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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:48pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008
3 comments

Preventing Neighborhood Blight With Stimulus Dollars

Housing

President-elect Barack Obama
and his team of economic advisers have been busy at work devising a
blueprint for the stimulus package they hope to pass next month. If all
goes according to plan,
Democratic Congressional staff members will have an outline to draft
...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:26pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Blagojevich Impeachment Agenda: Day 4

State Legislature

Day four of the Illinois House's impeachment inquiry commenced at noon today.  Here are the items on this afternoon's agenda:

- Testimony from John Scully, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
- Testimony from the Procurement Policy ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:34pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Obama's Blagojevich Review Not Being Released Today

Barack Obama

MSNBC's FirstRead is reporting that the Obama transition team's review of their contacts with the Blagojevich administration is not going to be released today.  That would appear to suggest it will be disclosed at some point tomorrow...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:03pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Paterson Calls Quinn

Pat Quinn

An interesting nugget at the end of the Tribune's article today on the transitional government being put together by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn:

Quinn said he recently got a call from David Paterson, who became the N.Y. governor when Eliot Spitzer quit over a prostitution ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:41am
Mon Dec 22, 2008
1 comment

EveryBlock Tracking Chicago Foreclosures

Housing

Less than two weeks ago, the hyperlocal news and information provider EveryBlock launched a new feature on their Chicago site: a section that tracks and maps foreclosure filings throughout the city.  Using data compiled by the Woodstock Institute (which researches ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:36am
Mon Dec 22, 2008
1 comment

Schock Ended Campaign With $100,000 In Debts

Aaron Schock

Earlier this month, we questioned GOP Rep.-elect Aaron Schock's statement in a fundraising letter that, towards the end of his campaign, he went "out on a limb financially by $80,000" to combat what he called "insidious, non-stop attacks."  The phrasing of ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:24pm
Sun Dec 21, 2008
2 comments

Live From IL-5: Geoghegan For Congress?

IL-5

On Thursday, Prairie State Blue blogger Yoda examined the state-of-play in the 5th Congressional District, where a dozen candidates have already formed committees for the eventual race to replace Rep. Rahm Emanuel.  The post highlighted Cook County Comm. Mike Quigley and ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
6:39pm
Fri Dec 19, 2008

Civic Fed. On Cook Co. Budget: "Extraordinary And Irresponsible"

Cook Co.

The Civic Federation came out with its latest review of Cook County’s finances today. Not surprisingly, the watchdog group is ripping Board President Todd Stroger and his allies on the board for their “stunning failure of fiscal responsibility.” Laurence Msall, who heads ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:13pm
Fri Dec 19, 2008

Blagojevich: "I Will Fight. I Will Fight. I Will Fight." (UPDATED)

Rod Blagojevich

Here's the video of Gov. Blagojevich's statement this afternoon for those who didn't see it live:

WGN's Julie Unruh noted something that was missed in the immediate coverage: During a rather belligerent Q&A following Blagojevich's ...