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* The House is in at noon, the Senate returns at 2 o’clock. Committee are scheduled until 4 o’clock. Here are some late Morning Shorts from my intern Owen Irwin…

* `You shouldn’t be a legislator!’ Illinois lawmaker tells colleague: “I want to know why you’re allowed to do something when someone else isn’t,” Mulligan said in floor debate, looking across the House chamber at Sente. Mulligan suggested that “because you’re considered a target, you’re getting special treatment” from the Democratic leadership of the House. A “target” is an incumbent who the other party considers to be weak enough to possibly be defeated in the next election. As a Democrat from the northern suburbs of Chicago, Sente is part of an endangered species. After Mulligan pressed Sente on whether that was the reason she was being allowed to sponsor the popular legislation, Sente shook her head slightly and didn’t respond. That angered Mulligan, who said to rising shouts from both sides of the chamber: “You should answer questions or you shouldn’t be a legislator!”

* State legislators clamp down on student loan defaulters

* Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon: State needs long-term investment in students

* Finke: Tuition waivers up until end

* Erickson: Scholarships, pay hard cuts to make

* Business incentives transparency bill goes to Quinn

* Quinn gets bill giving courts access to HIV results

* Illinois woman can’t be sued over fake online personas

* Schoenberg sales-tax fraud measure would recover millions, prosecute offenders

* Invasive plants targeted in new boating law

* Bernard Schoenburg: Durbin likes how campaign is unfolding

* Unemployment Falls In Illinois Metro Areas

* Health Advocates Push For Carbon Emission Standards At Coal Plants

* Editorial: Pay Chicago cops overtime for NATO summit duty

* Judge who dropped out of race appointed to seat

* Community Leaders, Funding Partners Celebrate Groundbreaking for Myers Place – a New $13.2 Million Housing Development in Northwest Suburban Chicago

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, May 28, 12 @ 11:27 am

Comments

Mulligan should look in the mirror before tossing around epithets like “You shouldn’t be a legislator.”

At least Nekritz knows how to collect signatures to get her name on the ballot.

That’s step #1 in “being a legislator.”

Comment by G. Willickers Monday, May 28, 12 @ 7:46 pm
Re the appointment of Judge Carroll:

Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. (Hitting self in head.)

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, May 29, 12 @ 10:35 am