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Isabel’s afternoon roundup * Tribune… A Homer Glen man who was charged last year with threatening Illinois state Rep. Nicole La Ha pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Will County Judge Vincent Cornelius accepted the plea agreement for Steven Brady, 41, who had submitted messages through La Ha’s public website threatening to harm her and her family. Brady, who [...]

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Buckner says he’s had talks with SDG about opposition to Bears stadium bill * Hmm… Meanwhile, Buckner says he has it covered… More from Buckner today re: IFT and Bears: "This isn't about writing a blank check. It's about being competitive while being responsible. It's about making sure that if we're going to attract major investment, we do it in a way that actually strengthens the public systems people… [...]

Buckner says he’s had talks with SDG about opposition to Bears stadium bill

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Judge dismisses Illinois lawsuit over National Guard deployment after orders rescinded * The Tribune… Six months after federal troops were preparing to deploy to Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz, a federal judge on Monday granted a motion to dismiss the state’s lawsuit over the mobilization amid assurances that the presidential orders have been rescinded. In making her ruling, U.S. District Judge April Perry said that even though President [...]

Judge dismisses Illinois lawsuit over National Guard deployment after orders rescinded

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It’s just a bill * Evanston RoundTable… The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would require all internet-connected devices and platforms in the state to ask for and verify users’ ages, a measure intended to restrict minors from accessing “addictive feeds” and other harmful aspects of social media. […] As currently drafted, HB 5511 would require that by [...]

It’s just a bill

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Caption contest! * From last night… Computer, zoom in…

Caption contest!

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Credit & Debit Cards May Not Work For Tips, Starting July 1 [The following is a paid advertisement.] The IFPA—the Credit Card Chaos law—could hurt Illinois’ tipped workers. Servers, stylists, rideshare drivers and other gig workers who rely on tips could see their income drop if customers can’t tip on cards and are limited to the cash they carry. Why should tipped workers pay the price for Springfield’s bad [...]

Credit & Debit Cards May Not Work For Tips, Starting July 1

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Poll: Illinoisans overwhelmingly want to impose strict rules on data centers * Background is here if you need it. My weekly syndicated newspaper column… In a mid-March poll, 68% of likely Illinois voters said they would support legislation to “regulate data centers to minimize their impact on our utility bills, climate, and water while still allowing them to be built.” But while 21% opposed the legislation, more than [...]

Poll: Illinoisans overwhelmingly want to impose strict rules on data centers

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Isabel’s morning briefing *** Barbara Flynn Currie *** * Capitol News Illinois | Barbara Flynn Currie, 40-year veteran of Illinois House, trailblazer for women in Springfield, dies: State Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, who was elected in 2018 to replace Currie after she announced she wouldn’t seek a 21st term, was emotional as he summarized her legacy as a “trailblazer” [...]

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Good morning! * All rise for Leader Currie… Today It starts with you This is an Illinois open thread.

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No, it doesn't. Have you ever spent any time at the Statehouse?

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This is what is in SB3164. There's nothing sinister "hiding in it." There are plenty of problems with transparency and process in the General Assembly. This is not an example of it.

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Reader comments closed for the weekend * The late great Todd Snider will play us out… But what’s puzzlin’ you

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Isabel’s afternoon roundup * Capitol News Illinois… A House committee got an overview this week of how data centers are driving up energy demand and threatening potential shortfalls in the second of three planned hearings on the matter. […] Representatives from Ameren and Commonwealth Edison, Illinois’ major electric supply companies, said a majority, though not all, of the large load [...]

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Zooming out and digging in to some campaign spending numbers * Tribune… Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker contributed more than $10 million to help his two-time running mate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, win last month’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, nearly all of it funneled through an ostensibly independent political action committee whose spending on the race more than tripled that of Stratton’s own campaign. While Pritzker’s backing was [...]

Zooming out and digging in to some campaign spending numbers

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Barbara Flynn Currie * The Sun-Times… After a vote in the Illinois House on a key part of then Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s pension relief plan in 2016, Barbara Flynn Currie did something not often seen in these times of divided, dysfunctional government. She crossed the aisle and shook hands with the three Republican lawmakers who broke ranks with the [...]

Barbara Flynn Currie

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It’s just a bill * WHBF… Price limits could be imposed on some of the most expensive prescription drugs in Illinois. Under House Bill 1443 and Senate Bill 66, medications that qualify would need to cost more than $60,000 a year or have acquisition costs that increase by more than $3,000 dollars a year. Some generic medications with significant price [...]

It’s just a bill

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Showcasing The Retailers Who Make Illinois Work

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Isabel’s morning briefing * ICYMI: Johnson has just $813,125 in campaign cash months before mayoral race; Giannoulias has $18.3 million. Sun-Times… - Brandon Johnson’s anemic fundraising ($813,125 cash on hand) places him third among better-known potential mayoral challengers and barely ahead of a few lesser-known candidates. - Giannoulias is the overwhelming front-runner in the money sweepstakes, followed by retiring state [...]

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Good morning! * Rhiannon Giddens… I love his love and love, it grows Until I know that I would burst And still I feel the strongest thirst This is an Illinois open thread. Have at it.

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Isabel’s afternoon roundup * Capitol News Illinois… [Don Tracy,] [Juliana Stratton’s] US Senate GOP opponent, is attempting to portray her as “too extreme for Illinois,” highlighting her positions on the minimum wage, immigration and other issues while trying to associate her with progressive groups like the Chicago Teachers Union and politicians like Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. But Stratton said not [...]

Isabel’s afternoon roundup

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