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- Rauner quietly signs Mendoza's bill (07-31)
- Arlington Heights trustee just spent way too much time on the Board of Elections website (07-31)
- "Pigeon-Feeding Woman Curses Out State Rep On Facebook Live After Being Asked To Stop" (07-31)
- It's just a bill (07-31)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Afternoon Update: Poll; Wheeler; Wojcicki Jimenez; Bivins (07-31)
- IPHCA called out for not issuing an apology (07-31)
- Question of the day (07-31)
- Nazi tries to rehabilitate his image (07-31)
- Fairgrounds Foundation chairman blames fund sweeps, mansion renovation for horrible fundraising (07-31)
- Charles Thomas leaves WVON (07-31)
- Fun with numbers (07-31)
- More than half the state's counties are on a poverty watch list (07-31)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (07-31)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-31)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-31)
- Question: Do you know what you won't find in a legal pot dispensary? (07-30)
- Question of the day (07-30)
- Local 150 endorses Pritzker and McCann (07-30)
- Unprepared candidates (07-30)
- The Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation is basically a joke (07-30)
- Today's quotable (07-30)
- Pritzker, Rauner point fingers over cronyism (07-30)
- Speaker Madigan issues statement on Violence Against Women Act (07-30)
- *** UPDATED x1 - "No plans" to use as TV ad *** Pritzker apparently to tape ads "working alongside regular people" (07-30)
- It's time to get to the meat (07-30)
- Dems hope to stop Madison County's slide to GOP (07-30)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-30)
- Reader comments closed for the weekend (07-27)
- Rauner signs bill requiring veterans' home epidemic notifications within 24 hours (07-27)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Chicago cops win a consent decree battle - No report when they draw weapons (07-27)
- Question of the day (07-27)
- No McCann-Trump moment (07-27)
- Roskam vs. Casten debate coverage roundup (07-27)
- It's just a bill (07-27)
- Racing Board moves forward with "historical horse racing" plan (07-27)
- Willie Wilson says he voted for Trump and Rauner (07-27)
- Rodney Davis and Mike Bost embrace President Trump and vice versa (07-27)
- Run away! Run away! (07-27)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Something important that didn't fit in today's edition (07-27)
- Harold revives statewide grand jury idea (07-27)
- Barickman urges optimism from gubernatorial candidates (07-27)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-27)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-27)
- Rauner skirts Trump questions in Peoria (07-26)
- Rauner pushes petition against abolishing ICE (07-26)
- Question of the day (07-26)
- Common sense or "bizarre and dangerous"? (07-26)
- Caption contest! (07-26)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Things are a bit tense today, apparently (07-26)
- "If you want to reduce recidivism, you have to focus on the people who want to recidivate" (07-26)
- It's just a bill (07-26)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's Capitol Fax (07-26)
- Tollway chairman forms new committee after Senate hearings (07-26)
- Oppo dumps! The connection between Bruce Rauner, Willie Wilson, Ken Dunkin and Maze Jackson (07-26)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-26)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-26)
- Some Republicans, Democrats not united on Trump appearance (07-26)
- Caption contest! (07-25)
- The tax hike made a huge difference (07-25)
- More than you ever wanted to know about TIF districts (07-25)
- *** UPDATED x1 - Rauner adding his signature *** Rauner didn't sign governors' pro-Kavanaugh letter even though he supports the guy (07-25)
- Morning Consult: Rauner the most unpopular governor facing reelection (07-25)
- New lawsuit filed over 2017 Quincy veterans' home death (07-25)
- Question of the day (07-25)
- Rate Rauner's new digital ad (07-25)
- Tronc'd (07-25)
- Rauner cuts off Wilson's money (07-25)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-25)
- Prison recidivism projected to cost Illinois more than $13 billion over next five years (07-24)
- McCann wants to "undo" state money for Obama Presidential Library (07-24)
- GOP to bus in counter-protesters to Thursday's debate, says Roskam "in the fight of his life" (07-24)
- One person's "mandate relief" is another person's "union busting" (07-24)
- Strawberry Hampton's nightmare at the hands of the state (07-24)
- Question of the day (07-24)
- Panel's focus shifting away from sexual harassment and toward access (07-24)
- Some things just don't add up (07-24)
- Repubs hype coverage of new ad (07-24)
- REO? Really? Well, yeah, kinda (07-24)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** "This is what lobbying for a Trump pardon looks like" (07-24)
- Chuy wins again (07-24)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-24)
- Willie Wilson's foundation hasn't filed paperwork with IL AG since 2016 (07-24)
- Board of Elections spokesman, general counsel not quite on the same page (07-23)
- Rauner finally comes through for HRO (07-23)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** "Rauner attended the same event with Wilson last year, when cash was also handed out" (07-23)
- Caption contest! (07-23)
- The pros and cons of consolidating the comptroller's office with the treasurer's office (07-23)
- Question of the day (07-23)
- *** UPDATED x2 - Mitchell, McCann respond *** Rauner denies knowing about Willie Wilson cash give-away (07-23)
