White is running again (08-17)
Governor's Day roundup (08-17)
Cartoon removed, racism denied (08-17)
*** LIVE *** Democrat Day coverage (08-17)
Rep. Andersson to retire (08-17)
Madigan: "We're not gonna walk away from Senate Bill 1" (08-16)
Question of the day (08-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** No "Yes" votes as House show trial results in public defeat for Rauner (08-16)
Pawar was also with Hillary Clinton (08-16)
The governor's core message (08-16)
A day at the fair (08-16)
Rauner finally speaks out on Trump (08-16)
Wisconsin Senator suggests Illinois should pay for part of Foxconn deal (08-16)
Caption contest! (08-16)
Rauner admin fighting Asian carp plan (08-16)
Attorney general claims governor is "sitting" on her bill (08-16)
State Fair and education politics (08-16)
Sen. Haine announces retirement (08-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - Mayor Emanuel weighs in *** Illinois Policy Institute hammered for "Sambo cartoon" (08-16)
Rauner lashes out at reporters over their questions about First Lady's involvement (08-16)
House won't vote on SB1 override today (08-16)
Breen has new question on SB1 (08-16)
Barickman proposes SB1 trade (08-16)
"Wreck It Rauner" to attend State Fair (08-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - DGA responds *** Rauner campaign launches two new TV ads (08-16)
*** LIVE *** Governor's Day, education funding reform coverage (08-16)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker again denounces Trump, calls on "spineless" Rauner to stand up to him (08-15)
Biss, Pawar battling for the Bernie vote (08-15)
Rauner says "many superintendents and teachers" support his AV, but won't name names (08-15)
Worries resurface after Rauner's Fox News interview (08-15)
History as the governor sees it (08-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - DGA piles on *** Pritzker campaign slams Rauner's "Chicago Tonight" appearance (08-15)
Question of the day (08-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Illinois State Fair Event List (08-15)
More trouble for the pop tax? (08-15)
A look ahead on SB1 (08-15)
Is DHS dragging its feet on contracts to providers of developmentally disabled services? (08-15)
"Terror two-step" (08-15)
Biss announces statewide tour (08-15)
ILGOP claims editorial boards want Dems to "vote their districts" (08-15)
Rauner says budget is "broken," won't say what he will cut (08-15)
Rauner's latest Madigan story (08-15)
Rauner calls First Lady "my most senior advisor" (08-15)
Rate two new anti-Rauner ads (08-15)
Pawar picks Cairo mayor as running mate (08-15)
Erika Harold launches attorney general bid (08-15)
Who's bailing out whom? These county numbers might surprise you (08-14)
More on that botched Rauner presser (08-14)
What the governor was trying to say today before he botched his messaging (08-14)
Rauner looks to Wisconsin for new campaign manager (08-14)
*** UPDATED x3 - Madigan spox says talks are already happening - Brady, Durkin, Cullerton accept offer *** Rauner wants legislative leaders to meet, claims "agreement is within reach" (08-14)
Ameren accused of "cynical" move (08-14)
Question of the day (08-14)
IEA radio ad: "Gov. Rauner was elected to help kids, not act like one" (08-14)
Kennedy continues attack on property tax appeals lawyers (08-14)
*** UPDATED x6 - DGA responds - Rauner said he had to ask police for definition - Flip-flop explained - Rauner now admits it was "domestic terrorism" - Biss, Kennedy, Pritzker respond *** Call it what it is, governor (08-14)
Did politics get in the way of a solid press pop? (08-14)
Get back to the Senate's original bill (08-14)
Rauner talks SB1 negotiations, but is he sincere? (08-14)
Former Rauner spokesperson Demertzis joins House Republican staff (08-14)
Pearson fact checks Rauner (08-14)
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Senate approves EDGE credits, managed care contract controls (08-13)
React rolls in to SB1 override (08-13)
Senate overrides governor's SB1 AV 38-19 (08-13)
AG Madigan to GOP leaders: Nope (08-13)
New "Do Your Job, Inc." online ad focuses on school funding (08-13)
Why no response to Coulter? (08-13)
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*** LIVE *** SB1 coverage (08-13)
As expected, Rauner's AV drastically short-changes CPS (08-12)
Reader comments closed until Sunday afternoon (08-11)
Federal judge rules state out of compliance on Ligas consent decree (08-11)
EDGE tax credit program to be restored (08-11)
Question of the day (08-11)
Two, two, two issues in one (08-11)
Tillman speaks (08-11)
Pritzker combines Cook County nod with endorsements from 23 Dem county chairs (08-11)
