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* 12:12 pm - Word’s going around that Barack Obama is planning a pre-convention visit to Springfield, and it looks like it’ll be this Saturday at the Old State Capitol at one o’clock. A big speech is reportedly in the works.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 21 hours 55 minutes ago.
* Getting his son appointed to the November ballot will, at least in the short term, do even further damage to Senate President Emil Jones’ public perception and to his legacy…
Following the lead of political families like the Strogers and Li...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 22 hours 19 minutes ago.
* Stories like these might be fun, but they are far from complete…
At least five senators said Monday they were already lobbying their fellow Democrats for the job and outlined their credentials. All said they would work to repair the feud between ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 22 hours 36 minutes ago.
* The fallout from the Rockford Register-Star’s closure of its Statehouse bureau and the firing of Statehouse bureau chief Aaron Chambers continues, particularly in the wake of this supremely ignorant remark from the paper’s executive editor ...
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* The Rockford Register Star laid off 13 employees and closed its Statehouse office today, dumping bureau chief Aaron Chambers, who is generally considered one of the best reporters under the dome. Check out this story on the paper’s website…...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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*** 11:58 am *** That other post was getting too long, so let’s start anew, shall we* According to officials at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Senate President Emil Jones had $577,605.04 in his personal campaign account as of June 30...
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 5 hours ago.
[Bumped to the top for obvious reasons.]*** UPDATE 1 - 12:09 am *** I warned subscribers a couple of weeks ago that this was a distinct possibility, and I spent most of Sunday evening working the phones after I heard Jones had been making calls. I was ju...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 5 hours ago.
[Bumped to the top for obvious reasons.]*** UPDATE 1 - 12:09 am *** I warned subscribers a couple of weeks ago that this was a distinct possibility, and I spent most of Sunday evening working the phones after I heard Jones had been making calls. I was ju...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 5 hours ago.
* This post from Progress Illinois is not entirely correct…
Last Friday, we learned that State Sen. and Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson’s stepson, Jay Bush, was seriously injured while serving in Afghanistan. According to...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 5 hours ago.
* This post from Progress Illinois is not entirely correct…
Last Friday, we learned that State Sen. and Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson’s stepson, Jay Bush, was seriously injured while serving in Afghanistan. According to...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 6 hours ago.
* As I told you Friday afternoon, the Senate is coming back to town tomorrow…
The Senates main focus will be to take up two bills that Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to expand through his amendatory veto power, said Senate President Emil Jones spokes...
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