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Confession time: I’m having trouble conjuring up any outrage over Steans (middle) handing off her state senate seat to Cassidy (right).
Posted inColumns & Opinion

So outrageous

by Ben Joravsky February 3, 2021August 18, 2021

It’s hard to get outraged about the Steans-to-Cassidy handoff when Marjorie Taylor Greene’s on the scene.

Posted inBlogs

With friends like Republican Jeanne Ives, Illinois women don’t need enemies

by Ben Joravsky June 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Ives and her party have repeatedly opposed legislation that would help women and children.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Carrie Austin slams Rauner for Chicago Public Schools’ financial crisis, and other news

by Kate Shepherd May 17, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, tickets to the June 3 U2 concert at Soldier Field are the most in-demand in the nation on Stubhub.

Posted inBlogs

Will the Trump administration interfere with Illinois’s medical pot program?

by Lee V. Gaines February 28, 2017August 18, 2021

The administration signaled a willingness this week to crack down on legal weed.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois set to expand its medical marijuana pilot program

by Brianna Wellen June 2, 2016August 18, 2021

New legislation adds qualifying conditions, amends the role of physician approval, and extends the length of the program.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner: Cut minimum wage to $7.25

by Steve Bogira January 8, 2014August 18, 2021

The Republican candidate for Illinois governor, who has said he’s worth “hundreds of millions,” proposes reducing the state’s minimum wage by a dollar.

You won't find any of this medicine at the drugstore—registered patients will have to acquire their cannabis from carefully regulated dispensaries.
Posted inNews & Politics

In the weeds of the state’s medical marijuana law

by Mick Dumke July 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Illinois’s new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.

For Michelle DiGiacomo, "the cost of defending herself against the law has crippled her more than her diseases ever have."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Santa’s helper nailed for medical marijuana stash

by Michael Miner October 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Santa’s helper nailed for medical marijuana stash

Posted inNews & Politics

The politics of pot

by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky December 1, 2011August 19, 2021

Are our politicians too paranoid to decriminalize marijuana?

Posted inBlogs

House Republican Leader Tom Cross Explains Why He Supports a New Medical Marijuana Bill

by Mick Dumke May 3, 2011August 19, 2021

Tom Cross, the Republican leader of the Illinois house, discusses his support for medical marijuana legislation.

Posted inBlogs

They paid; now they’re playing

by Mick Dumke December 22, 2008August 19, 2021

The winner of the state’s new casino license has been a generous contributor to many of the most powerful politicians in Illinois.

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