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* Alabama Shakes is now one of my favorite new bands, thanks to my buddy Anders Lindall. When he’s not flacking for AFSCME, Anders is a musical guru.
With a soul that’ll make you think of Big Mama Thornton, the power of a Janis Joplin, the ...
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* As we’ll soon see, Gov. Pat Quinn took the “Cinnamon Challenge” today.
Yeah, I had no idea what that was, either, until I Googled it. Oh, these kids today…
The Cinnamon Challenge is a popular dare game in which a person attem...
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* Two Republican legislators held an angry press conference yesterday about a proposed Medicaid expansion for Cook County…
Two Republican state lawmakers on Thursday said it would be hypocritical for Gov. Pat Quinn to seek expansion of a health insu...
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* I wrote about this candidate a couple of months ago. But there’s a bunch missing from this story…Michele Piszczor stood in her Southwest Side driveway, pointing to the rusted dent in her car’s driver-side door. To her, it’s a battle sca...
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* The surprise announcement by Chrysler yesterday that it was hiring more workers than expected at the Chrysler plant was some of the most positive news the Rockford area has had in many a year. The region has had an unemployment rate above 10 percent fo...
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* I literally woke up singing this song today. Yeah, I know, two “non serious” posts in a row. Having trouble getting motivated, so hang in there and sing with me...If it’s love that you’re running from
There is no hiding place
J...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 13 hours ago.
* Campaign finance reports have been rolling out for congressional candidates this week. Let’s start with the 8th District Democratic primary…
In the race to win the Democratic primary in the 8th Congressional District, Tammy Duckworth has be...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 15 hours ago.
* The Sun-Times SOTS story is headlined “Quinn’s State of State address gets cool reception from legislators” and includes the best line of the day…
In his second State of the State speech, the governor facing low approval ratings laid...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 16 hours ago.
* Via the Daily Herald. Click the pic for a larger image…More SOTS coverage in a bit. There are a ton of stories to go through, so chew on this one for a while.
*** UPDATE *** Something about that word cloud looked a bit off to me. The governo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 16 hours ago.
* Via the Daily Herald. Click the pic for a larger image…More SOTS coverage in a bit. There are a ton of stories to go through, so chew on this one for a while.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 16 hours ago.
* The State of the State address begins at noon today. I’ll be appearing on Public Television before the address to offer up whatever analysis crosses my mind. Check your local listings for channel numbers and rerun times. You can click here to ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 16 hours ago.
* Gov. Pat Quinn derided Indiana’s so-called “right to work” proposal yesterday as a “right to work for less” idea and defended union rights…
“Having a good union work force like Caterpillar and John Deere and Ford and Mitsu...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 16 hours ago.
* For weeks now, Gov. Pat Quinn and his staff have been saying that he believes more of the burden for pension funding ought to be paid by local school districts. For instance, this is from Monday…
Gov. Pat Quinn, responding to a dire new report on...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* I’m not sure that much of anything will happen today, but you can follow along with our ScribbleLive thingamajig.
* We’re also going to try something new this week. If you have a news update on session, you can now post directly to the Sc...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* The Chicago Teachers Union has hired Delmarie Cobb to do PR work…
(T)he CTU has hired veteran political consultant Delmarie Cobb, whose clients include Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown and City Council members Leslie Hairston (5th War...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 16 hours ago.
* For at least the last 30 years, Democrats and Republicans alike have pushed to change the way Illinois funds its schools. The idea was to rely less on property taxes and more on statewide taxes to help ease the local burden. Dawn Clark Netsch made the...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 17 hours ago.
* The always valuable Jim DeRogatis fills us in…
Joining Commissioner Bridget Gainer’s initiative examining Lollapalooza’s exemption from the Cook County amusement tax, Illinois Rep. Sara Feigenholtz is pushing the state legislature to probe whe...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 days 13 hours ago.
* Excellent news…
A week after Sen. Mark Kirk suffered a stroke, doctors Monday said his condition has been upgraded to fair.
“Senator Kirk’s recovery is continuing,” said Northwestern Hospital’s Dr. Richard Fessler in a statement. &...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 days 13 hours ago.
* Imagine, if you will, the horrific anguish that the parents of this 14 year-old boy (named “N.B.” in this story) are going through…
N.B. has been placed in a psychiatric hospital 14 times, where he stays an average of three weeks. N.B....
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 5 days 13 hours ago.
* This is good news…
IMPORTANT NOTICE
STRATTON TUNNEL OPEN
TO: ALL USERS OF THE STRATTON TUNNEL
FROM: J. Richard Alsop, III, AIA
Architect of the Capitol
DATE: January 30, 2012
RE: Notice of Opening of Stratton Tunnel
Effective immediately, the Stra...
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