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September 2016 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-30)
Rauner pals give $5 million to Munger (09-30)
Question of the day (09-30)
SEIU's big error and Madigan's "reign of terror" (09-30)
CTBA: Deficit is far higher than both Rauner and COGFA projections (09-30)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Nearly 200,000 kids face new and confusing vaccine rules (09-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fair share suit initiated by Rauner dismissed by federal judge (09-30)
State's attorneys and their enemies behaving badly (09-30)
On the bright side... (09-30)
C'mon, the Tribune endorsement makes perfect sense (09-30)
Rauner gets way ahead of himself on pension reform claim (09-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Court: Expensive cars can't be seized *** "Every year, police take millions of dollars from ordinary Chicagoans and spend it behind closed doors" (09-30)
Is Munger's Rauner money coming soon? (09-30)
Report: Tribune relationship with Illinois Policy Institute columnist "under review" (09-30)
Kirk not getting Senate super PAC money, won't do some Chicago debates, called "disgraceful" in new TV ad (09-30)
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Kirk touts bill to refund $154K to Chicago Stock Exchange (09-29)
Tomorrow's news today (09-29)
Rauner launches new blog (09-29)
Question of the day (09-29)
Illinois Policy Institute wins Round 2 of EDR battle (09-29)
A lesson in why tougher laws don't always work (09-29)
Trump campaign blames Rauner-signed law for Chicago violence increase (09-29)
Republican candidate says he doesn't want newspaper's endorsement (09-29)
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Rate Munger's first TV ad (09-29)
Question of the day (09-28)
*** UPDATED x2 - GOMB, COGFA stand by projections *** Rauner issues his own stopgap deficit projection (09-28)
More horrible pension news (09-28)
Dealing with the "Rauner question" (09-28)
Caption contest! (09-28)
*** UPDATED x1 - Ad already on the air *** Oppo dump! (09-28)
GOP chairman says Rauner criticism "drives me crazy" (09-28)
The power of the cyber (09-28)
Edgar, Kennedy take turns whacking Rauner, Trump (09-28)
New AFSCME TV ad: "Rauner is so far disconnected from how real people live" (09-28)
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Somebody's fee-fees are hurt (09-27)
Today's quotable (09-27)
Peoria paper warns of "revolution" (09-27)
Today's number: 86 (09-27)
Question of the day (09-27)
Strike vote, then one-two punch for CPS (09-27)
Dealing with "the Madigan question" (09-27)
Rauner again refuses to comment on transportation lockbox proposal (09-27)
Trump on Chicago violence (09-27)
Indiana ain't no shining state on the hill (09-27)
*** UPDATED x3 - LWV, Common Cause, ACLU respond *** Federal judge rules in Illinois Policy Institute's favor on election day registration (09-27)
Voices warns about stopgap budget impact (09-27)
Illinois Policy Institute's legal arm intervenes in Mautino case (09-27)
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Proft busts caps in Bertino-Tarrant race (09-26)
Today's quotable (09-26)
Funding stuff that works (09-26)
Question of the day (09-26)
Caption contest! (09-26)
More complicated than it already looks (09-26)
Caught in a vicious cycle (09-26)
How can we miss you if you won't go away? (09-26)
Rules bent a bit to move ConAgra headquarters to Chicago (09-26)
Trump raises money in Illinois for out of state candidates, while NRSC jumps in for Kirk (09-26)
*** UPDATED x1 CPS responds *** CTU says 95 percent voted to strike (09-26)
Video gaming could be a huge revenue generator for state, Chicago (09-26)
Let's tone it down a little (09-26)
Safe Roads backers begin TV blitz (09-26)
Kasper speaks (09-26)
The transformation is almost complete (09-26)
Caps off in comptroller's race (09-26)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The dirty little secrets about Facebook video views (09-23)
Life on a ledge (09-23)
Question of the day (09-23)
Our totally inspiring and uplifting US Senate race (09-23)
Trump piles on Chicago, but he may want to ask his running mate about Indiana (09-23)
Don't hold your breath (09-23)
More ugliness (09-23)
Today's number: $105,733 (09-23)
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WBEZ to broadcast Emanuel speech tonight (09-22)
Dold criticized for two fundraisers (09-22)
Orland Township wants to secede from Cook, move to Will (09-22)
Our pavement is great, our congestion is horrible (09-22)
Today's number: 50,000 (09-22)
RCP boosts Kirk's odds to even (09-22)
Sen. Harris hailed as hero (09-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - AFSCME responds *** Desperate school district wants National Guard troops to drive buses (09-22)
Tribune compares CTU vote to Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Un (09-22)
Rauner touts Facebook forum (09-22)
*** UPDATED x1 - Docs applaud *** 11th hour trial lawyer law struck down by Supreme Court (09-22)
Production company exec "refutes" Illinois Policy Institute claim (09-22)
Question of the day (09-22)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** New robopoll has Duckworth up by just 2, Clinton up by only 6 (09-22)
