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September 2022 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-30)
More like this, please, but also please follow through (09-30)
Bailey on Trump, J6, SAFE-T Act and Rep. Kelly Cassidy (09-30)
It’s just a bill (09-30)
Ratepayers, taxpayers picking up some big legal tabs (09-30)
Question of the day (09-30)
As early voting begins, Pritzker defends his record (09-30)
Today's quotable (09-30)
A look at Champaign-Urbana's 2021 homicide rate shows real problems in the area (09-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-30)
Open thread (09-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-30)
Live coverage (09-30)
Question of the day (09-29)
Proft releases his own poll (09-29)
Campaign notebook (09-29)
Oppo dump! Mark Curran on Trump, "election fraud" and J6 (09-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (09-29)
CPS and the mayor are fighting with others over state money that doesn't exist (09-29)
Anti-domestic violence groups defend new law: "It’s about doing your job" (09-29)
Fun with numbers (09-29)
Pritzker handing out $11 million to candidates, parties, organizations (09-29)
Open thread (09-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-29)
Live coverage (09-29)
Pritzker contributes $1 million to AG Raoul's campaign (09-28)
Campaign notebook (09-28)
WGN poll: Pritzker leads Bailey 51-36; Duckworth up by 20; Biden above water; Plurality support increasing funding for abortion clinics; Large majority supports assault weapons ban; 48 percent say no cash bail will increase crime (09-28)
ILGOP wants MKO to take down TV ad (09-28)
State red tape causing huge delays in awarding grants to businesses hit by 2020 looting (09-28)
Proft uses more crime footage in new ad (09-28)
Rep. Mah will block proposed high school's capital funds until officials deal with community concerns (09-28)
JG-B pledges "thoughtful" review of Bennet's SAFE-T Act trailer bill as Downstate state's attorney urges calm (09-28)
AARP, Equip for Equality ask for court order to protect Alden nursing home residents (09-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-28)
Caption contest! (09-28)
*** UPDATED x4 *** DeVore again goes against the party line on SAFE-T Act, claims law would harm "Black men and other minorities" (09-28)
Open thread (09-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-28)
Live coverage (09-28)
Question of the day (09-27)
Campaign notebook (09-27)
Costs building up as pension consolidation law is litigated (09-27)
Rick Pearson tees off on the Daily Herald: "Beyond the pale" (09-27)
It's just a bill (09-27)
Proft crops Beverly Miles firing allegation out of revised ad (09-27)
Rate Sen. Duckworth's first TV ad (09-27)
Pritzker says strong employment growth allows state to pay down another $450 million in UI Trust Fund debt (09-27)
Open thread (09-27)
Live coverage (09-27)
Campaign notebook (09-26)
Discovery Partners Institute headquarters design unveiled (09-26)
1,177 asylum seekers bused to Chicago by Texas governor (09-26)
Groups warn against the spread of extremism (09-26)
Question of the day (09-26)
Robert R. McCormick Foundation announces $7.5 million in grants to Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, Injustice Watch and Medill (09-26)
Today's quotable (09-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Daily Herald the big loser (09-26)
Open thread (09-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-26)
Live coverage (09-26)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-23)
Pritzker responds to state's attorney who warned of "greatest jailbreak" in history because of SAFE-T Act (09-23)
Campaign notebook (09-23)
Caption contest! (09-23)
Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty (09-23)
Batinick responds to Msall critique of pension funding plan (09-23)
Illinois Supreme Court found way around constitutional question to kill legislator pay raise suit (09-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Quick heads up (09-23)
More say SAFE-T Act changes are coming in veto session (09-23)
Lawmakers discuss gun control, FOID, war on drugs (09-23)
Leader McConchie lays out anti-corruption legislative agenda (09-23)
Open thread (09-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-23)
Live coverage (09-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Daily Herald drops Proft papers (09-22)
Campaign notebook (09-22)
Censorship in Illinois libraries highlighted during banned books week (09-22)
Question of the day (09-22)
Today's quotable (09-22)
Illinois Supreme Court rules against former lawmakers who voted against pay raises and now want the money (09-22)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Pritzker pulls out of Daily Herald candidate forum over Proft papers scandal (09-22)
IDOC grilled over audit with 46 repeat findings (09-22)
Sen. DeWitte says "nevermind" on full SAFE-T Act repeal (09-22)
Open thread (09-22)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Pritzker calls on Sens. Jones and Hastings to resign (09-22)
Live coverage (09-22)
