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10:45 am - Lisa Madigan to announce she will run for re-election run for re-election as Attorney General, rather than seek the Governorship or a Senate seat.
Discuss.* From the Tribune…
Madigan has a 2 p.m. political news conference scheduled at a C...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* The Democratic leader reviews are in, and they’re brutal…
“Last week, the governor criticized the General Assembly for not spending enough money,” said Rikeesha Phelon, spokeswoman for Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago. “This ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* If the administration is planning to release minor drug offenders, I have no problem with that at all. I’m opposed to locking them up in the first place, so an early release would be a rare bright side of the budget crisis. They should pardon th...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* 2:08 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn’s 2:30 budget press conference will be broadcast live by the Illinois Information Service. You can click here to listen. We’ll do a bit of live-blogging as well.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
*** The governor’s veto message can be read by clicking here *** * 2:08 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn’s 2:30 budget press conference will be broadcast live by the Illinois Information Service. You can click here to listen. We’ll do a bit of live...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Does this mean we can now assume Mark Kirk is out of the US Senate race
The head of the Illinois Republican Party is making a move to run for the U.S. Senate. Andy McKenna Jr. is due in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to meet with the National Republi...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* The Sun-Times editorial board gets to the real heart of the matter on this “Clout goes to U of I” Tribune series…
The rich kids, in short, got the break — not the kids who really needed it.
Yesterday’s Tribune published a l...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* The ongoing investigation surrounding state Rep. Paul Froehlich’s use of property tax appeals to allegedly boost his campaign fundraising and his reelection prospects has turned over a much overlooked rock.
Victor Santana.
As a result of the p...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Gov. Quinn held a meeting yesterday about the state budget with almost 40 suburban lawmakers. By looking at the media coverage, it didn’t really go very well…
Rep. Jack Franks, a Woodstock Democrat who attended today’s meeting, said the g...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
*** UPDATE - 10:23 am *** As I figured, all this Chicago media hype about today’s big budget cut announcement is simply a retread of the cuts Quinn outlined last week in Springfield.
[ *** End of Update *** ]* Gov. Quinn held a meeting yesterday...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* The state legislative Inspector General has opened an investigation into Rep. Paul Froehlich at the request of Illinois Review…
Subject: Representative Froehlich
I received in today’s mail your request for investigation into matters involvin...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* You gotta be kidding me…
[Cook County] Police recently issued “IR” No. 2 million to a 38-year-old Indiana man arrested in the south suburbs on charges of possession of $10 worth of marijuana and a minor traffic violation.
IR numbers &#...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* My weekly syndicated newspaper column…
As with any state legislative overtime session and possible government shutdown, “Job One” right now is making sure somebody else gets the blame.
Last week, Gov. Pat Quinn dramatically vetoed an a...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* As I told subscribers this morning, Gov. Quinn’s campaign has posted a testimonial from former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka, a usually reliable Republican…That’s news and Ditka’s praise will only help the guv.* But this testimo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* As I told subscribers this morning, Gov. Quinn’s campaign has posted a testimonial from former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka, a usually reliable Republican…That’s news and Ditka’s praise will only help the guv.* But this testimo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Attorney General Lisa Madigan has said repeatedly that the governor ought to look hard and long for cuts before even considering the idea of a tax hike, but she apparently wants her own office exempted from the next round of slashes…
Madigan, whos...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Rep. Paul Froehlich, who has been hit hard by Chicago’s Fox TV station for using constituent property tax assessment appeals to boost his campaigns, won’t run for another term…
Democratic state Rep. Paul Froehlich of Schaumburg has an...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Second place Really I want a recount…
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers in the Uni...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* From an e-mail I received late yesterday…
Hey Rich – I know that you are “closed” for the weekend, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of 4 million Aqua-Leisure Inflatable Baby Floats [yesterday] after reports tha...
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