Question of the day (09-21)
Minow sours on Rauner (09-21)
Maybe this could help? (09-21)
One of the better congressional ads of the year (09-21)
Karmeier files dissent in remap rehearing denial (09-21)
Rauner supplies a "simple answer" on term limits (09-21)
Let's be careful out there (09-21)
No delay for Mautino (09-21)
The reviews are in (09-21)
Déjà vu all over again for Kirk and military service? (09-21)
More like this, please (09-21)
Duncan says he's not planning to run for mayor or governor (09-21)
Caption contest! (09-21)
More fallout from "documentary" (09-20)
Chicago Bears open thread (09-20)
Question of the day (09-20)
Elections have consequences (09-20)
The fun starts at noon (09-20)
Today's graph (09-20)
The artful dodger strikes again (09-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Duckworth chances rated at 80.9 percent *** Poll: Duckworth up by 5, and three quarters say Illinois is on wrong track (09-20)
When the majority starts to become a minority (09-20)
Rauner denies he's "hurting some class" (09-20)
He gone... for now (09-20)
Duckworth lashes out at congressional opponents of immigration reform (09-20)
Dated, online poll has Rauner's numbers in the tank (09-20)
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Today's quotable (09-19)
ILGOP: "Madigan is as corrupt as they come" (09-19)
Rauner fights expanding statewide "special master" to monitor hiring (09-19)
Poll: Clinton up by 13 (09-19)
Caption contest! (09-19)
Find another way (09-19)
Khouri zooms into the lead... on improper property tax exemptions (09-19)
Question of the day (09-19)
Another goofy idea (09-19)
Teamsters agreed to abolish controversial IDOT position (09-19)
Today's number: $45,500 (09-19)
Hammond said she "tore up" Rauner check (09-19)
Rooney is a gung-ho team player (09-19)
Karmeier elected chief justice (09-19)
Yes, but... (09-19)
It's all about loyalty, and it goes both ways (09-19)
Spinning like a top (09-19)
Rauner's total ILGOP contributions now top $20 million (09-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - Duckworth response: "a lie, pure and simple" *** Duckworth "whistleblowers" appear in TV ad for Kirk (09-19)
In which I agree with the Koch brothers (09-19)
Stantis says he was also duped into appearing in documentary (09-19)
What's keeping Democrats awake at night? (09-19)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-16)
Rauner kicks in $100,000 to another GOP governor candidate (09-16)
Question of the day (09-16)
Another veto threat? (09-16)
*** UPDATED x4 - Rauner refuses to comment - Sandack issues statement *** Get ready for horribleness (09-16)
Nope. Try again (09-16)
Because... Madigan! (09-16)
*** UPDATED x1 - McGuire walks back comments *** McGuire says stopgaps could last through 2019 and universities could consolidate (09-16)
Forby misremembers his tax hike vote (09-16)
Schneider criticized for new anti-Dold ad (09-16)
Messing with the elders can spell trouble (09-16)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Done deal *** Report: CSU to pay up to $600,000 to get rid of president (09-16)
Kennedy to give it another try (09-16)
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Kirk talks about stroke in new TV ad (09-16)
*** UPDATED x2 - Done *** Essentially a done deal in Murphy replacement (09-15)
Rauner's not just dodging questions about Donald Trump (09-15)
Question of the day (09-15)
Manufacturing loses big... again (09-15)
Social service groups to appeal ruling (09-15)
DCCC moves Baricevic up the list (09-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Why is Munger still denying this? (09-15)
Illinois' median household income up, poverty down (09-15)
No clean hands here (09-15)
Rauners to host Military Family Day (09-15)
Group vows appeal to strike caps law (09-15)
Opioid company sued by AG Madigan funding opposition to legalizing marijuana (09-15)
Rauner again issues denial, and party backs him up (09-15)
Duped (09-15)
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Question of the day (09-14)
Dr. says Kirk has made "full cognitive recovery" (09-14)
Faculty furious about ouster of CSU president (09-14)
The rest of the story (09-14)
How can we miss you if you won't go away? (09-14)
Rauner says "vicious cycle" hurts cops (09-14)
Missed votes becomes latest "issue" (09-14)
Who says the House Democrats don't do social media? (09-14)
Citigroup recommends buying low-rated state bonds (09-14)
Kirk makes small buy to blast Trump in Spanish (09-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - Mendoza responds, calls Munger a Rauner "lap dog" *** Munger wants Mendoza to give up a pension (09-14)
Poll: Clinton up by 18 points, voters displeased with choices, Trump not doing well in collars, lags Downstate (09-13)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rooney looks likely *** Rep. Harris drops bid for Murphy appointment (09-13)
Question of the day (09-13)
Rauner a "one-man interest group" (09-13)
Supreme Court won't rehear remap reform case (09-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New cable TV buy list has big surprise (09-13)
At least somebody is working on an idea for some new jobs (09-13)
Rauner sends campaign money across Indiana border (09-13)