Dance break! (09-21)
Sen. Jones resigns committee chair, vice chair and leadership positions (09-21)
Question of the day (09-21)
Campaign notebook (09-21)
Pritzker campaign says new Proft ad is "a lie" (09-21)
Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal prepare to help asylum seekers (09-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** AG Raoul says SAFE-T Act needs changes (09-21)
Open thread (09-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-21)
Live coverage (09-21)
Harmon wants Sen. Jones to resign from leadership, chairmanship (09-20)
Question of the day (09-20)
Campaign notebook (09-20)
The reason for police pursuit policies (09-20)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Another corruption case (09-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Report: Proft papers using Daily Herald's postage permit (09-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (09-20)
Far-right activists pressuring hospitals, libraries, businesses, zoos (09-20)
Do better, Fox 32 (09-20)
Shakman loses again (09-20)
Unclear on the concept (09-20)
Open thread (09-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-20)
Live coverage (09-20)
Campaign notebook (09-19)
Question of the day (09-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update and supplement to today's edition (09-19)
Your feel-good story of the day (09-19)
Sterigenics hit with massive damages award (09-19)
Caption contest! (09-19)
Early poll has Lightfoot with very slight lead over Garcia (09-19)
News media finally starts playing catch-up with SAFE-T Act (09-19)
Dems, Pritzker fending off crime and immigration-related attacks (09-19)
Bailey's family made big bucks off wetlands sale to state (09-19)
Another day, another lawsuit (09-19)
Rate the new People Who Play By The Rules PAC ad (09-19)
Open thread (09-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-19)
Live coverage (09-19)
Pritzker finally addresses crime in new TV ad (09-16)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-16)
Question of the day (09-16)
Grasso gets an apology from Pritzker, along with a scolding (09-16)
Campaign notebook (09-16)
SAFE-T Act coverage roundup (09-16)
Rate the new Kathy Salvi ad (09-16)
Republican election results denier running for Champaign County Clerk (09-16)
Do better, Facebook and Politifact (09-16)
Caption contest! (09-16)
Open thread (09-16)
Live coverage (09-16)
Pritzker unwinds more COVID-19 restrictions on school and childcare personnel (09-15)
In wake of Washington Park mass shooting, G-PAC repeats call for "ban on weapons of war" (09-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The trespassing issue (09-15)
Mendoza aims to boost rainy day fund: "I'm not going to feel comfortable until we are at about 7.5% in reserves" (09-15)
Payrolls increase, but unemployment rate still up a tenth of a point (09-15)
A not so happy birthday for CEJA (09-15)
*** UPDATED x1 - Victim's attorney speaks out *** Proft lashes out at Chicago TV stations as more stop running his "Scream" ad (09-15)
Bailey on "un-American" CRT, election security, and rolling back the minimum wage and cannabis legalization (09-15)
I was born at night, but not last night (09-15)
McDonald’s CEO to city: "Let us know the plan so we can support it" (09-15)
How Indiana's abortion ban will affect Illinois (09-15)
Uihlein kicks in $1 million to IPI PAC opposing Workers' Rights Amendment (09-15)
Rail strike appears to be averted, but port strike looms (09-15)
Open thread (09-15)
Live coverage (09-15)
Bailey releases tax returns (09-14)
Question of the day (09-14)
Bailey's post-shooting press conference called "shameful" (09-14)
Campaign notebook (09-14)
Pritzker says state and city looking into whether asylum seekers willingly boarded Texas buses (09-14)
Pritzker says SAFE-T Act changes need to be made, but didn't say what changes he wants (09-14)
Rate the videos (09-14)
Casten tells Awake IL to stick their cease and desist demand in their ear (09-14)
Bailey: "Get away from the TV, get away from these news sources that won't report the truth" (09-14)
Somebody threw a brick through Rep. Cassidy's office window early this morning, she says (09-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-14)
Unclear on the concept (09-14)
About that SAFE-T Act meme... (09-14)
Open thread (09-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-14)
Live coverage (09-14)
Do better (09-13)
Bailey: "Chicago is living The Purge" and "JB Pritzker and his cohorts in mayhem are directing the film" (09-13)
It's just a bill (09-13)
Second question of the day (09-13)
Illinois abortion clinics struggling to keep up with hugely increased demand (09-13)
Campaign notebook (09-13)
Illinois above water in the brain drain battle (09-13)
Question of the day (09-13)
Freight rail workers may strike, causing interruptions for Illinois train lines (09-13)
I can't even with this guy (09-13)
Same topic, different state's attorney (09-13)
Rate the new TV ads (09-13)
Open thread (09-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bailey in more hot water (09-13)
