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September 2020 Posts

Syverson appears to claim state is "adjusting" positivity rate (09-30)
Question of the day (09-30)
New ads in Rodney Davis district (09-30)
Pritzker says he "strongly" believes Madigan should testify to House Special Investigating Committee (09-30)
2,273 new cases, 35 additional deaths, 1,632 in hospitals, 3.6 percent positivity rate, IDPH issues Halloween guidance (09-30)
Money becoming a factor in Kilbride retention (09-30)
A brief look at some legislative races (09-30)
Drug sentencing reform is topic of Senate hearing (09-30)
House Special Investigating Committee coverage roundup (09-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Vote by mail applications top 2 million here (09-30)
Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago turns thumbs down on "Fair Tax" (09-30)
Open thread (09-30)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-30)
Outbreak traced to Lake County adult volleyball league (09-29)
After two-point positivity rate jump in two weeks, resurgence mitigation imposed on Region 1 (09-29)
Vistra to close four more Illinois coal-fired energy plants (09-29)
Springfield's Bishop Paprocki says he has "real legal and constitutional concerns" about anti-virus strategy (09-29)
St. Clair County wants a remap (09-29)
Question of the day (09-29)
1,362 new cases, 23 additional deaths, 1,535 in hospitals, 3.6 percent positivity rate (09-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Afternoon Preview: Former ComEd official to plead guilty, House investigative committee meets (09-29)
Report: Crystal Lake school reopen protesters cheered Confederate flag (09-29)
DCFS still woefully short-staffed (09-29)
MLB Playoffs open thread (09-29)
Give her credit for the comeback (09-29)
Governor's staffer tests positive, Pritzker will self-isolate for 14 days (09-29)
Stop. Paying. Lip. Service. (09-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** American Hotel & Lodging Association projecting huge additional job/facility losses here without congressional help (09-29)
Rate the new Bustos ad (09-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (09-29)
Get it together, northwest Illinois (09-29)
Open thread (09-29)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (09-28)
*** UPDATED x2 - Durkin to defy Welch *** Welch to Durkin: You can't make statements or question witnesses, but you may be called to testify about your own ComEd role (09-28)
The great hayride caper (09-28)
Define "new" (09-28)
Chicago eases COVID-19 restrictions (09-28)
Douglas, Menard statues removed from Statehouse grounds (09-28)
Illinois Lawmakers, Please Seize This Moment On Clean Energy And New Jobs (09-28)
Question of the day (09-28)
1,709 new cases, 13 additional deaths, 1,491 in hospitals, 3.7 percent positivity rate (09-28)
Madigan tried (and mostly failed) to help Madigan loyalist get state jobs (09-28)
Mark Brown again shows us the human side of this crisis (09-28)
Nowlan heads dark money group against Kilbride (09-28)
Thousands fewer Census jobs during "final push" (09-28)
Another day, another lawsuit (09-28)
Here we go again: Different excerpt leaked of Rep. Amy Grant's fundraising call (09-28)
Open thread (09-28)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-28)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Madigan declines invite to testify before House committee, denies he's taking the 5th, again calls hearing a "political stunt," asserts innocence, says Durkin had "intense involvement" with ComEd bill (09-25)
Thanks, sheriffs (09-25)
Fun with numbers (09-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (09-25)
Question of the day (09-25)
HGOPs, Pritzker trade barbs over Stratton comments, tax hikes, budget cuts (09-25)
Census ruling might have unintended consequences for Illinois (09-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - 17 counties at warning level *** 2,514 new cases, 25 additional deaths, 1,637 in the hospital, 3.6 percent positivity rate (09-25)
Folks, it's creepy when you do it, too (09-25)
Hospitalizations spike up, two regions starting to see ICU issues (09-25)
*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today’s edition (09-25)
Rate the new Betsy Dirksen Londrigan TV ad (09-25)
Governor's office again tries to shoot down Metro East conspiracy theory (09-25)
Open thread (09-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (09-25)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-25)
Stratton warns of tax hike on all if tax hike on upper-income earners fails (09-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** ComEd official to testify at House investigative committee hearing next week (09-24)
Today's must-read (09-24)
Question of the day (09-24)
The Millers visit the White House, Trump disses Pritzker and Lightfoot (09-24)
Illinois Lawmakers, Please Seize This Moment On Clean Energy And New Jobs (09-24)
2,257 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 1,713 in the hospital, 3.5 percent positivity rate (09-24)
Rate the new Ives ad (09-24)
Madigan breaks record with $2 million transfer to DPI (09-24)
The latest outrage (09-24)
Senate Republicans roll out ethics package (09-24)
Two QAnon followers running for Congress here as Republicans (09-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 870,000 new unemployment benefit applications filed last week, 23,113 in Illinois (09-24)
It's just a bill (09-24)
Open thread (09-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign update (09-24)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "There is absolutely no truth to these baffling claims from lawmakers in Region 4" (09-23)
Good luck, Fusco! (09-23)
Pritzker says attacking his daughter for playing an allowed sport "inappropriate," criticizes those who protested at state employee's house and "scaring their children" (09-23)
Question of the day (09-23)
