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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 18 hours ago.
* As you can tell by the black banner at the top of this page, today is a national day of protest over stupid attempts by Congress to dangerously meddle with the 1st Amendment and the Internet’s functioning. Click here for more info about the legis...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 18 hours ago.
* As you can tell by the black banner at the top of this page, today is a national day of protest over stupid attempts by Congress to dangerously meddle with the 1st Amendment and the Internet’s functioning. Click here for more info about the legis...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 18 hours ago.
* As you can tell by the black banner at the top of this page, today is a national day of protest over stupid attempts by Congress to dangerously meddle with the 1st Amendment and the Internet’s functioning. Click here for more info about the legis...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 18 hours ago.
* As you can tell by the black banner at the top of this page, today is a national day of protest over stupid attempts by Congress to dangerously meddle with the 1st Amendment and the Internet’s functioning. Click here for more info about the legis...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 18 hours ago.
* As you can tell by the black banner at the top of this page, today is a national day of protest over stupid attempts by Congress to dangerously meddle with the 1st Amendment and the Internet’s functioning. Click here for more info about the legis...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 20 hours ago.
* From a Daily Herald editorial… If you’re like most Americans, you’re probably scratching your head over the bizarre pardon spree Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour appears to have gone on during the final day of his political career. Sitting where...

Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* From Congressman Joe Walsh… “This governor, Gov. Quinn, is a tool,” he said. “This state is an embarrassment. People are leaving in droves because of taxes and regulations. One man runs this state, and it’s not Gov. Quinn; it’s (House Sp...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* Yesterday, Treasurer Dan Rutherford attempted to explain why the Mitt Romney campaign was challenging Santorum delegate petitions signatures… Several months ago the rules for placing Delegates/Alternates for Presidential nomination on the Illinois...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* The Legislature’s Inspector General turns up the heat… Lobbying by Illinois lawmakers would be barred under a bill proposed by the Legislature’s inspector general, who monitors ethical conduct by state representatives and senators. “Legi...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* From a very serious story about sports concussions we get this… Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn got dinged big time playing quarterback for Hinsdale’s St. Isaac Jogues five decades ago. He wasn’t sure what to do until he heard a referee say, “Get up...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* As I mentioned last week, there is a longstanding gentleman’s agreement between the two major parties not to challenge each others’ presidential petitions. That’s usually the case within parties as well. But if you look at the objecti...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* As I mentioned last week, there is a longstanding gentleman’s agreement between the two major parties not to challenge each others’ presidential petitions. That’s usually the case within parties as well. But if you look at the objecti...

Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* AFSCME sent out a harsh press release yesterday morning… Group meets in secret to plan closing state’s mental health, developmental centers Meeting in secret with no public input or scrutiny, a small handful of top Quinn Administration officials...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* John Garrido lost a Chicago aldermanic race by a tiny handful of votes. But he felt he’d been libeled during the campaign and he sued. His opponent, John Arena, was backed by several labor unions, and SEIU ran an ad blasting Garrido for taking c...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* I won’t be joining this protest in deed, but I will be with them in spirit… Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed U.S. anti-piracy ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
* My syndicated newspaper column covers some familiar territory for blog readers, but not necessarily for newspaper readers… As you probably know already, Moody’s recently slapped Illinois with its worst credit rating of any state in the nation. B...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* I haven’t read the opinion yet, but this is a serious outrage… A Cook County judge ruled today that a California technology blogger doesn’t qualify as a reporter and ordered him to turn over information on the tipster who leaked informatio...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* The Illinois State Board of Elections has changed its website address from http://www.elections.state.il.us to http://www.elections.il.gov. That’s no big deal, except that the Board is not auto-forwarding links from the old URL to the new one. ...
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