Live coverage (09-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Martin Luther King, Jr. statue knocked over (09-12)
Question of the day (09-12)
One-time income and property tax rebates begin today (09-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (09-12)
Pritzker campaign says Bailey should call on Proft to stop running "Scream" ad (09-12)
Campaign notebook (09-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Anne Burke to retire from Supreme Court, to be replaced by Appellate Justice Joy Cunningham, who will be the top court's second Black woman member (09-12)
School district uses state law to reject resignations of four tenured special education teachers (09-12)
Has Glasgow even read the SAFE-T Act? (09-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-12)
Sen. Hastings' spokesperson calls female lobbyist a dishonest bully for speaking out (09-12)
The numbers just aren't there to base Bailey's campaign on Downstate issues (09-12)
Mayors say the quiet part out loud (09-12)
Open thread (09-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-12)
Live coverage (09-12)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news (09-09)
A quick Bears stadium roundup (09-09)
Bailey dodges Amy Jacobson's abortion question (09-09)
Campaign notebook (09-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Uihlein contributes $2.1 million to Senate Republican Leader McConchie (09-09)
Rate the new anti-Esther Joy King ad (09-09)
A false equivalence, but somebody should still probably pick up a phone (09-09)
If you can't take their money and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in the Legislature (09-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-09)
Do better (09-09)
Rate Appellate Justice Mary Kay O’Brien's first Supreme Court broadcast TV ad (09-09)
Open thread (09-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-09)
Live coverage (09-09)
More like this, please (09-08)
Rate the new Vote Yes for Workers’ Rights TV ad (09-08)
Question of the day (09-08)
It’s just a bill (09-08)
Questions raised about Bally’s Chicago casino bid (09-08)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Pritzker goes after "Profit" (09-08)
Pritzker: "What the governor of Texas is doing is disgusting and it needs to stop" (09-08)
Donald Trump Jr. planning pre-election visit to southern Illinois, Bailey not saying yet if he'll show (09-08)
Because... Remap! (09-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news and supplement to today's edition (09-08)
Rate the new People Who Play By The Rules PAC ad (09-08)
FOP Lodge 263 warns about "frightening tragedies," but governor's office pushes back hard: "What seems to be the real problem for the union is that a Black woman is in a position of power" (09-08)
Hendon: "Instead of making it easier for Blacks and Latinos, they’re making it harder" (09-08)
Illegal street racing, stunt-driving, sideshows are a national problem (09-08)
Open thread (09-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-08)
Live coverage (09-08)
Wackos amping up wacko activities (09-07)
Question of the day (09-07)
Illinois awards first tax credits under electric car program (09-07)
Campaign notebook (09-07)
White's consistently unifying appeal has no equal in this state’s politics (09-07)
Law enforcement leaders want part of opioid settlement directed to some early childhood programs (09-07)
Rate the new Pritzker TV ad (09-07)
It's a feature, not a bug (09-07)
Bailey outlines public safety ideas (09-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list and supplement to today's edition (09-07)
Pritzker won't rule out closing Choate (09-07)
Rate the first pro-Bailey People Who Play By The Rules PAC ads of the fall campaign (09-07)
Open thread (09-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-07)
Live coverage (09-07)
Comments closed for an extra day (09-06)
Live coverage (09-06)
Reader comments closed for the Labor Day weekend (09-02)
Oppo dump! (09-02)
Campaign notebook (09-02)
Question of the day (09-02)
Crime and punishment (09-02)
Raoul files suit against construction company over "elaborate scheme to keep its employees off payroll and avoid paying tax withholdings" (09-02)
Madison County investigating suspicious mail-in ballots as FOIAs inundate clerk's office (09-02)
The intolerable mess at Choate (09-02)
Workers' Rights Amendment opinion roundup (09-02)
Caption contest! (09-02)
Open thread (09-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-02)
Live coverage (09-02)
Bailey campaign comments on migrants bused to Chicago (09-01)
Campaign notebook (09-01)
Out of state abortion seekers may be assisted by city grants (09-01)
It's just a bill (09-01)
Teamsters ramp up cannabis industry organizing effort (09-01)
Today's quotable (09-01)
Awake Illinois, Keith Pekau team up to halt library's drag bingo event (09-01)
Texas governor expels migrants to Chicago (09-01)
Open thread (09-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-01)
Live coverage (09-01)

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