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* Sneed has an interesting story today…
• To wit: Word is Dem Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool is eyeing a run for the assessor’s seat as an independent — and Cook County Dem Party chief Joe Berrios, who is already slated as t...
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* The House Republicans tried unsuccessfully this morning to advance a resolution urging the Dept. on Aging to rethink this deal…
The Illinois Department on Aging will move from state-owned buildings to rented space despite complaints from lawmakers...
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* Correct me if I’m seeing this wrong (and I’m sure you will), but unless there is some proof that Broadway Bank knew that this guy was kiting checks, I just don’t see how this story is a huge deal for the Giannoulias campaign other than...
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* The Quinn administration is considering selling off part of a big “asset” to pay off its debts…
Part of the borrowing could be covered by selling off the state’s rights to a portion of a massive legal settlement with cigarette co...
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* 9:57 am - The Democratic Party of Illinois’ state central committee will begin meeting to decide who will replace Scott Lee Cohen on the ballot next Saturday, March 20th, according to a letter just released by Chairman Michael Madigan’s offi...
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* I overslept this morning (either I slept through my alarm or it didn’t go off), so everything is running way, way behind schedule. There will be a late version of Capitol Fax for subscribers, but for now here’s my Sun-Times column…
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 4 hours ago.
* Illinois Democrats haven’t gotten a break in a long while, but one might be coming from an unlikely source…
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has repeatedly said he’s looking forward to clearing his name at his trial.
But now he wants that ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 5 hours ago.
* The February primary experiment was a failure. I think a lot of folks would like a total do-over. We can’t do that, but the primary date can be moved back where it was…
Illinois’ primary election would be pushed back to March under l...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 5 hours ago.
* Green Party gubernatorial nominee Rich Whitney outlined his budget and economic plan today at a Statehouse press conference.
Among other things, he wants a forensic audit of state government…Convene an independent commission of citizens, drawn f...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 9 hours ago.
* To say this is a big boost would just be too obvious, so I’ll just skip that and go right to the story…
Mayor Daley today endorsed the runner-up in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor — State Rep. Art Turner (D-Chicago) — in t...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 9 hours ago.
* Quote of the day goes to Sen. Bill Brady, who complained about Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget yesterday…
“It seems to me that what he’s simply doing here is ignoring the problem, kicking the can down the road, trying to make it past the electio...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 10 hours ago.
* The headline on Kristen McQueary’s column pretty much sums it up…
Budget plan is clever, but D.O.A.
Tactically, this would normally be a decent move. Raise taxes for schools. That’s how income taxes were raised here in 1987, all the ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 6 hours ago.
* Speaker Madigan talked to Public TV after the governor’s speech. We taped it off a monitor. Have a look…* Tom Cross spoke to me just after the speech and was pretty harsh…More in a bit.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 7 hours ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 7 hours ago.
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* From a Quinn press release…
The budget also includes more than $2 billion in proposed cuts, including a deep reduction in education funding. In his budget address, Governor Quinn called on the General Assemb...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 9 hours ago.
* Fox Chicago displayed this chart today about Rasmussen’s latest US Senate numbers…Rasmussen hasn’t posted the numbers as of 10 o’clock this morning, but I’ll check back later.
So, what the heck is going on Yesterday̵...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 9 hours ago.
*** UPDATE *** I just got off the phone with Fox Chicago. They accidentally misreported the numbers this morning. The actual numbers are…
Giannoulias 44
Kirk 41
Undecided 10
Other 5
The poll was taken March 8th (the same day as the Quinn/Brady po...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 10 hours ago.
* Oy…Chicago’s reluctance to allow video gambling in the city will deprive the state of almost $178 million annually, according to a new analysis by the Legislature’s budget-forecasting arm.
That shortfall could blow a nearly $2 billion hole in ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 10 hours ago.
*** UPDATE *** I missed this one…
[Illinois State Superintendent of Schools Christopher Koch] once again told lawmakers that schools across Illinois will be looking at $500 less per-student next year in general state aid. Koch reiterated that th...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 11 hours ago.
* Former Illinois governor Jim Edgar had some not-so-kind words for his party’s Republican nominee on Chicago Public Radio yesterday. Edgar called Brady’s ten percent across-the-board budget cut plan “naïve“…
“I don&#...
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