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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 hours 33 minutes ago.
* If you really don’t want to debate your under-funded opponent and you go ahead and do it anyway, you probably ought to do it like this…
In their only live joint appearance before the March 18 primary election, Republican congressional candid...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 hours 52 minutes ago.
* Click the pic to see a larger version of a new flier sent out in defense of Rep. Ron Sandack, who is in the fight of his life against GOP primary challenge Keith Matune…Hat tip: Illinois Truth Team, which appears to be a HGOP-related creation.
* M...
Posted by Spontaneous Solutions 4 hours 23 minutes ago.
The Wall Street Journal’s article “Public Pension Red Alert” foreshadows more municipal bankruptcies countrywide as pension costs continue to spiral out of control. One of the cities facing the most stress nationally is Chicago. The city̵...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 hours 26 minutes ago.
* Tribune editorial…
Late last year, many lawmakers made an exceedingly difficult vote. They voted to save this state and its pension funds from financial ruin. […]
Here’s the danger in the March 18 primary election. If several lawmakers...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 hours 42 minutes ago.
* The SJ-R goes with Kirk Dillard for governor…Dillard, a suburban state senator from Hinsdale since 1993 and former chief of staff for former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, has a record of moderate views on fiscal and economic matters involving the state...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 hours 54 minutes ago.
* To put this into a little perspective, Bruce Rauner reported raising more than three times this much in one day last week…
State Sen. Bill Brady’s bargain-basement bid for governor is finally up on the television airwaves.
A spokesman for th...
Posted by Illinois Channel 4 hours 56 minutes ago.
This Saturday was International Women's Day! To keep the celebration going, here are a few of the outstanding WordPress.com blogs by, for, and about women.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 hours 3 minutes ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 hours 14 minutes ago.
* After spending $27,000 in taxpayer money on his internal investigation, Treasurer Dan Rutherford now has three $200 an hour state-paid attorneys to defend himself against a federal lawsuit…
The state will pay three attorneys up to $200 per hour to...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 hours 18 minutes ago.
* Both the Tribune and the Sun-Times have published profile pieces on Bruce Rauner. Most interesting nugget in the Tribune’s story…
The only way to fix the state’s fiscal woes, Rauner insists, is to effectively do away with the current ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 hours 58 minutes ago.
* I stopped by our late commenter “Bill” Naegele’s wake yesterday and spoke with his widow and his daughter. They both greatly appreciated your kind comments about Bill after we learned of his passing on Friday. As you might imagine, t...
Posted by Spontaneous Solutions 7 hours 15 minutes ago.
Illinois has the highest jobless rate in the Midwest, and the third-highest in the nation. But not only that. Illinois’ jobless rate has gone up more in the last five years than any other state in the nation. Despite this dismal record, cheerleaders for...
Posted by Spontaneous Solutions 7 hours 59 minutes ago.
QUOTE OF THE DAY Crain’s: Illinois employers warn state of more than 1,000 job cuts Eight companies may shed a combined 1,061 jobs in Illinois in coming months, according to state filings. The largest area losses forecast in the state’s December W...
Posted by Springfield Moms 8 hours 26 minutes ago.
Given the historic winter we’ve had here in Illinois this year, I think everyone is looking forward to spring! With warmer weather just around the corner, the Illinois Office of Tourism offers these ideas for spring break family getaways.
With a variety...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 18 hours 3 minutes ago.
Bathroom.Tunnel.* Alley.* When is a political contribution a bribe. Bottom line: When a public sector union gives a contribution to a politician, it's evil and begets corruption. When wealthy individuals and businesses give contributions to a politici...
Posted by The Rap Sheet Blog 20 hours 23 minutes ago.
Note: I would had posted this much earlier had I not had an internet outage the past couple days. So here is Steve Fender's view of the situation. Fender of course is a WLW veteran and trainer.Okay, we have seen the kids side of the story and now we get...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 20 hours 33 minutes ago.
By Google
Lots of online education is delivered using video and text. However, opportunities for learners to do things and get feedback on their work are also important — after all, one does not learn to play the piano by watching videos of many virtuos...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 20 hours 36 minutes ago.
By Karine Joly, University Business
As Google explains on its website, the goal of UA is to help you get a better understanding of how visitors interact with your online content. Some institutions, including Penn State, and Lehigh University and the Unive...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 20 hours 42 minutes ago.
By Kristen Domonell, University Business
A 2013 Noel-Levitz E-Expectations Report of incoming college students found that 78 percent have regular access to a mobile device. And while that number has probably crept higher for 2014, what about the approxima...
Posted by OMIGOD - Im ThirtyWHAT?
Well, if you're still visiting this blog after reading the vitriol I spewed out yesterday ... welcome back! I'm much better today ... much farther away from setting fire to anything. That's always a good thing. I'm a little sad.&nb...
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