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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 4 days ago.
* The Q&A after this event should be interesting because it’ll be the first time Gov. Pat Quinn has spoken publicly since the state’s credit rating was downgraded. We’ll be covering it live in this post, so make sure to come back ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 4 days ago.
* A growing number of House and Senate members are opting out of the legislative scholarship program…
State Sen. A.J. Wilhelmi, D-Joliet, has joined the growing ranks of Illinois legislators dropping out of the Legislative Tuition Waiver Program.
Th...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* The new Dodge Dart was unveiled this week at the Detroit Auto Show. It’s not exactly my kind of car, but I’ll bet my daughter would like it.
I only mention this because the Dart will be manufactured in Illinois. Have a look…You can ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* An article written just before the new year, and others like it, has created a storm of criticism…
Starting Sunday it’s going to be tougher to buy a can of Drano than a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Sunday is when the state’s Caustic/Corrosi...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* A Chicago News Cooperative story goes beyond the fact that Sen. Mike Jacobs sponsored the so-called “smart grid bill” despite the fact that Jacobs’ father Denny lobbies for ComEd…
In 2007, Denny Jacobs received $9,000 from the Il...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* This study made for some big headlines over the weekend…
It would cost $3.7 billion over four years to merge all of Illinois’ high school-only and elementary-only school districts, according to an Illinois State Board of Education analysis.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* Most of the statements from Gov. Pat Quinn’s office Friday afternoon regarding the Moody’s downgrade were carefully constructed. This one was not…
A spokeswoman for Gov. Quinn called the Moody’s downgrade of Illinois an “o...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* Illinois definitely has a problem with net out-migration. No question about it, especially as our Baby Bommers retire to sunnier climes. But this statement by an Illinois Policy Institute staffer looks more like propaganda than analysis…
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* From the Diocese website…
“During a recent TV interview, speaking about this year’s Gay Pride Parade, I used an analogy that is inflammatory.
“I am personally distressed that what I said has been taken to mean that I believe all ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* From the Diocese website…
“During a recent TV interview, speaking about this year’s Gay Pride Parade, I used an analogy that is inflammatory.
“I am personally distressed that what I said has been taken to mean that I believe all ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* From the Diocese website…
“During a recent TV interview, speaking about this year’s Gay Pride Parade, I used an analogy that is inflammatory.
“I am personally distressed that what I said has been taken to mean that I believe all ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* 2:12 pm - The firm says that the failure to deal with “pension under-funding” and address its mountain of past-due bills during the veto session led to the downgrade. From the ratings agency…
SUMMARY RATING RATIONALE
The downgrade of...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* 2:12 pm - The firm says that the failure to deal with “pension under-funding” and address its mountain of past-due bills during the veto session led to the downgrade. From the ratings agency…
SUMMARY RATING RATIONALE
The downgrade of...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* 2:12 pm - The firm says that the failure to pass a pension reform bill in the veto session led to the downgrade. From the ratings agency…
SUMMARY RATING RATIONALE
The downgrade of the state’s long-term debt follows a legislative session in...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* Oy…
A juror at the trial of convicted powerbroker William Cellini has stormed out of a Chicago federal courtroom yelling, “Leave me alone.” The outburst came Friday afternoon after a round of heated questioning from Cellini defense att...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* Oy…
A juror at the trial of convicted powerbroker William Cellini has stormed out of a Chicago federal courtroom yelling, “Leave me alone.” The outburst came Friday afternoon after a round of heated questioning from Cellini defense att...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
*** UPDATE *** Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson didn’t make it onto President Obama’s delegate slate, so she filed to run on her own today.
Jarvis Houston, who appears to be affiliated with a group supporting Obama, requested to review JacksonR...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* Tribune…
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum could become Carmel Catholic High School’s most famous alum, but few there today can remember him as a student.
Santorum — who came in a scant eight votes behind Mitt Romney in Tuesday...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
* I’ve been meaning to get to this for a while now, but for some reason kept putting it off. Researchers at Northwestern University and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago polled some of the Chicago area’s wealth...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 1 day ago.
*** UPDATE *** Gov. Quinn said today that a Beloit casino wouldn’t stop Illinois from putting a casino in Rockford…
“Frankly, I think people would much rather come to Rockford with the Rock River than go to Beloit… They’ve...
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