- Because... Libraries! (07-23)
- A matter of perspective, I suppose (07-23)
- The future of Pritzker and Madigan (07-23)
- Rauner between a rock and a hard place on guns, but he does have an ace in the hole (07-23)
- *** UPDATED x2 - Rauner doesn't plan to go *** President Trump to visit Granite City Steel plant on Thursday (07-23)
- *** UPDATED x3 *** Willie Wilson denies $300K cash handout was political (07-23)
- Dems try to rebuild state party after decades of neglect (07-23)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-23)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-23)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Janus apparently no longer loves his state job, hires on with Illinois Policy Institute (07-23)
- Reader comments closed for the weekend (07-20)
- Pritzker meets with moms who've lost their kids to street violence, police shootings (07-20)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (07-20)
- Question of the day (07-20)
- Caption contest! (07-20)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign stuff: Morrison; Ives; Skillicorn; Nybo; Rooney; Curran; Breen; Frese (07-20)
- "And admit that the waters/Around you have grown" (07-20)
- A tiny bit of good news from Moody's (07-20)
- Proft files suit so his independent expenditure committee can coordinate with campaigns after caps busted (07-20)
- Cook shifts governor's race from "Toss Up" to "Lean Democrat" - Third-party candidates "the tipping point" (07-20)
- Unsolicited advice (07-20)
- The impasse and the damage done (07-20)
- Entire IPHCA executive committee resigns, lawyer let go after racism controversy (07-20)
- Chicago to get its first public law school, but is it a wise move? (07-20)
- Doom and gloom abounds, but a new pension idea emerges (07-20)
- Another lawsuit filed in Quincy veterans' home deaths: "For a year and a half, he loved that place. And it killed him" (07-20)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-20)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-20)
- Because... Rauner and Trump! (07-19)
- A few pension ideas to chew on (07-19)
- Redacting data, not requiring change (07-19)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign news and other stuff (07-19)
- Because... Madigan! (07-19)
- The new gilded age (07-19)
- Sabato moves Illinois governor's race to "Likely Democratic" (07-19)
- More government, education jobs drive up payroll numbers (07-19)
- Question of the day (07-19)
- Rauner to receive lifetime achievement award from National Black Chamber of Commerce, gets shout-out in new Chance single (07-19)
- AFSCME claims for every worker who dropped membership, 10 have become full members (07-19)
- Rauner launches another anti-Madigan TV ad (07-19)
- Despite Rauner praise, Illinois hasn't sent any data to Crosscheck since last year (07-19)
- There are upsides to having your own billionaire (07-19)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-19)
- Question of the day (07-18)
- Illinois Primary Health Care Association CEO resigns under racial cloud (07-18)
- Rauner escapes criticism in gun rights hotbed (07-18)
- More revisionist history (07-18)
- It's most definitely ribbon-cutting season (07-18)
- Pritzker ad: "Rauner wasted a billion dollars and got nothing for it" (07-18)
- Expect partisan fireworks at committee hearing next week (07-18)
- Bost opponent launches first TV ad (07-18)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-18)
- Rauner vetoes anti-Crosscheck bill (07-17)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign stuff (07-17)
- Rauner says he's "extremely troubled" by Trump's "defense of the Russians" (07-17)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Our sorry state (07-17)
- Question of the day (07-17)
- Grade inflation (07-17)
- C'mon, November... (07-17)
- Because... Madigan! (07-17)
- Rauner: "I will never sign a bill that violates the Second Amendment" (07-17)
- Rate Rauner's new ad: "Just Call Madigan" (07-17)
- Pritzker reports spending almost three times as much as Rauner (07-17)
- Your feel-good Illinois story of the day: Nichols Paint and Fab (07-17)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-17)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (07-17)
- Question of the day (07-16)
- Russians revived the Chicago Daily News before Twitter shut it down (07-16)
- Harith Augustus coverage roundup (07-16)
- Transitions: Baise, Denzler, Demmer, DeWitte, Mazzochi (07-16)
- Caption contest! (07-16)
- *** LIVE *** Campaign finance reports (07-16)
- Rauner denies tacking to the right with Pence praise (07-16)
- Rauner signs Firearms Restraining Order Act, 72-hour gun purchase waiting period, will veto gun shop regulation bill (07-16)
- John McGovern: "An honorable man in politics" (07-16)
- *** UPDATED x1 - Rauner to veto *** Raoul to Rauner: "Get us out of Crosscheck" (07-16)
- Unclear on the concept (07-16)
- Mitchell is "a foot in the door for the next generation" (07-16)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-16)
- Dunn out at SIU (07-13)
- Reader comments closed for the weekend (07-13)
- This won't show up in a TV ad. No way. Not a chance (07-13)
- Unsurprisingly, Raoul and Harold differ on suing the Trump administration (07-13)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (07-13)
- Question of the day (07-13)
- Eight days of intense and comical weirdness (07-13)
- Cook: Rodney Davis "remains the favorite," but chances improve for Dem (07-13)
- Did AFSCME gain members here after Janus? (07-13)
- *** UPDATED x3 - ISBE "very likely" the hacked board described in indictment *** 12 Russian military officers indicted for elections interference, including at least one Illinois angle (07-13)
