Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* John Patterson made an excellent point the other day. After noting this AP story about the governor’s reaction to the Tribune poll…
The governor says his 13 percent job approval rating is unrelated to the federal corruption investigation t...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* The Bond Buyer has a fascinating article behind it’s firewall which was forwarded to me by someone at the pubication…
In an opinion that could impact revenue-raising proposals from a number of states, the U.S. Justice Department has ruled...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* The Bond Buyer has a fascinating article behind its firewall which was forwarded to me by someone at the pubication…
In an opinion that could impact revenue-raising proposals from a number of states, the U.S. Justice Department has ruled that l...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* More like this, please…
Brian J. McPartlin quit as Illinois Tollway director last week. But he can’t start his new job with a politically connected engineering consulting firm quite yet.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* My weekly newspaper column looks at what I believe are two of the most talked-about objections to a constitutional convention….
The pricetag and our states failed politics appear to be the two biggest arguments against holding a constitutional ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* My weekly newspaper column looks at what I believe are two of the most talked-about objections to a constitutional convention….
The pricetag and our states failed politics appear to be the two biggest arguments against holding a constitutional ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
* Sources have said for months that Paul Vallas has reportedly been not so subtly promoting himself behind the scenes for an appointment as Barack Obama’s Secretary of Education. Perhaps that didn’t work out too well…
Chicago’s f...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
[Comments now open.]* Sources have said for months that Paul Vallas has reportedly been not so subtly promoting himself behind the scenes for an appointment as Barack Obama’s Secretary of Education. Perhaps that didn’t work out too well…...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* As I told you below, a Democratic poll reportedly has Dan Seals leading Republican Congresscritter Mark Kirk by about a point. GOP polls have Kirk up by 4-5 points. A new Research 2000 poll taken for Daily Kos has Seals leading Kirk. Previous 9/30-...
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 AP reports that the cruise ship the governor’s been riding down the River Nile has apparently sprung a leak…
Gov. Rod Blagojevich is blaming his low approval rating on the nation’s slumping economy.
The governor says his 13 perce...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 5 days ago.
* The AP reports that the cruise ship the governor’s been riding down the River Nile has apparently sprung a leak…
Gov. Rod Blagojevich is blaming his low approval rating on the nation’s slumping economy.
The governor says his 13 perce...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 6 days ago.
* The Champaign News-Gazette editorializes today in favor of a “Yes” vote on a constitutional convention…
The opponents of a constitutional convention in Illinois have collected more than $1.2 million for a campaign to persuade Illinois...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 6 days ago.
* The Champaign News-Gazette editorializes today in favor of a “Yes” vote on a constitutional convention…
The opponents of a constitutional convention in Illinois have collected more than $1.2 million for a campaign to persuade Illinois...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 6 days ago.
* Chicago’s police hiring isn’t keeping pace with natural attrition, crime rates are up, police morale is down partly due to a lack of a union contract, and now this…
As police Supt. Jody Weis returns to the hot seat during a City Counc...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 weeks 6 days ago.
* There’s a whole lot to go through in a new, comprehensive poll released by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, but let’s start with the media coverage. Daily Herald…A new poll of Illinois voters finds support for balancing the st...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 20 minutes ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 33 minutes ago.
* Yet another poll shows Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson with a big lead over Martin Ozinga in the 11th Congressional District. This time, it’s from Roll Call…
In the poll, Halvorson, whom Republicans have worked overtime in recent mo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 33 minutes ago.
* Yet another poll shows Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson with a big lead over Martin Ozinga in the 11th Congressional District. This time, it’s from Roll Call…
In the poll, Halvorson, whom Republicans have worked overtime in recent mo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 weeks 33 minutes ago.
* Yet another poll shows Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson with a big lead over Martin Ozinga in the 11th Congressional District. This time, it’s from Roll Call…
In the poll, Halvorson, whom Republicans have worked overtime in recent mo...
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