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Posted inNews & Politics
Mike Madigan’s constituents unfazed by campaign rhetoric against their guy
In the district that’s been reelecting Mike Madigan every two years since 1970, some say they only ever see him on TV.
Posted inArts & Culture
Will the music finally stop at one of the state’s oldest record stores?
Recycled Records features 30,000 records for as little as $2 each, but its owners are ready to move on.
Posted inBlogs
Tammy Duckworth will be the first senator ever to give birth, and other Chicago news
Also, Legionnaires’ Disease might be a problem in the state capitol.
Posted inNews & Politics
Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois
The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
Posted inBlogs
Blagojevich brings his appeal to the Supreme Court, and other Chicago news
Also, the Obama Presidential Center will feature a public library instead of a presidential library.
Posted inBlogs
The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
Posted inBlogs
Michael Madigan is now the longest-serving state house speaker in American history, and other Chicago news
Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rauner’s ‘special session’ was nothing special
The governor summoned legislators to Springfield for absolutely no reason.
Posted inBlogs
Showdown between Rauner and Democrats over school funding heats up, and other Chicago news
Also, ICE chief singles out Chicago, NYC, SF and Philadelphia as the ‘worst’ sanctuary cities.
Posted inBlogs
Illinois has a budget deal but now has to start paying off its $14.7 billion in overdue bills, and other Chicago news
Also, catching up with Garry McCarthy.
Posted inBlogs
Lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol delays house override of Rauner’s budget veto, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.
Posted inBlogs
The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news
Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm’s “DUMB TRACK MIND.”
Posted inBlogs
Illinois House approves income tax hike, spending plan, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump has reportedly tapped 48-year-old John Lausch as the U.S. attorney for Chicago.
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Illinois senate Republican leader Christine Radogno to resign as budget deadline looms, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago’s minimum wage goes up to $11 per hour July 1, though the press for $15 per hour continues.