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August 2020 Posts

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list, Campaign news (use last week's password) (08-31)
Reader comments closed until after Labor Day (08-28)
Please, don't be like Rod (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Heads up (08-28)
An entertaining way to waste a few minutes on a Friday afternoon (08-28)
Locals blame state, but state points to federal restrictions (08-28)
Question of the day (08-28)
30 counties now on IDPH watch list, including Cook, Effingham and Sangamon (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 2,149 new cases, 20 additional deaths, 1,546 people in the hospital, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-28)
Our year in a nutshell (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A sizzling headline, but not a meaty story - yet (08-28)
So far, more than a million Illinoisans have requested VBM ballots for fall election (08-28)
Rep. Welch on state opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses: "The data is abysmal" (08-28)
Chicago finally kicks off casino process (08-28)
Illinois to help California contain wildfires (08-28)
Open thread (08-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-28)
Illinois Supreme Court finally issues face mask order (08-27)
Bloomingdale Township road commissioner charged with taking kickbacks (08-27)
Question of the day (08-27)
COVID-19 roundup (08-27)
CPS official charged with lying to the FBI (08-27)
McPier's upcoming bond sale given junk rating by Fitch (08-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 1,707 new cases, 24 additional deaths, 1,631 people in hospitals, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-27)
Durkin on masks, Trump and Rauner (08-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-27)
DraftKings CEO calls competitor "corrupt idiots" then deletes tweet (08-27)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Here we go again (08-27)
Open thread (08-27)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-27)
Republicans may hold own hearings on COVID-19 response (08-26)
Question of the day (08-26)
Ives complains that Casten's remarks have "received little to no media scrutiny" (08-26)
Pritzker announces big federal grants for quantum research (08-26)
AG's office is currently dealing with 25 COVID-related lawsuits (08-26)
2,157 new cases, 37 additional deaths, 1,573 people in the hospital, 4.0 percent positivity rate (08-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A quick look around at the situation on university campuses (08-26)
Republicans launch new African-American "working group" during convention week (08-26)
IML survey: Local governments seeing 20-30 percent hit to revenues (08-26)
Trouble brewing in Effingham County? (08-26)
CDC: Half of state's high schoolers used electronic tobacco products in 2019 (08-26)
Open thread (08-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-26)
"If this is the norm, we don’t have a chance" (08-25)
Question of the day (08-25)
Please, wear a mask (08-25)
Sheriff uses county stationery to urge vote against Supreme Court Justice Kilbride (08-25)
Pritzker says Illinois will eventually participate in three-week federal unemployment program (08-25)
State expands mask requirement in restaurants and bars (08-25)
1,680 new cases, 29 additional deaths, 40,859 tests, 1,549 people in hospitals, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Sens. Rezin, Curran claim Pritzker has "decided to place partisan politics above science" with mitigations (08-25)
Since everyone seems to want to talk about this... (08-25)
Another county judge overturned as sheriffs lose appellate battle (08-25)
Jim Edgar: "For the Party to be able to win in Illinois statewide, we need to divorce ourselves from the Trump thing" (08-25)
ILGOP Chairman: "The president can win in Illinois" (08-25)
More charges could be coming against former Rep. Arroyo (08-25)
Pritzker extends garnishment and wage deduction limits (08-25)
County boundaries will undoubtedly cause confusion during the new state mitigation (08-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-25)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** State mitigation for Will, Kankakee counties, and more restrictions likely on the way for Metro East (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (08-24)
First, deal with the virus (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 1,612 new cases, 8 additional deaths, 36,155 tests, 1,529 in the hospital, 4.2 percent positivity rate (08-24)
Online sports betting signups return after new Pritzker EO (08-24)
Dueling press releases (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** ILGOP throws stones, chants "Madigan," helps Lundy and ComEd (08-24)
Home stretch for Census count (08-24)
Get ready for a tsunami (08-24)
Davis causes a stir on eve of national convention (08-24)
Remembering JRT (08-24)
Open thread (08-24)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-24)
Tobolski formally charged, expected to plead guilty (08-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-21)
After pushing out two top employees, IDPH announces "top to bottom, independent review" of long-term care investigations (08-21)
Question of the day (08-21)
