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August 2018 Posts

Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (08-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sean Casten once called GOP "the pedophile party" (08-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign Updates: Madigan; Proft; Uihlein; Walsh; Lake County GOP; Althoff; Connelly (08-31)
*** UPDATED x3 - IEPA responds *** Leader Durkin files bill to immediately close Rauner-owned plant (08-31)
Question of the day (08-31)
Some good questions for DCFS in wake of Little Village fire (08-31)
Rate Sam McCann's new campaign videos (08-31)
Son of deceased Quincy veterans home resident: "People died because they didn't know what was going on" (08-31)
Governor claims to be "pretty upset" over Tollway nepotism allegations (08-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - ACLU applauds *** SIU quickly rescinds ban on “activism” during events by athletes, cheerleaders (08-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - Casten responds *** Koch brothers group to back Roskam (08-31)
*** UPDATED x4 - Dean explains - Union turns thumbs down - Entertainment Cruises responds *** Union challenges Pritzker to live up to promises (08-31)
"OK. I stand corrected" (08-31)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-31)
Question of the day (08-30)
Nice try, Mark (08-30)
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results (08-30)
Our sorry state (08-30)
Pritzker's trick box (08-30)
The symbolism is strong in this one (08-30)
*** UPDATED x2 - Roskam responds - ILGOP: "Repugnant and disqualifying" *** Casten "regrets" saying President Trump has "tremendous amount in common" with Osama Bin Laden (08-30)
Rauner campaign trolls Pritzker ahead of Indivisible Chicago event (08-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and an events calendar (08-30)
"Rauner immigration talk, then and now" (08-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - McCann responds *** Rauner floats capital plan for umpteenth time, but again won't say how we'll pay for it (08-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-30)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-30)
538: All four contested GOP congressional incumbents have better than even chance of winning (08-29)
Question of the day (08-29)
More on Rauner's pro-Turo veto (08-29)
Pritzker campaign calls Rauner "Governor Veto" (08-29)
The reordering of Illinois (08-29)
*** UPDATED x1 - ACLU responds *** SIU bans "activism" during events by athletes, cheerleaders (08-29)
VW pollution settlement program draws praise from enviros, business groups (08-29)
Simon Institute funding disparity study gets wide coverage (08-29)
Rep. Miller Walsh appointed to committees as more Facebook posts emerge (08-29)
For at least the second time, Jesse White's GOP opponent makes ageist remark (08-29)
Docs slam, biz applauds Rauner workers' comp AV (08-29)
Rauner's new digital ad focuses on Pritzker's opposition to private school tuition tax credit (08-29)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-29)
Turo praises Rauner AV (08-28)
It's just a bill (08-28)
Question of the day (08-28)
Rauner finally comes around a little on medical marijuana (08-28)
New Pritzker ad uses some outdated data (08-28)
Another interesting twist in the lawsuit against Speaker Madigan (08-28)
Cullerton talks about Rauner's veto of Tobacco 21 bill (08-28)
Brendan Kelly's new ad tells a human story about opioid addiction (08-28)
What the heck is going on in Lake County? (08-28)
No elected assessor referendum in Lake County after Rauner veto (08-28)
Casten is first candidate out of the gate with Metra response (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Illinois Policy Institute begins mailing public employees about Janus (08-28)
Rate Rauner's new TV ad: "Moby Dick" (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Worst Rauner headline ever? (08-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-28)
This is what happens when you don't take care of your transportation infrastructure (08-27)
Question of the day (08-27)
Willie Wilson cleared, handouts denounced, but will resume tomorrow (08-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republicans vow to oppose Pritzker tax hikes (08-27)
Asked and answered (08-27)
Drilling into the UIUC numbers (08-27)
Our two states (08-27)
It's just a bill (08-27)
So far, Bruno's prediction is holding up for AFSCME (08-27)
Rauner vetoes limits to short-term health insurance plans (08-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pro-Rauner story disappeared into the ether (08-27)
Rauner vetoes $40,000 teacher minimum wage (08-27)
Caption contest! (08-27)
That bill wasn't only about the Quincy veterans home (08-27)
Down, but far from out (08-27)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-27)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - McCann accepts all 12 *** Rauner wants 12 debates, Pritzker says 3 (08-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (08-24)