*** UPDATED x3 - Daiber, Kennedy, Biss respond *** ILGOP claims Pritzker endorsed by "most crooked organization in IL politics" (08-11)
CPS budget assumes $300 million in new state money, plus unspecified $269 million in local revenue (08-11)
One Rauner AV change would cost schools "millions of dollars" and lead to "financial ruin" (08-11)
E-mail indicates that ISBE is still waiting on numbers from Dept. of Revenue (08-11)
Another longshot Dem candidate announces gubernatorial bid (08-11)
Can't anybody play this game? (08-11)
Dems fret over Preckwinkle's pop tax (08-11)
Oppo dumps! (08-11)
Pritzker says 2012 remark on "mediocre" choice between Obama and GOP was "just a theoretical remark" (08-11)
A little help for Bret? (08-11)
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Rauner loses McQueary on SB1 (08-11)
Lawsuit would force payment of overdue school money and block attempts to get around the "evidence-based" funding model (08-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Ag Director Raymond Poe falls during State Fair ribbon cutting ceremony (08-10)
Kennedy opposes $100 million private school tuition program (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
Better bot programming, please (08-10)
*** UPDATED x2 - County responds - Cook County was warned in June *** Feds warn of suspension of SNAP administrative aid over Cook's pop tax (08-10)
Department of Revenue mistake was about Chicago's TIF numbers (08-10)
Why is Gov. Rauner seemingly unconcerned about paying off the impasse debt? (08-10)
ILGOP: "Juliana Stratton Owes Her Political Career to Mike Madigan" (08-10)
Berrios challenger asks for slating (08-10)
Mendoza makes categorical payment to schools, calls for override of SB1 AV (08-10)
Best Team in America™ (08-10)
Crete-Monee superintendent predicts Rauner AV will mean cuts for his district (08-10)
Rauner: "I’ll never claim to be a perfect person" (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Campaign releases announcement video *** Pritzker to pick Rep. Stratton (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** House schedules session for Governor's Day (08-09)
Hardiman selects running mate (08-09)
Question of the day (08-09)
Rep. Wheeler blames "betrayal" of GOP defectors and Rauner's predicament (08-09)
Rauner's SB1 AV defended (08-09)
Pritzker' new $210 million 5-point early education plan (08-09)
Another problem emerges with Rauner's SB1 AV (08-09)
Rauner signs bill giving free birth certificates to released prisoners (08-09)
Is CPS less "bloated" than widely believed? (08-09)
Well, there's a full-throated defense (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Best Team in America™ (08-09)
Senate Dems finally confirm Sunday session (08-09)
The per pupil argument is not as simple as it looks (08-09)
Share of state tax receipts continues to rise in Chicago, suburbs (08-09)
Superintendent: Rauner TIF provision would cost East Moline schools $1 million (08-09)
More "damage done" (08-09)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Bost responds *** Warning: You will never unsee this Mike Bost video (08-08)
Preckwinkle withdraws motion seeking $17 million in damages from IRMA (08-08)
Slightly unclear on the concept (08-08)
Boykin considering bid against Preckwinkle (08-08)
Pawar unhappy about State Fair rally cancellation (08-08)
Question of the day (08-08)
If there is no progress on SB1, could a lawsuit be filed? (08-08)
*** UPDATED x3 - Manar slams - Pritzker pounces - ISBE responds *** ISBE: Dept. of Revenue found "significant error" in its own SB1 AV numbers (08-08)
New Pritzker video spoofs Rauner's SB1 oopsies (08-08)
New law would let 16 and 17 year-olds sign up to be organ donors (08-08)
Sunday Senate vote? (08-08)
HDems file Rauner school funding plan, will hold Wednesday hearing (08-08)
Rauner again called out on AV (08-08)
Speaker Madigan breaks the record (08-08)
Could today be the day? (08-08)
Rauner claimed Mendoza isn't doing something that she actually did in July (08-08)
Rate Pawar's new video (08-08)
Senger hired as Rauner's new chief legislative liaison (08-08)
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*** UPDATED x2 - Video - Kennedy campaign responds *** Another excuse crumbles (08-07)
Everybody wants to get into the act (08-07)
Question of the day (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Biss responds *** CPS announces layoffs, delays budget (08-07)
Lots of unanswered questions about private school "scholarship" program (08-07)
The governor's AV caught Republicans by surprise (08-07)
Poll: 87 percent disapprove of Cook County's new beverage tax (08-07)