Your daily Big Jim post (08-21)
City Council blocks debate on National Guard by sending issue to committee (08-21)
Clay County among 20 counties on latest state COVID-19 warning list (08-21)
Governor's office cites unnamed "mistake" for disinvitation (08-21)
2,208 new cases, 24 additional deaths, 1,526 in hospitals, 51,736 tests, 4.3 percent positivity rate (08-21)
New Pritzker plan comes down hard on ComEd and Exelon (08-21)
Oh, for crying out loud, IDES (08-21)
SIU backs off, will now report COVID-19 cases (08-21)
Unclear on the concept (08-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lake County Dems upset at Link's possible power play (08-21)
Open thread (08-21)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Burke claims he was set up (08-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Link to resign as Lake County Democratic Chairman on September 15 (08-20)
Question of the day (08-20)
Today's must-read (08-20)
Federal court turns thumbs down on state elections board's Hail Mary appeal (08-20)
Pritzker will extend eviction moratorium (08-20)
Some very hard lessons are being learned in District 186 (08-20)
1,832 new cases, 27 additional deaths, 1,519 hospitalized, 4.4 percent positivity rate (08-20)
State Republicans won't hold any "media advised events" during their convention (08-20)
A quick look around at university COVID-19 testing (08-20)
Today's Big Jim roundup (08-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** New unemployment benefit applications back on the rise nationally, but Illinois continues slight downward trend (08-20)
Compare and contrast two new ads supporting the "Fair Tax" (08-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker's "Vote Yes For Fairness" TV ads begin tomorrow (08-19)
Pritzker: Federal U of I test approval has "potentially game-changing implications for our statewide testing program" (08-19)
Question of the day (08-19)
Capitol Architect board votes to remove Douglas, Menard statues and bring MLK statue on to capitol grounds (08-19)
Simple solutions are usually neither (08-19)
Drop boxes about to start popping up almost everywhere (08-19)
2,295 new cases, 25 additional deaths, 1,519 people in the hospital, more than 50K tests, 4.4 percent positivity rate (08-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Your daily Big Jim post (08-19)
CDC survey: 22 percent of essential workers and 31 percent of unpaid caregivers seriously considered suicide in previous month (08-19)
Because... Madigan! (08-19)
Feds agree to delay collection of first installment of ComEd's fine in face of lawsuit (08-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (08-19)
Open thread (08-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (08-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-19)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-19)
Pritzker wins injunction against three school districts on mask issue (08-18)
USPS backs off cuts (08-18)
It's just a bill (08-18)
Question of the day (08-18)
Rep. Tarver describes arrest, detainment after charges against him are finally dropped (08-18)
1,740 new cases, 27 additional deaths, 1,510 in hospitals, 4.3 percent positivity rate (08-18)
The message testing behind the state's new face-mask ad campaign (08-18)
Classrooms exempted from new Region 4 gathering size limits (08-18)
Navy Pier will close next month, hopefully reopen in the spring (08-18)
That time Jim Thompson was kissed by a bearded female impersonator and drank peppermint schnapps from a toilet plunger (08-18)
15 Democratic state legislators issue statement condemning "lawless" protesters, supporting CPD (08-18)
Open thread (08-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-18)
"If the health department closes our entire office down, how are we going to do early voting or anything for that matter?" (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
Weekend protest roundup (08-17)
Hearing officer recommends that Willie Wilson's name be included on the ballot (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-17)
1,773 new cases, 12 additional deaths, 1,544 people in the hospital, 4.2 percent positivity rate (08-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Republicans blast Pritzker for trying to lift Shakman decree (08-17)
A new twist on the state's teacher shortage (08-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republican legislative candidate denounced as "shameful" by opponent for touting Blagojevich appearance (08-17)
Because... Madigan! (08-17)
IDPH mobile testing unit heads to Clay County (08-17)
It was a good day (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-17)
State announces mitigation effort in Metro East (08-16)
In memoriam (08-15)
Big Jim (08-15)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-14)
Mid-October oral arguments for Bailey v. Pritzker (08-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (08-14)
Lawyers try to block ComEd $200 million fine payment, claiming it should go to victims instead (08-14)
Bureau, Cass, Clinton, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Jefferson, Kane, LaSalle, Moultrie, Perry, Union and Will counties put on warning list (08-14)
2,264 new cases, 25 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rates (08-14)