Let's dance! (08-24)
*** UPDATED x5 - Shriver Center, Cullerton, Senate Latino Caucus, McCann, Pritzker respond *** Rauner says he will veto three immigration bills, talks about Mollie Tibbetts case (08-24)
Pritzker campaign celebrates National Waffle Day with P&R poke at Rauner (08-24)
Question of the day (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Open thread (08-24)
More on Pritzker's revenue guesstimate as he launches new TV ad (08-24)
Caption contest! (08-24)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-24)
Question of the day (08-23)
Pritzker refuses to say how much new revenue he'll need from tax hike, so here's my initial guesstimate (08-23)
Our scintillating attorney general's race (08-23)
It's just a bill (08-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (08-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** I don't think this Rauner claim is true (08-23)
Lots of fingers pointing at CVS (08-23)
OK, I give up. Let's try a new question (08-23)
Rauner signs bipartisan bill packages addressing mental health and opioid crisis (08-23)
This ain't rocket science (08-23)
Ives and Axelrod on Rauner (08-23)
The most southern Illinois TV ad so far this year (08-23)
Rauner explains his biker pins in new campaign video (08-23)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign roundup (08-22)
Yeah, this line will never find its way into a TV ad. Nope. Not a chance (08-22)
More promises, more vague revenue plans (08-22)
Question of the day (08-22)
Stop calling the cops for stupid stuff (08-22)
Davis finally denies his campaign sent tracker to opponent's fundraiser (08-22)
Rauner calls his campaign "the most important election of my lifetime" (08-22)
Not exactly in the spirit of #MeToo (08-22)
ABATE president takes offense at Pritzker ad (08-22)
Another look at that NBC/Marist poll (08-22)
Casten's first TV ad plays defense (08-22)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-22)
NBC Poll: Pritzker leads Rauner by 16 points (08-21)
Blair Hull wants limits on deposition in Madigan case (08-21)
Because... Madigan! (08-21)
MLB open thread (08-21)
Question of the day (08-21)
It's just a bill (08-21)
Rep. Miller-Walsh slammed for "scrubbed" Facebook page (08-21)
Obama/Pritzker coverage roundup (08-21)
Truck "mystery" solved (08-21)
Rauner on Quincy veterans home: "Occasionally some things stumble here or there" (08-21)
On the (same) road again (08-21)
It's a simple question, Rodney (08-21)
Barickman: "We don't get to earn the right to govern simply by saying Madigan is the boogeyman" (08-21)
Rate Rauner's new TV ad (08-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-21)
Rauner won't be deposed in Madigan case (08-20)
Today's must-read (08-20)
State admits to $1.2 billion structural deficit (08-20)
It's just a bill (08-20)
Caption contest! (08-20)
I have so many questions about this (08-20)
Because... Madigan! (08-20)
Williamson County will hold a gun rights referendum, but not the one favored by the governor (08-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - "They can't kill each other fast enough on the south and southwest sides" *** Helene Miller Walsh gets Sauer seat (08-20)
Rate Londrigan's first TV ad (08-20)
Madigan lawyers try to prove Gonzales conspiracy (08-20)
Monique Garcia leaves Tribune for Mac Strategies (08-20)
Obama cuts video for Pritzker, who just dumped another $20 million into his account (08-20)
Rauner questioned on job creation (08-20)
Um, wut? (08-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-17)
Illinois rated second most likely governor's office to flip parties (08-17)
It's just a bill (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A couple of new mailers and a fundraising list (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - ICPR responds again (08-17)
Rauner says "left-leaning" Chicago press is "plenty biased" (08-17)
Keep your trackers out of taverns (08-17)
"If any region should feel alienated from state government, it's the suburbanites" (08-17)
Democratic legislator files resolution condemning "scofflaw counties" (08-17)
Rauner ad gets it wrong, but Pritzker needs to end his silence (08-17)
Just a small critique (08-17)
Are the Democrats unified? (08-17)
Buttigieg delivered the best zinger of the day (08-17)
White vows to finish out sixth term (08-17)
Rauner to return to Quincy Veterans Home this weekend (08-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-17)
Caption contest! (08-16)
Media flattery of Uihlein turns to criticism (08-16)
State Fair open thread (08-16)
Question of the day (08-16)
Raoul tackles "the Madigan question" (08-16)
Thursday's State Fair #facepalm (08-16)
Because... Madigan! (08-16)
Senger agrees Rauner is "lesser of two evils" (08-16)
Lay off the ageism, Jason (08-16)
AHEA previews its report (08-16)