1,848 new cases, 22 additional deaths, 1,563 in the hospital, 3.5 percent positivity rate, Pritzker warns northern Illinois' Region One (09-23)
Davis vs. Londrigan roundup: New poll, new ad, debate coming up (09-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (09-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rep. Grant digs hole deeper (09-23)
SoS White announces another extension for driver's licenses and ID cards (09-23)
S&P: "Illinois could exhibit further characteristics of a non-investment-grade issuer" (09-23)
The Casten/Ives front (09-23)
Flag thrown after Springfield football coach triggers Godwin's Law (09-23)
Open thread (09-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (09-23)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-23)
*** UPDATED x3 *** National Guard put on "state of readiness" (09-22)
Question of the day (09-22)
Kilbride rolls out endorsements from "champions of public safety," including Republicans (09-22)
ICC says utilities agree to voluntary disconnection moratorium (09-22)
1,531 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 1,455 in the hospital, 3.5 percent positivity rate (09-22)
FOP still FOPing (09-22)
Another confirmation that the Cook County Democratic Party made the rich richer and the poor poorer (09-22)
Get it together, people (09-22)
Caption contest! (09-22)
Abudayyeh roasts Glennon idea (09-22)
HHS Secretary Azar says Illinois schools should reopen (09-22)
Rate the new Oberweis TV ad (09-22)
Pritzker announces partial do-over of cannabis dispensary application process (09-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and updates on the ISBE and the budget (09-22)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-22)
The bluster continues (09-21)
US Attorney hoped his answer would clarify his position, but it didn't (09-21)
Question of the day (09-21)
More than 500 elected officials, others say "No" to Kilbride (09-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CUB scorched in WBEZ profile (09-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (09-21)
Fight back against the idiots flying Confederate flags at Lincoln College and posting racist threats on Facebook: #SaveLincolnsLegacy (09-21)
Careful what you wish for (09-21)
1,477 new cases, 7 additional deaths, 1,436 in the hospital, 3.5 percent positivity rate, state surpasses 5 million tests (09-21)
"Show of force" falls short (09-21)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Rep. Grant: "These comments do not reflect my heart or my faith" (09-21)
Illinois Lawmakers, Please Seize This Moment On Clean Energy And New Jobs (09-21)
To be clear, those Foxx numbers were from a poll of Lipinski's district (09-21)
Illinois politicos, others eulogize RBG (09-21)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-18)
Chairman Welch sends letters to potential witnesses, sets hearing date for September 29 (09-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Update to today's edition (09-18)
Today's must-read (09-18)
Rate the new Dani Brzozowski TV ad (09-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Governor's office flatly denies CBS 2 rumor about high school sports (09-18)
Illinois has 8th worst unemployment recovery year over year, 6th worst recovery since January, 9th highest unemployment rate (09-18)
2,120 new cases, 20 additional deaths, 1,481 people hospitalizations, 3.6 percent positivity rate, 24 counties reach warning level, Will/Kankakee off mitigation (09-18)
Open thread (09-18)
House investigative committee coverage roundup (09-18)
Question of the day (09-18)
Hang in there, Maggie! (09-18)
Pritzker to sit down with stakeholders after uproar over cannabis lottery process (09-18)
Rep. Mason claims she received a "rather threatening note" on her car (09-18)
Federal judge rules against Cook County GOP lawsuit to block new vote by mail program (09-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and some campaign updates (09-18)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-18)
Move over and slow down! (09-17)
It's a feature, not a bug (09-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Lausch tells House investigative committee what it can't do (09-17)
Question of the day (09-17)
The other side of the eviction moratorium (09-17)
Black Caucus talks about education inequities (09-17)
Ryan calls prison sentence "an absolutely waste of time," says he could've been required to do public service (09-17)
2,056 new cases, 25 additional deaths, 1,558 in hospitals, 3.6 percent positivity rate (09-17)
Then and now (09-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** 860,000 apply for initial unemployment benefits, 23,339 in Illinois (09-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Will and Kankakee counties may be on track to lift mitigation measures (09-17)
Caption contest! (09-17)
Gash calls local GOP claim "baseless, wacky and unhinged" (09-17)
Open thread (09-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Chairman Welch sends own letter to US Attorney Lausch, claims Republicans want to use the investigative committee "as a political stunt" (09-16)
Question of the day (09-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Pritzker again asks state's congressional delegation for help (09-16)
1,941 new cases, 35 additional deaths, 1,565 in hospitals, 3.7 percent positivity rate (09-16)
Tribune takes look at high school sports and COVID-19 (09-16)
This Is Illinois (09-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Kilbride touts GOP support (09-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Link pleads guilty to filing a false tax return, "unrelated" to Senate service (09-16)
Senate committee hears testimony on state's "Truth in Sentencing" law (09-16)
Madigan raising more money than ever (09-16)
Big Ten adopts new football protocols, teams will play in October (09-16)
First, deal with the virus (09-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition, revised fundraiser list, campaign update (09-16)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-16)
