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* School scheme: ‘How do they know it’s isolated?’

Chicago’s magnet applications should be audited following revelations that parents tried to clout their kids into one magnet school by falsely claiming they had a child already enrolled there, the head of a government watchdog group said Tuesday.

* Illinois Commerce Commission considers natural-gas rate hike

Under a proposal by Chicago-based Integrys Energy Group, owner of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas, consumers would be charged a new set fee on expected, rather than actual, usage.

* Collective action - As unions continue to gain power in Illinois’ public sector, they face their toughest battle yet for health care

* Cue The Groans

So much for having a hard delegate count on Super Tuesday, we’re hearing that CA Dems won’t have final delegate tally ready until Friday.

* Polling hours in Illinois

* Semi-Final Fundraising Totals

* SUN-TIMES: Our choices in today’s vote

* TRIBUNE: endorsements

* DAILY HERALD: nods

* SOUTHTOWNSTAR: backs Milan, Smith

* SOUTHTOWNSTAR: Baldermann gets our nod for 11th District Congressional seat

* SOUTHTOWNSTAR: Bennett the best bet for Third Congressional District seat

* PJ STAR: Illinois House 92nd District: Allen Mayer

* PJ STAR: Illinois House 91st District: Mike Smith

* HIRAM WURF: Why I’m endorsing Bill Foster

* Campaigns make last push for votes

* Illinois voters to pick nominees, and not just for president

* Voters have the chance to make history by voting on Super Tuesday

* Voters Head To The Polls For Super Tuesday

* Our Opinion: An end to fear of primary vote

* Illinois’ early primary brings mixed reactions

* East tax hike will appear on November ballot

East Aurora voters will consider a school tax increase for the third time in three years after the School Board agreed Monday to put a $32 million bond referendum on the November ballot.

* Obama team sets the bar low

* Candidates with Illinois ties headline primary

* Highlights from Illinois primary

* Polls open early; snow falls late

* More voters than usual expected today

* IL -14th Dem debate

* 14th District race is twice as nice

* Drum roll, please: My vote for Congress

* The governor will renew his push for health care only to be rechallenged

posted by Kevin Fanning
Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 8:54 am

Comments

Obviously it’s not as big a deal here as it would be in New Orleans… but did anyone else notice that Super Tuesday is also Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras?
In fact there’s at least one “Super Fat Tuesday” election night/Mardi Gras bash planned in Chicago tonight. Google the words “Super Fat Tuesday” to find some interesting articles.

Comment by Bookworm Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:18 am
Are any of the papers or web sites going to be doing live election night coverage of State legislative primaries?

Comment by interested party Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:48 am
===Are any of the papers or web sites going to be doing live election night coverage of State legislative primaries?===

I doubt it. They’ll have results, which I’ll post here. But they rarely cover those primaries - which is why I exist.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:53 am
Of course there’s going to be cheating on the lotteries to get into those schools. Those are the best schools in CPS and there just aren’t enough of them. Most of the general neighborhood schools just don’t even come close. CPS should build more of those schools, that would solve the cheating problem.

Comment by cermak_rd Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:19 am