Formerly defiant Hutsonville school board bows to reality of mask-related lawsuits (08-14)
*** UPDATED x2 *** A brand new approach to lobbying (08-14)
How the McCormick Place hospital quickly came together as the pandemic raged (08-14)
Gaming analyst to Chicago: Time to get moving (08-14)
Pritzker warns against Missouri travel (08-14)
Open thread (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-14)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Sen. Link charged with income tax evasion (08-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (08-13)
Faculty union files Unfair Labor Practice charges against EIU and WIU (08-13)
Facebook helps fix a leaky faucet in a burning building (08-13)
Question of the day (08-13)
Unemployment benefit applications fall again, but the numbers are still really high (08-13)
CDC director: If people don't follow guidelines we're heading for "the worst fall, from a public health perspective, we've ever had" (08-13)
1,834 new cases, 24 additional deaths, 4.0 percent positivity rate (08-13)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Democratic legislators want reforms including forcing leaders to step aside during criminal investigations (08-13)
Another day, another lawsuit (08-13)
Kinzinger slammed by top presidential campaign aide for denouncing QAnon (08-13)
Pritzker: "Anybody who is looting, or shooting or breaking the law should be held responsible. Period. End of sentence." (08-13)
Rep. Welch calls on AG Raoul to hold MCOs accountable for missing contract goals (08-13)
Durbin finds a way around the Madigan question (08-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (08-12)
Caption contest! (08-12)
Question of the day (08-12)
First, get a handle on this virus (08-12)
ILGOP's attempt to have its gatherings treated the same as religious services met with skepticism by federal appellate court (08-12)
1,645 new cases, 16 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-12)
ISBE survey: Most students will be learning remotely this fall (08-12)
Mask rule roundup (08-12)
Tie-breaker rules adopted, allowing approval of 75 new cannabis dispensary licenses (08-12)
Deep in the weeds with Tom DeVore (08-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (08-12)
MLB open thread (08-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-12)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-12)
Illinois AKA sorority sisters respond to Kamala Harris' choice as Biden's running mate (08-11)
Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz calls on Madigan to resign (08-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Supreme Court moves Bailey lawsuit to Sangamon County (08-11)
ICE cancels plans for privatized detention facility in Dwight (08-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Madigan responds to RICO suit, Biss demand (08-11)
Question of the day (08-11)
Navy Pier Inc. looks at closing, but claims it's not going out of business (08-11)
*** UPDATED x2 *** JCAR set to approve Pritzker's mask rule (08-11)
1,549 new cases, 20 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-11)
Chicago's police superintendent played up a popular trope yesterday, but offered no supporting evidence (08-11)
Illinois Supreme Court stays Clay County contempt hearing (08-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to yesterday's edition (08-11)
2018 gubernatorial candidates Biss and Kennedy join numerous others in calling on Madigan to resign (08-11)
Londrigan releases first ad and CQ Roll Call tilts race slightly toward Davis (08-11)
Post-derecho open thread (08-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-11)
Pritzker asks Illinois Supreme Court to stay Clay County contempt hearing and resolve the underlying legal issues with the Bailey case (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Another day, another lawsuit: Cook County Republicans sue to stop new vote by mail law (08-10)
New rental assistance program will help, but it's likely a drop in the bucket (08-10)
1,319 new cases, 1 additional death, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-10)
Lather, rinse, repeat (08-10)
Report: Big Ten cancels football season (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser and event list (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Civil RICO case filed against Madigan, ComEd and others (08-10)
Welch demands consequences, including bans, for miserable failure to reach contracting goals (08-10)
Pritzker again defends his emergency rule on masks (08-10)
Moody's says Tillman bond lawsuit will likely prevent state from issuing backlog bonds (08-10)
Presidential EO raises more questions than answers on unemployment benefits (08-10)
Costa Howard: "I need to be able to look myself in the mirror every day" (08-10)
A night of looting in Chicago (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-10)
State elections hearing officer has bad news for Kanye West (08-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Crestwood mayor indicted (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Governor's office calls order "procedurally improper, violating elementary principles of fairness" *** Pritzker ordered to appear in Clay County (08-07)
Another day, another lawsuit (08-07)
IDPH: Cass, Coles, Grundy, Iroquois, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Saline, St. Clair, Tazewell, Union, Williamson and Winnebago counties at "warning level" (08-07)