Rauner names new DC director (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The rest of the story (08-07)
Obama birthday commemoration signed into law (08-07)
Same-day voter registration looks stronger after appellate ruling (08-07)
Rauner's reelection predicament is looking very familiar (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kennedy campaign responds *** Pritzker pumps another $7 million into his campaign (08-07)
*** UPDATED x3 - Frerichs sides with Mendoza - Mendoza points back - Rauner admin points back at Mendoza *** Mendoza: Bonding delay is costing taxpayers $2 million a day in interest (08-07)
All that work on SB1 was just tossed out the window (08-07)
Rep. Fortner to retire at end of term (08-07)
Huge collateral damage caused by Rauner AV (08-05)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** People is weird (08-04)
Question of the day (08-04)
More from Manar on the governor's SB1 AV (08-04)
DGA poll: Rauner and Trump have same Illinois job disapproval rating (08-04)
Dems respond to Drury attack on Madigan (08-04)
Rauner blitzes editorial boards (08-04)
The primary avalanche begins (08-04)
Rauner again accused of avoiding Trump criticism (08-04)
Get it together, man (08-04)
More on that proposed $100 million tax credit for private school scholarships (08-04)
Biss' legislative history on single-payer is different than his current rhetoric (08-04)
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ILGOP: "Madigan expected to protest ILGOP state fair events" (08-03)
Manar claims Rauner AV is actually about "divestment in public education and shifting costs onto local taxpayers" (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
Immigrant groups thank Rauner for committing to sign TRUST Act (08-03)
Drury unveils "blueprint to Rebuild Illinois" (08-03)
Preckwinkle wants $17 million in damages from IRMA (08-03)
This explains some things (08-03)
Pritzker criticizes DPI, plans to open regional offices to help down-ballot candidates (08-03)
Are the governor's school district claims inflated by $221 million? (08-03)
ISBE: 62 percent of Illinois school districts lost enrollment in one year (08-03)
Cards Against Humanity launches effort to legalize marijuana in Illinois (08-03)
I wouldn't be too sure of this (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Caption contest! (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rep. Bill Mitchell to retire *** Two more? (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Unclear on the concept (08-03)
So... Rahm is for Drury? Biss? Pawar? (08-03)
How do the two plans differ? (08-02)
Fitch warns Rauner AV "jeopardizes school funding and ratings" (08-02)
Question of the day (08-02)
SDem analysis: Rauner AV would blow a $221 million hole in state budget (08-02)
Rahm pot, meet Rauner kettle (08-02)
Post-impasse "Damage Done" report released (08-02)
Lots of criticism of Rauner veto, but a little support (08-02)
"I don’t think he would’ve had the same behavior with a group of men" (08-02)
Proft papers start push for $100 million tax credit program for private school scholarships (08-02)
Caption contest! (08-02)
*** UPDATED x3 - IL AFL-CIO's Carrigan responds - CFL's Ramirez responds - IFT's Montgomery responds *** ILGOP goes full-on Mother Jones in response to new Pritzker ad (08-02)
The messaging plan that wasn't? (08-02)
Cutting classroom money while protecting pension money (08-02)
The "reverse Robin Hood" AV? (08-02)
Rate the new Pritzker TV ad (08-02)
SoS White to announce intentions at county chairman's brunch (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner puts password on his school funding site, but it's cached online (08-01)
Question of the day (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rep. Bellock to retire (08-01)
*** UPDATED x - Pritzker responds - DGA pounces *** Not a great moment for the governor (08-01)
*** UPDATED x2 - Biss, Pawar respond *** Pritzker outlines Medicaid buy-in idea (08-01)
Two more take-aways from the Rauner presser (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Another oops *** AVR looks like a go (08-01)
*** UPDATED x6 - Madigan, Kennedy, Pritzker respond - Rauner oops *** Gov. Rauner issues AV of SB1 (08-01)
Durkin says the votes are locked up (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner calls Politifact claim "false spin" *** Politifact: Rauner SB1 "bailout" claim is false (08-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (08-01)
*** LIVE *** SB1 coverage (08-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-01)
New Do Your Job, Inc. digital ad: "Serious people are questioning whether Governor Rauner has lost it" (08-01)

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