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August 2023 Posts

Reader comments closed until after Labor Day (08-25)
Afternoon roundup (08-25)
The local angle (08-25)
Giannoulias 'disgusted and disheartened' by library threats, chides Republicans for their silence (08-25)
Mapes conviction coverage roundup (08-25)
Pick a lane, please (08-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-25)
Meanwhile… In Opposite Land (08-25)
Open thread (08-25)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-25)
Live coverage (08-25)
Mapes found guilty of perjury and obstruction - Sentencing set for January 10 (08-24)
Afternoon roundup (08-24)
I really thought people already knew this about butter cows (08-24)
Question of the day (08-24)
Zenna Ramos was placed on the state's attorney's "Do Not Call List" after the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board decertified her (08-24)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-24)
Maybe a little context, please (08-24)
Jury deliberating Mapes' fate after defense shifts tactics during closing arguments (08-24)
Open thread (08-24)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-24)
Live coverage (08-24)
Pritzker's spox says governor will 'ensure taxpayers are prioritized' in any talks with White Sox owners (08-23)
Afternoon roundup (08-23)
It’s just a bill (08-23)
Another view (08-23)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Concern trolling at the ILETSB (08-23)
Question of the day (08-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-23)
Open thread (08-23)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-23)
Live coverage (08-23)
Afternoon roundup (08-22)
MAA grills the mayor on the CTU, CPD and Arwady (08-22)
Today's number: 4 percent (08-22)
Reinsdorf: 'A savvy negotiator creates leverage' (08-22)
A look behind the numbers (08-22)
Report: Illinois crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion providers almost three-to-one (08-22)
Paranoia, the destroyer (08-22)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Numerous bomb threats forcing suburban libraries to close out of caution (08-22)
Gannett moves further toward AI-generated news stories (08-22)
Open thread (08-22)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-22)
Live coverage (08-22)
Caption contest! (08-21)
Afternoon roundup (08-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-21)
Meanwhile… In Opposite Land (08-21)
Always read the bill (08-21)
Question of the day (08-21)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-21)
I don't think I'll ever understand Mapes' rationale (08-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-21)
Open thread (08-21)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-21)
Live coverage (08-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (Updated password) (08-19)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-18)
Stand by... Stand down (08-18)
Afternoon roundup (08-18)
Feds tie Mapes to more alleged lies (08-18)
National Shooting Sports Foundation's similar lawsuit in New Jersey dealt setback (08-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sen. Preston to the rescue! (08-18)
It’s just a bill (08-18)
Stop doing this, please (08-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republican Day roundup: Corruption, abortion, Trump and Bailey (08-18)
Open thread (08-18)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-18)
Live coverage (08-18)
Afternoon roundup (08-17)
Nonfarm payroll jobs reach record high in Illinois, unemployment stable in July (08-17)
Governor’s Day roundup (08-17)
After redaction 'mistake' by prosecutors, judge strikes recording from record, but won't declare mistrial (08-17)
Another day, another DeVore loss (08-17)
Who wore it better? (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (Updated) (08-17)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-17)
Open thread (08-17)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-17)
Live coverage (08-17)
Afternoon roundup (08-16)
Pritzker AVs bill, says it will drive up rates for Ameren customers (08-16)
Giannoulias on Madigan legacy: ‘I think people are sick and tired of scandal, corruption’ (08-16)
Caption contest! (08-16)
Chicago City Council looks at regulating rideshares (08-16)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-16)
Unclear on the concept (08-16)
Pritzker: 'Here in Illinois, we have a low tolerance for bulls--t' (08-16)
Mapes' grand jury testimony effectively used against him (08-16)
'Establishment candidate' slated by establishment over defiant Dem with Republican ties (08-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s (08-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-16)
Open thread (08-16)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-16)
Live coverage (08-16)
This just in... (08-15)
Afternoon roundup (Updated) (08-15)
Woman who once called state cannabis czar a "slave" was indicted with Trump (08-15)
Autopsy results of migrant child who died traveling on Texas bus to Chicago inconclusive, ISP investigating (08-15)
Legislation requiring lawyers for kids in police interrogations could come up next session (08-15)
Mapes trial roundup (08-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (Updated) (08-15)
Open thread (08-15)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-15)
Live coverage (08-15)
Two days after it was signed into law, group files federal lawsuit against state's Firearm Industry Responsibility Act (08-14)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Choate's facility director replaced (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (08-14)
Afternoon roundup (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-14)
More like this, please (08-14)
Pritzker pushes back against idea that state should be closing prisons (08-14)
Reyes slating push falling flat (08-14)
Meanwhile… In Opposite Land (08-14)
Question of the day (08-14)
A few that I missed Friday (08-14)
Do better (08-14)
People aren't always as one-dimensional as they're portrayed (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (Updated) (08-14)
