Around The Horn

by Progress Illinois on October 29, 2009 - 2:59pm

Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

Through International Eyes
One Story Up's Megan Cottrell documents her day touring the city's public housing stock with Raquel Rolnik, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing.

Up And Running
Almost 40 individuals from across Illinois gathered yesterday in Springfield to launch the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty. The Heartland Alliance provides a recap.

Adventures In Flip-Flopping
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger didn't always opposes a bill to lower the board's lofty veto override threshold. Capitol Fax documents the flip-flop.

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