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September 2023 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-29)
Pritzker administration vows to temporarily fill spending gaps if federal government shuts down and programs run out of money (09-29)
Bulk goes to Chicago, but Joliet, Elgin, Lake County, others to share in $41.5 million state asylum-seeker grants (09-29)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (09-29)
Lawsuit over 2016 Illinois abortion referral law finally goes to trial (09-29)
Exelon, ComEd, Anne Pramaggiore charged with fraud by SEC (09-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Some Gotion-related news (Updated) (09-29)
State, city, mutual aid groups outline asylum seeker/migrant assistance (Updated) (09-29)
Ford’s Chicago assembly plant hit by UAW strike (09-29)
Coverage roundup: Pritzker defends state’s response to migrant housing, has 'concerns' about Chicago’s tent plan (09-29)
Rate the NRCC's hit on Bailey (09-29)
Drip, drip, drip (09-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-29)
Open thread (09-29)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-29)
Live coverage (09-29)
Afternoon roundup (09-28)
After Bailey attack, Bost flips on Ukraine support (09-28)
County clerks being "inundated" with voting-related FOIA requests here (09-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to yesterday's edition (09-28)
Taxes are for the little people (09-28)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Pritzker says he's 'expressed concerns' about the city's proposed migrant tent camps: 'I don't think this is the only option' (09-28)
Good luck, Henry! (09-28)
Jimmy Weiss asks for leniency, claiming his corruption would have eventually benefited the state and that he can no longer 'bribe his way back into business ever again' (09-28)
More misinformation from Bloomberg (09-28)
Open thread (09-28)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-28)
Live coverage (09-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (09-27)
Afternoon roundup (09-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (Updated) (09-27)
Bloomberg moves from out of town stupid to openly hostile (09-27)
Today's must-read (09-27)
IDFPR head says months of work on improving antiquated state licensing system just went down the drain (09-27)
Audit: IDOC didn't supply local law enforcement with mandated sex offender reports because, it says, some LEOs didn't want them (09-27)
It’s just a bill (09-27)
Robbing Peter to pay Paul (09-27)
DCFS hit with yet another blistering audit report (09-27)
Drivers Sign Up To Drive With Uber As A Flexible Way To Manage Rising Costs (09-27)
Caption contest! (09-27)
Durbin finally calls on Menendez to resign (09-27)
Big kudos to Schuba (09-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (Updated) (09-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-27)
Open thread (09-27)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-27)
Live coverage (09-27)
Even Taylor Swift has her limits (09-26)
Afternoon roundup (09-26)
Question of the day (09-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** After calling on Al Franken, Mike Madigan and Mary Miller to resign, Duckworth remains silent on Menendez (09-26)
Fittin' to get ready (09-26)
Better late than never: NIU student paper apologizes for spreading (and plagiarizing) 1969 'Paul is dead' rumor (09-26)
Circus comes to town (09-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition and a story from Isabel (09-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-26)
Open thread (09-26)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-26)
Live coverage (09-26)
Isabel’s afternoon roundup (09-25)
Migrants stole my Apes! (09-25)
Springfield hospital system pulls support from crisis pregnancy centers (09-25)
ILGOP wants to stop 2,600 new jobs from being created in a Republican-held House district (09-25)
What the heck is Durbin up to? (09-25)
Brilliant if true (09-25)
Drivers Sign Up To Drive With Uber As A Flexible Way To Manage Rising Costs (09-25)
Without a doubt, there will be some problems implementing this new law (09-25)
Open thread (09-25)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-25)
Live coverage (09-25)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-22)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (09-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Another supplement to today's edition (Updated) (09-22)
Question of the day (09-22)
Illinois State Library closed after emailed bomb threat (09-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news (09-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Illinois *not* spared from expanded UAW strike (09-22)
Bailey back to his election-denying ways (09-22)
Today's quotable (09-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-22)
Open thread (09-22)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-22)
Live coverage (09-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (Updated) (09-21)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (09-21)
Caption contest! (09-21)
It’s just a bill (09-21)
Bears in disarray (09-21)
A little context, please (09-21)
Question of the day (09-21)
Trib wrings hands over zombie threat (09-21)
Open thread (09-21)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-21)
Live coverage (09-21)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Pritzker praises Biden for granting employment authorization to Venezuelan migrants who arrived before August (09-20)
City quietly awarded migrant tent contract (09-20)
Afternoon roundup (09-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (Updated) (09-20)
Meanwhile… In Opposite Land (09-20)
Reports: Stellantis may transform Belvidere plant into logistics 'mega hub' or EV battery components manufacturer (09-20)
Question of the day (09-20)
SAFE-T Act to the rescue? (09-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-20)
Open thread (09-20)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-20)
Live coverage (09-20)
Afternoon roundup (09-19)
And it begins (09-19)
It’s just a bill (09-19)
More like this, please (09-19)
Fun with numbers (09-19)
Zenna Ramos will be sworn in Thursday (09-19)
Senate Republicans take credit, but Senate Democrats blamed for pushing PRB changes (09-19)
Roundup: How Illinois navigated its first day of no cash bail (09-19)
Open thread (09-19)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-19)
Live coverage (09-19)
Welch cut ties to SKDK last week (09-18)
Afternoon roundup (09-18)