*** UPDATED x5 - Police talk - Davis responds - Statement - Video *** Rodney Davis' field director arrested for alleged fight at opponent's campaign event (08-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A telling difference (08-16)
Harold goes on the attack (08-16)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-16)
Caption contest! (08-15)
Harold mocks Raoul for not agreeing to debates (08-15)
State Fair open thread (08-15)
GOP national committeeman calls Pritzker a "billionaire ass-kisser" (08-15)
Question of the day (08-15)
What would a day be without yet another Illinois State Fair #facepalm? (08-15)
Today's quotable (08-15)
County commissioner says Rauner camp threatened him with a smear campaign (08-15)
Rate Rauner's new online ad (08-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Joe Biden cancels State Fair event (08-15)
You're a sham and a charlatan! No, you're a sham and a charlatan! (08-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to this morning's Capitol Fax (08-14)
In a state full of trivial campaign issues, this is one of the trivialest (08-14)
Sorry, it just doesn't work that way (08-14)
New Pritzker online ad gently apologizes for the interruption (08-14)
Yet another State Fair #facepalm (08-14)
It's just a bill (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - The theme spreads to the Senate Dems (08-14)
*** UPDATED *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Illinois State Fair Event List (08-14)
Rauner announces $1 million donation to repair Coliseum (08-14)
Madigan lawyers slammed for wanting to depose a host of Republicans, including Rauner (08-14)
Question of the day (08-14)
McCann lays out his path (08-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-14)
Rauner vetoes bill to extend anti-discrimination laws to small employers (08-13)
Today's quotable (08-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (08-13)
An odd combination (08-13)
Three quarters of Illinois kids may not be ready for school (08-13)
The gruesome toll on Chicago paramedics (08-13)
Former Rep. Kay slammed six ways from Sunday in new cable TV ad (08-13)
Today's time sink (08-13)
What could possibly go wrong? (08-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - IEC responds *** Erika Harold criticizes AG Madigan for "targeting" the coal industry (08-13)
Rauner on Madigan: "I hope he’s been doing something illegal, and I hope he gets prosecuted" (08-13)
Using major-dealer laws to prosecute small-time junkies for homicide (08-13)
Here's something you don't see every day (although you probably should) (08-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Federal judge says Madigan will be deposed in Gonzales suit (08-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More Illinois State Fair #facepalms (08-13)
Can we please do something that actually works? (08-13)
Weird times in Lake County (08-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-10)
Study: All of Downstate receives more from the state than it pays in (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Internal poll results (08-10)
Every day will be Friday at the 2108 Illinois State Fair (08-10)
Pritzker on gun violence (08-10)
Bristow takes on the "Madigan question" (08-10)
Today's quotable (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Administration doubles down on fake Lincoln quote (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates: Dark Money; Parkhurst; Blue Wave (08-10)
They will never concede defeat (08-10)
"Be fiscally astute, compromise and don’t pick fights unnecessarily" (08-10)
Rauner blames Republican Nazi and "nut" candidates on Madigan (08-10)
*** UPDATED x2 - $1 million check cashed *** Attorney general shoots down Erika Harold prosecution idea (08-10)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Rate JB Pritzker's new TV ad (08-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-10)
Rauner and Emanuel are dissing each other again (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner can't identify crime that he wants Erika Harold to charge Madigan with (08-09)
Report: Dicamba damage highest in Illinois (08-09)
Question of the day (08-09)
All's well that ends well (08-09)
Because... Madigan! (08-09)
Pritzker mocks reporters who bemoan lack of substance, but his biggest idea is barely a shell (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Let's hope the butter cow typo isn't an omen (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Is some proactive policing making things worse? (08-09)
Rauner blasts Pritzker for supporting Obama and Clinton "and their war on coal" (08-09)
*** UPDATED x2 *** This just in... Rauner to give $4 million more to HRO, $1 million to Harold (08-09)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-09)
Why that National Guard rumor is almost surely false (08-08)
Roskam calls Casten "shady" in new TV ad (08-08)
Question of the day (08-08)