Question of the day (09-15)
Juvenile Justice Initiative pushes back against labeling Judge Toomin a "martyr" (09-15)
As Pritzker warns of cuts and layoffs, let's take a quick look at other states (09-15)
1,466 new cases, 20 additional deaths, 1,584 hospitalizations, 3.6 percent positivity rate (09-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list and cable TV buys (09-15)
Pritzker says he won't be persuaded by other states allowing contact sports in high schools: "This isn't a political decision" (09-15)
Veto session is scheduled for six days, not three - SDem, not HDem retreat next week - No fully remote Senate session allowed (09-15)
IDFPR says tie-breaking cannabis dispensary lottery will wait until questions reviewed (09-15)
Dispute rages over what US Attorney Lausch said about how to proceed with Madigan hearings (09-15)
Cook Democrats make martyr out of judge (09-15)
Open thread (09-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-15)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-15)
State won't defer payroll taxes (09-14)
Labor unions form Climate Jobs Illinois coalition (09-14)
Question of the day (09-14)
COVID-19 roundup (09-14)
1,373 new cases, 5 additional deaths, 1,431 in hospitals, 3.6 percent positivity rate (09-14)
Over half of Downstate community college's baseball team tests positive - LaHood sending his kids to Indiana to play - "Advocates" pressing for return of fall sports (09-14)
Casten reserves $2.4 million in TV ads (09-14)
Governors own messes and Pritzker owns this one (09-14)
People gotta stop believing stupid social media rumors (09-14)
Carol Marin to retire after election (09-14)
Open thread (09-14)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-14)
Sen. Link submits resignation (09-11)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-11)
Question of the day (09-11)
Bloomington restaurant that got $25,000 in state aid hit with four COVID-related public health violations last weekend, now represented by DeVore (09-11)
102nd House District race goes to pot (09-11)
30 counties placed on state warning list (09-11)
2,145 new cases, 32 additional deaths, 1,619 in hospitals, 3.9 percent positivity rate (09-11)
Jeff Tweedy, Neko Case, Jim DeRogatis and others supporting "Fair Tax" proposal (09-11)
Our sorry state (09-11)
More DC gaslighting on state aid (09-11)
Two former DCFS employees arrested in connection with AJ Freund case (09-11)
ABC 7: As Chicago traffic stops soar, 61.5 percent last year were of Black drivers, even though only a third of the population is Black (09-11)
Open thread (09-11)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-11)
CDC: "Adults with positive SARS-CoV-2 test results were approximately twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than were those with negative SARS-CoV-2 test results" (09-10)
Question of the day (09-10)
Higher education roundup (09-10)
House special investigative committee on hold while US Attorney is consulted (09-10)
IEPI study: Illinois public sector union membership has declined since Janus decision (09-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (09-10)
1,953 new cases, 28 additional deaths, 1,609 in hospitals, 3.8 percent positivity rate (09-10)
Get it together, Madison County (09-10)
Empathetic leader or a "tyrant"? (09-10)
Musical interlude: The Boss returns (09-10)
New unemployment benefits applications remain high nationally, fall in Illinois (09-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Former state GOP chairman endorses Casten as Ives releases first TV ad (09-10)
Open thread (09-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign update (09-09)
Question of the day (09-09)
Durbin, Pritzker warn about consequences if DC fails to act (09-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** #Winning (09-09)
1,337 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 1,580 in hospitals, 3.7 percent positivity rate (09-09)
Uproar over dispensary licensing system (09-09)
Unclear on the concept (09-09)
Caption contest! (09-09)
More than 350,000 VBM applications received in Chicago so far, state tops 1 million as robocalls try to discourage Black participation (09-09)
TRS says investments have rebounded (09-09)
Rate the new Rodney Davis ad (09-09)
Open thread (09-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (09-09)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-09)
More Winnebago weirdness (09-08)
The Metro East region has the highest positivity rate in the state, but its leaders remain stubbornly defiant (09-08)
Unclear on the concept (09-08)
Question of the day (09-08)
1,392 new cases, 7 additional deaths, 1,504 in the hospital, 4.0 percent positivity rate (09-08)
Environmental protesters picket on Speaker Madigan's property (09-08)
Harmon's formal response to federal subpoena shows he had basically no records to submit (09-08)
The House target list (09-08)
Legislative Black Caucus unveils fall legislative agenda (09-08)
House investigative committee to hold first hearing this Thursday (09-08)
Former ComEd VP charged, appears to be cooperating (09-08)
Open thread (09-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (09-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (09-08)
*** UPDATED x1 - Griffin issues statement *** Friday Roundup: Cannabis; Ken Griffin; ILGOP; Casten; COVID-19 (09-04)
UIUC blames "a few irresponsible students" for completely predictable behavior, orders undergrad restrictions (09-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - Pritzker responds *** Republicans use Madigan's rules against him to form special investigative committee - Madigan calls it a "political stunt" to distract from Trump - Majority committee vote needed to advance (09-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Increased IDPH mitigation measures for the Metro East (09-01)

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