Open thread (08-14)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-14)
Live coverage (08-14)
Pritzker signs Firearm Industry Responsibility Act (08-12)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-11)
Pritzker signs 45 bills (Updated) (08-11)
Afternoon roundup (Updated) (08-11)
Question of the day (08-11)
IDHS uncovers a $601 million pile of found money (08-11)
Gov. Pritzker vetoes four bills, including one to lift state's nuclear power moratorium (Updated) (08-11)
Mapes trial coverage (08-11)
Bailey reacts to IL Supreme Court ruling by vowing to commit suicide by cop (08-11)
React to Illinois Supreme Court ruling upholding assault weapons ban (Updated) (08-11)
Illinois Supreme Court upholds state assault weapons ban 4-3 (Updated) (08-11)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (Updated) (08-11)
Open thread (08-11)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-11)
Live coverage (08-11)
Afternoon roundup (08-10)
Yet another reason why the legislature should rein in municipal ordinance violation trials (08-10)
Defense hopes faulty witness memories will help Mapes (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
Pritzker doesn't just spend his campaign money/resources in Illinois: 'It would be hard to find a hard-core Democrat who JB hasn’t helped' (08-10)
Always read the fine print (08-10)
Today's number: 15 percent (08-10)
Open thread (08-10)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-10)
Live coverage (08-10)
Afternoon roundup (08-09)
Question of the day (08-09)
Meanwhile… In Opposite Land (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Let's do this (08-09)
Unclear on the concept (08-09)
Jesse White receives Paul Simon-Jim Edgar Statesmanship Award (08-09)
Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center renamed for one of the women he tormented (08-09)
Do these guys ever win? (08-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-09)
Open thread (08-09)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-09)
Live coverage (08-09)
Rate the new NRDC ad: 'Gas Stinks' (08-08)
Afternoon roundup (08-08)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's special edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-08)
Question of the day (08-08)
It’s now a law (08-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (08-08)
Mapes' tough road ahead (08-08)
Curran explains why most Senate Republicans voted against allowing non-citizens to serve as law enforcement officers (08-08)
Open thread (08-08)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-08)
Live coverage (08-08)
State Fair showdown avoided (08-07)
Afternoon roundup (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (08-07)
Question of the day (08-07)
Another 1st Amendment court fight appears heading for Illinois (08-07)
FCC tightens regulations on campaign robocalls (08-07)
Former Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes' perjury trial begins (08-07)
Putting that WSJ editorial into context (08-07)
GOP fights among itself over state's new non-citizen police law (08-07)
Roundup: Judge protects crisis pregnancy centers from Illinois’ Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-07)
Open thread (08-07)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-07)
Live coverage (08-07)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-04)
React to bill signings (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Governor vetoes E-Verify bill at request of sponsors and advocates, signs 92 others (08-04)
Pritzker signs three Native American-related bills (08-04)
Afternoon roundup (08-04)
There's just gotta be a better way (08-04)
Question of the day (08-04)
Do better (08-04)
Caption contest! (08-04)
Some things we missed yesterday... (08-04)
State law regulating crisis pregnancy centers put on hold by federal judge (08-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-04)
Open thread (08-04)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-04)
Live coverage (08-04)
Afternoon roundup (08-03)
Here we go again (08-03)
Mobile Museum of Tolerance returns to Illinois State Fair (08-03)
Better management, please (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update and supplement to today's edition (08-03)
NYMag interviews Pritzker (08-03)
Coverage roundup of Mayor Johnson's one-hour press conference (08-03)
HFS responds (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-03)
Open thread (08-03)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-03)
Live coverage (08-03)
Reort: Probe into fraudulent PPP loans has ensared numerous state workers, including those at facilities for the disabled (08-02)
The lost art of outreach (continued) (08-02)
Palate cleanser (08-02)
Afternoon roundup (08-02)
Funny how this works (08-02)
State's net General Funds growth exceeded year-over-year inflation in July by $300 million (nearly 10 percent) (08-02)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-02)
Live coverage (08-02)
Waukegan's questionable casino selection process at heart of appellate ruling (08-02)
It just keeps getting more ridiculous (08-02)
Big federal transit investment highighted in Metro East, Buttigieg touts 'complete streets' in Urbana (08-02)
Open thread (08-02)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-02)
More school bus woes (08-01)
Afternoon roundup (08-01)
DeSantis sides with Mary Miller, against Pritzker on new Illinois law (08-01)
March of Dimes takes a look at Illinois maternity care: Some big problems in some rural areas (08-01)
The lost art of outreach (08-01)
Federal judge rules that BIPA penalties are 'discretionary,' vacates $228 million award, orders new damages trial (08-01)
Pritzker on gun law case, support for a safe storage law, thoughts on insurance requirements and opposition to taxing ammunition (08-01)
Northwestern brings in former US Attorney General to conduct process review (08-01)
Delivery Helps Chicago Restaurants Grow On Uber Eats (08-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-01)
Open thread (08-01)
Isabel’s morning briefing (08-01)
Live coverage (08-01)

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