Sunday was clearly a huge spike (08-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign fundraisers list (08-08)
Oppo dump! Rauner resurfaces for a pro-coal event and is slammed by enviros (08-08)
Republicans withdraw support from conspiracy theorist candidate and write-in candidate emerges to counter Nazi Repub (08-08)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Let's hope the National Guard rumors aren't true (08-08)
Pritzker slammed for finger-pointing on gun violence (08-08)
Wilson lashes out after AG requests more info about his charity (08-08)
Rate the governor's new TV ad (08-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-08)
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man (08-07)
Question of the day (08-07)
Rep. Ford calls on Mayor Emanuel to work with President Trump on Chicago crime (08-07)
It's just a bill (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (08-07)
Caption contest! (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Jackson calls judge "domestic terrorist" *** Judge threatens Libertarian gubernatorial candidate with contempt citation (08-07)
Former Rep. Nick Sauer withdraws from the campaign (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** How can Pritzker raise campaign money after swearing off fundraising? (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The Black Caucus response to the city's mass shootings (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Speaking of coal... (08-07)
Quinn will battle on at least three fronts to put term limits on the ballot (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** If there is a war on coal, then coal is losing badly (08-07)
Today's must-read: The spread of "sweepstakes" machines (08-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-07)
Too much like work (08-06)
When views supposedly matter, and when they supposedly don't (08-06)
Man arrested after threatening to shoot Ald. Hopkins, then showed up at his house (08-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (08-06)
Republicans using gun referendums in apparent bid to gin up turnout (08-06)
Fired employees claim First Amendment violations (08-06)
Stop the presses!!! (08-06)
Ivanka Trump to visit Godfrey with Rodney Davis (08-06)
Christie throws Rauner under the bus (08-06)
Report: Republican congressional candidate pushes bizarre conspiracy theories on Sandy Hook, Pizzagate, Seth Rich (08-06)
LIG sends Sauer case to county prosecutor (08-06)
Rauner's "culture" looks eerily familiar (08-06)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rauner campaign responds *** Challenge to Durkin backfires bigly (08-06)
Mass shootings overwhelm city (08-06)
The DPI has its work cut out for it (08-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-06)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New poll in Morrison district (08-03)
Uihlein gives Proft's PAC $3.5 million (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More campaign stuff: Sauer; Martwick; Claybourne (08-03)
Chicago mulls $10 billion pension bond plan (08-03)
Define "deceiving" (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
"The most radical concept in the history of mankind" (08-03)
A strong cause with ineffective leadership (08-03)
It's just a bill (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and some campaign news (08-03)
The connection between Bruce Rauner and "own the libs" Charlie Kirk pops up again (08-03)
95 days to go (08-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-03)
Creating gun sanctuary counties to own the libs (08-02)
One matter resolved, but a bigger one remains (08-02)
Yes, it's a slow news day (08-02)
Caption contest! (08-02)
India Post astrologer predicts Pritzker win (08-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A closer look at the governor's off-shoring claims (08-02)
Remembering #hotdoggate (08-02)
Define "transparency" (08-02)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-02)
Question of the day (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sauer resigns (08-01)
Define "union-friendly" (08-01)
Rate Sen. Manar's latest TV ad (08-01)
It's just a bill (08-01)
McCann gets big money from the Operating Engineers, praises unions (08-01)
Every little bit helps, I suppose (08-01)
ICPR files state complaint over Willie Wilson cash hand-outs (08-01)
Fun with numbers (08-01)
*** UPDATED x4 - Evidence of a Rauner culture? *** Asked about GOP Rep. Sauer, Rauner blames Madigan (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fix this problem now (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "There’s no real record of [Madigan] hating puppies and sunshine" (08-01)
*** UPDATED x2 - Sauer to resign today *** Complaint alleges Rep. Nick Sauer used nude photos of ex-girlfriend to catfish men (08-01)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-01)

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