Chamber releases conclusions from "fair tax" study (08-07)
COVID-19 roundup (08-07)
*** UPDATED x2 - Governor's office responds *** Durkin expands special session call to face-mask issue (08-07)
2,084 new cases, 21 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (08-07)
AG Raoul: Rep. Bailey's latest legal filing "an ongoing bad-faith effort to abuse the judicial process for political gain" (08-07)
Caption contest! (08-07)
Pritzker unveils new proposed rules on mask-wearing - won't apply to individuals (08-07)
Report: 99.5 percent of calls to IDES unanswered (08-07)
Appellate court rules Tillman lawsuit can be heard (08-07)
Police departments facing big cuts during steep recession (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-07)
Question of the day (08-06)
Enviros want utility lobbying reforms, repeal of ComEd's automatic rate law, social justice measures (08-06)
Still looking for just the right angle, I see (08-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** DeVore's Quincy school mask lawsuit tossed (08-06)
*** UPDATED x2 - CFO recently terminated - Ouster followed investigation by former US Attorney *** Ingram ousted at TRS (08-06)
Appellate court rules that officials' private emails and texts about public business are subject to FOIA requests (08-06)
Second member of state party central committee calls on Madigan to resign (08-06)
1,953 new cases, 21 additional deaths, 4.0 percent positivity rate (08-06)
Pritzker says "highly experienced money launderers" behind unemployment debit card fraud attempts (08-06)
Sheriffs are attempting to transfer as many inmates as possible into prisons after county judge's order (08-06)
Morning open thread (08-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-06)
US Rep. Rodney Davis has tested positive for COVID-19 (08-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to Tuesday's edition (08-05)
Why is HFS still stonewalling? (08-05)
Pritzker: "I can't imagine" COVID-19 vaccine mandate for schools (08-05)
Question of the day (08-05)
Archdiocese of Chicago plans to reopen schools for in-person learning (08-05)
A sea of red ink (08-05)
1,759 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 3.9 percent positivity rate (08-05)
Illinois Supreme Court transfers several DeVore cases to Sangamon County (08-05)
ComEd pleads not guilty (08-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker responds *** Will County judge says Clay County rulings "bereft of any meaningful legal analysis," as Rep. Bailey asks Clay County judge to hold Pritzker in contempt, toss him in jail (08-05)
Treasurer returned $1 billion in unclaimed property over past five years (08-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (08-05)
Unclear on the concept (08-05)
Is it time to rethink the way we're testing people? (08-05)
Cairo finally gets its due (08-05)
NCAA open thread (08-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-05)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Progressive aldermen chime in *** Democratic state Rep. LaPointe on Madigan: "I think he should resign" (08-04)
Orland Park loses round in federal court (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CTU prepares for strike vote as IEA teams with American Academy of Pediatrics to review school reopening plans (08-04)
Crackdowns have consequences (08-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** State in the process of settling bowling alley lawsuit (08-04)
ILGOP takes aim at Kilbride (08-04)
Caption contest! (08-04)
Question of the day (08-04)
Things are really bad all over (08-04)
1,471 new cases, 19 additional deaths, 3.9 percent positivity rate (08-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and some other stuff (08-04)
JBT posthumously inducted into Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame (08-04)
Northwestern halts football practice after a single positive test, while UIUC appears to shrug off test results (08-04)
Oops (08-04)
Fawell on Madigan, Mapes and the feds (08-04)
Rep. Cabello takes heat for online comment (08-04)
Republicans play the Madigan money card (08-04)
MLB open thread (08-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-04)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sheriffs win case at county level (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** COVID-19 roundup (08-03)
Pritzker says he has no intention of giving money to campaign funds controlled by Madigan (08-03)
Illinois government in two graphs (08-03)
1,298 new cases, 10 additional deaths, 4.0 percent positivity rate (08-03)
Because... Radical Madigan! (08-03)
Slow down and move over! (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker launches new $5 million "It only works if you wear it" campaign (08-03)
Despite modest gains, recovery looks more like an "L" than a "V" (08-03)
SIUC faculty and graduate assistants unions demand remote learning this fall (08-03)
Rate the new Illinois Rising Action ad (08-03)
It's not even a bill yet, Ted (08-03)
Pritzker puts off what may be the inevitable (08-03)
Cracks, not breaks as Madigan buys some time (08-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (08-03)

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