*** UPDATED x2 - ILGOP says look closer - Marwig says McAuliffe benefited from his own appeal *** McAuliffe is apparently part of the "problem" (09-13)
Because... Japan! (09-13)
Online, dated poll has Kirk losing approval (09-13)
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Good morning! (09-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - AFSCME responds *** Illinois Policy Institute urging AFSCME members to go "fair share" (09-12)
Strange bedfellows (09-12)
Question of the day (09-12)
Once again, with feeling (09-12)
Fullerton gets a big promotion (09-12)
There he goes again (09-12)
More lousy pension news (09-12)
The cost of state payment delays (09-12)
Today's number: 2,400 (09-12)
Sorry, Jim, but it just got really personal (09-12)
After initially denying he'd be involved, Rauner personally interviews Murphy replacements (09-12)
Paul Green (09-12)
Putting Rauner's money into perspective (09-12)
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RIP Paul Green (09-11)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - ITLA responds *** Today's number: $143,292,789 (09-09)
Question of the day (09-09)
Madigan in 1988: Democrats should be "party of economic opportunity" (09-09)
Is the Bost district now in play? (09-09)
Will Trump sink Dold? (09-09)
Unspinning the U of I (09-09)
Has the pivot finally arrived? (09-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - DCFS responds *** Failing our most vulnerable (09-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - ILGOP pounces *** Will Madigan try to kill Quinn's mayoral term limits proposal? (09-09)
Munger hit deemed "false" (09-09)
Yard signs don't vote, but some can shock you (09-09)
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Question of the day (09-08)
I learned something new today (09-08)
Security company responds to ILGOP attack (09-08)
Today's number: 185,912 (09-08)
Well, at least he's celebrating something positive (09-08)
Batting cleanup is never easy (09-08)
Mistakes happen (09-08)
Not exactly high praise for the frontrunner (09-08)
Illinois seeks waiver to focus effort on behavioral health (09-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Will the Tribbies call the cops? (09-08)
Rauner has November deadline to tackle bad bond deal (09-08)
The interconnected web (09-08)
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Rauner ally thwarted in suit on leadership committees (09-07)
Pointless press releases, Part 9,438 (09-07)
Today's quotable (09-07)
Question of the day (09-07)
*** UPDATED x3 WIU down - SIUE down - NIU down, too *** Nothing to see here, move along (09-07)
Online gang wars and manufacturing jobs (09-07)
That's nice, but where the heck is the plan? (09-07)
Unclear on the concept (09-07)
Nekritz chastises Rauner for selling the state short (09-07)
Thanks for the props, but we need to do a whole lot better (09-07)
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*** UPDATED x1 - Maybe not *** Another day, another Democrat expressing interest in challenging Rauner (09-07)
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HGOPs use McCain in robocall to boost McAuliffe (09-07)
You can't deny something you weren't asked (09-06)
Today's number: $5 million (09-06)
Question of the day (09-06)
DuPage County no longer has a pristine credit rating (09-06)
Republicans not matching Mautino rhetoric with cash (09-06)
Their hair is perpetually on fire (09-06)
Election day registration lawsuit finally gets some attention (09-06)
Chicago's insane violence (09-06)
Few surprises in dated online poll of registered Illinois voters (09-06)
Fortner resurrects "crowd sourcing" remap reform plan (09-06)
Rauner marches in union-free Labor Day parade (09-06)
Bost up with first TV ad (09-06)
My own remap reform proposal (09-06)
Report: Rauner says he's voting for Trump (09-06)
Reader comments closed for Labor Day weekend (09-02)
Toto, we're not in Bucktown anymore (09-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Cable TV ad buys (09-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - AFSCME responds - Rauner response *** Split decision on AFSCME impasse case (09-02)
Minor drug offender punished by prison after reporting rape (09-02)
Question of the day (09-02)
Stu stews over e-mail hed while CJ beats Bost to STL (09-02)
Giving him the benefit of the doubt (09-02)
Oppo dump! (09-02)
Durbin talks about his tavern-owning days (09-02)
Mess with the bull... (09-02)
S&P warns CPS about another downgrade (09-02)
Today's number: 304,000 jobs (09-02)
How partisans internalize "facts" (09-02)
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Rauner dumps Quinn "staff assistants" (09-01)
Surprisingly good news in White Sox naming rights deal (09-01)
Random thought (09-01)
Today's number: $250 million (09-01)
Kinda like Dippin' Dots (09-01)
Your weekly Oscar the Puppy pic (09-01)
Teachers union backs the incumbent underdog... again (09-01)
Question of the day (09-01)
Unclear on the concept (09-01)
Still no Duckworth settlement as Sabato moves race to "Likely Democratic" (09-01)
Who's really in charge of new foundation? (09-01)
Smiddy called a Madigan "lapdog" at event (09-01)
Wheeler's suggestions on remap reform (09-01)
Good luck, Tom! (09-01)

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