- "There is a greater racial gap in infant mortality rates today than there was during slavery in America" (07-13)
- A "revolving door of failure" at DCFS (07-13)
- Live radio ain't easy (07-13)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner taking heat for introducing VP Pence, will face DPI protest led by Rep. Mitchell (07-13)
- AP fact-checks Pritzker's new TV ad as the candidate triples-down (07-13)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-13)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-13)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** State Board of Education working to find some more money for early childhood learning grants (07-12)
- Question of the day (07-12)
- A story pitch goes horribly wrong (07-12)
- Rauner announces George Will to receive the Order of Lincoln (07-12)
- Open thread (07-12)
- Can't anyone play this game? (07-12)
- Fire Madigan 3.0 (07-12)
- *** UPDATED x2 - McCann, Pritzker respond *** Rauner criticized, praised for officiating gay marriage (07-12)
- Pritzker ad picked apart by reporters (07-12)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-12)
- Rauner to launch "People's Pledge" campaign tomorrow (07-11)
- Question of the day (07-11)
- Dunn's fate now rests with Rauner (07-11)
- Chicago polls flying everywhere (07-11)
- Local 150 discloses petition work for McCann (07-11)
- WCIA pulls back on ICE story (07-11)
- National campaign memorabilia convention coming to Springfield (07-11)
- Reason for Rauner optimism? (07-11)
- Suicide is a bigger problem than you might think (07-11)
- He does have a point (07-11)
- Rauner talks tariffs with Japanese ambassador (07-11)
- Cook County GOP Chairman wants to get rid of partisan elections (07-11)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-11)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-11)
- *** UPDATED x3 - Pritzker campaign doubles down - Rauner campaign responds *** Pritzker to air brutally deceptive TV ad (07-10)
- Question of the day (07-10)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Local union president says use of her photo by Illinois Policy Institute "a form of identity theft" (07-10)
- *** UPDATED x3 *** More back and forth on HB40 (07-10)
- Kapos: Roskam to report raising $1 million in Q2 (07-10)
- Gov. Eeyore strikes again (07-10)
- A year since the tax hike, state is slowly digging its way out (07-10)
- It's just a bill (07-10)
- Does the Rauner ICE hit fall flat? (07-10)
- Could the Janus decision be applied to private sector unions? (07-10)
- Kavanaugh roundup (07-10)
- *** UPDATED x5 - Cassidy, Hampton approve *** Rep. Christian Mitchell named interim executive director of DPI (07-10)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-10)
- Open thread (07-09)
- Caption contest! (07-09)
- The Granite City plant reopening is not just about tariffs (07-09)
- Rauner moves back to property tax issue (07-09)
- Question of the day (07-09)
- A quarter of Illinois counties have passed "gun sanctuary" resolutions (07-09)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign fundraiser list (07-09)
- #DanRyanShutdown roundup (07-09)
- *** UPDATED x1 - Company has state contracts *** Oppo dump! (07-09)
- Pritzker campaign taking over Democrat Day (07-09)
- Pritzker's contributions to Dem committees now total $5.7 million since May (07-09)
- Rate the new Pritzker Downstate TV ad: "Rauner Failed: 'Not Much'" (07-09)
- Rate the new Rauner TV ad: "Madigan's Candidate" (07-09)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-09)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (07-09)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-09)
- Rauner runs away from comments about Nazi candidate, blames media for reporting his own words (07-05)
- Reader comments closed for the holiday (07-03)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to this morning's Capitol Fax (07-03)
- Happy 40th anniversary, Scott! (07-03)
- Question of the day (07-03)
- Did they bring it on themselves? (07-03)
- ISP warns Pfleger over expressway protest (07-03)
- BGA really goes out on a limb with crack research (07-03)
- One of the best stories yet about CD12 (07-03)
- The education beat (07-03)
- Rauner: "I am not anti-union... I’m very pro trade union" (07-03)
- Republicans starting to sweat about Rauner bucks (07-03)
- *** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker agrees *** McCann wants to be included in debates (07-03)
- *** UPDATED x2 *** Rauner heads to Champaign-Urbana (07-03)
- *** UPDATED x1 *** Super PAC goes up with new ads blasting Pritzker on "toilet" issue (07-03)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-03)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-03)
- *** UPDATED x2 - Libertarians won't be challenged, either *** Republicans won't challenge McCann's petition signatures (07-02)
- Question of the day (07-02)
- Pre-K funding shocker (07-02)
- In which I agree with Ted Cruz (07-02)
- Rauner dodges the "Trump question" (07-02)
- Harold tries to turn ad around on Raoul (07-02)
- Not every local result is a national trend (07-02)
- Was June a boom or bust? (07-02)
- Rauner appoints two HGOP legislators to posts in past few days (07-02)
- Is this thing on? (07-02)
- Already ahead of the national average, Illinois is poised to add more women legislators this year (07-02)
- The damage done (07-02)
- Wisconsin is not the post-Janus model (07-02)
- A closer look at Kwame Raoul's lead (07-02)
- *** LIVE COVERAGE *** (07-02)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (07-02)
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