Bloomberg attempts to claim transaction tax corpse is somehow still alive (09-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (09-18)
Roundup: The SAFE-T Act takes effect (09-18)
Today's quotable: ISP tells gun owners to not bring weapons to FOID kiosks (09-18)
Sponsors, supporters push back on critics, tout SAFE-T Act benefits (09-18)
Will electronic monitoring replace cash bail? (09-18)
Please, stop doing stuff like this (09-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-18)
Some report problems with new secretary of state online appointment process (09-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-18)
Open thread (09-18)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-18)
Live coverage (09-18)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (09-15)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (09-15)
Cash bail system ends Monday (09-15)
Defense rests in trial of two ex-DCFS workers charged in 5-year-old AJ Freund's death (09-15)
Highly unlikely (09-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (Updated) (09-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Maybe, maybe not (09-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign developments (Updated) (09-15)
Florida man tries poaching Illinois police (09-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-15)
Open thread (09-15)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-15)
Live coverage (09-15)
Afternoon roundup (09-14)
Caption contest! (09-14)
Invest in Kids proponents make big public relations push (09-14)
A closer look at the ADA lawsuit against the White Sox (09-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign developments (Updated x2) (09-14)
Crain's steps up to highlight new ideas about growing businesses on South and West sides (09-14)
Cultivated meat company to open production facility in Glenview (09-14)
Today's quotable (09-14)
Open thread (09-14)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-14)
Live coverage (09-14)
Anita Dunn was paid for doing comms work for Speaker Madigan while 'helping' Alaina Hampton (09-13)
Bears say talks going well with Chicago, team won't pursue legislative action in veto session (09-13)
Afternoon roundup (09-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign developments (Updated) (09-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Who's doing this, what is their rationale and why are the feds helping them? (09-13)
Old school corruption (09-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The cash bail system was definitely a cash cow for some folks (09-13)
Question of the day (09-13)
Another rash of library bomb threats (09-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-13)
Open thread (09-13)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-13)
Live coverage (09-13)
State's Executive Inspector General refers 177 PPP fraud cases to law enforcement in ongoing probe (09-12)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (09-12)
Illinois State Fair claims attendance record (09-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (Updated x2) (09-12)
Giannoulias testifies to US Senate committee about book bans, denies political motivation, sends follow-up fundraising email (09-12)
A solution in search of a crisis (09-12)
Undergraduate enrollment strong across Illinois (09-12)
Despite August growth pause, state revenues still up for the fiscal year (09-12)
Something I did not know (09-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-12)
Open thread (09-12)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-12)
Live coverage (09-12)
Isabel's afternoon roundup (09-11)
Hinz announces semi-retirement (09-11)
Coverage roundup: Governor’s closing fund lands EV battery manufacturer (09-11)
Law enforcement, judiciary prepare for end of cash bail (09-11)
Bill Black (09-11)
Local GOP chair calls out US Rep. Miller (R-No Relation) (09-11)
Davis Gates’ explanation doesn’t hold up (09-11)
Chicago Bears open thread (09-11)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-11)
Live coverage (09-11)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (09-08)
Afternoon roundup (09-08)
Deputy Gov. Sol Flores to leave administration, DHS' Grace Hou moves up, Dulce Quintero becomes acting DHS Secretary (09-08)
Caption contest! (09-08)
State lands a major EV battery manufacturer (09-08)
It’s just a bill (09-08)
Today's quotable (09-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-08)
Open thread (09-08)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-08)
Live coverage (09-08)
Chicago mayor wants to move migrants into winterized tents (09-07)
Afternoon roundup (09-07)
UIC's Great Cities Institute looks closely at Chicago's mayoral runoff numbers (09-07)
Today's quotable (09-07)
Here's something you don't see every day (09-07)
Groundbreaking finally held for SIUE health science building (09-07)
Food for thought (09-07)
It's not likely to get any better (09-07)
Open thread (09-07)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-07)
Live coverage (09-07)
Bailey advertises event with Donald Trump, Jr. (09-06)
Afternoon roundup (09-06)
CTU president won't answer questions about enrolling her son in private prep school (09-06)
McHenry County state's attorney announces new restrictions on cannabis shops, which governor calls 'spreading disinformation' (09-06)
Today's quotable (09-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news (Updated) (09-06)
Union membership is down, but organizing petitions are up (09-06)
Better management, please (09-06)
LG Stratton to lead Illinois delegation to Japan (09-06)
ComEd under fire for massive clawback (09-06)
SIUC has some good news to report... kinda (09-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (09-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-06)
Open thread (09-06)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-06)
Live coverage (09-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (09-05)
Afternoon roundup (09-05)
First look at mass transit rethink (09-05)
Meanwhile… in Opposite Land (09-05)
Question of the day (09-05)
Murderous carjacker caught in three hours because of eyewitness, police and high tech (09-05)
Some stories from the break (09-05)
House Dem staff union reiterates call for Speaker Welch's recognition or a union election: 'He should practice what he preaches' (09-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (Updated) (09-05)
Call Pritzker's bluff and run a new nuke bill (09-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (09-05)
Open thread (09-05)
Isabel’s morning briefing (09-05)
Live coverage (09-05)

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