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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:05pm
Fri Dec 26, 2008

Burns' Plan To Fill Obama's Senate Seat

Rod Blagojevich

At the beginning of the next legislative session in January, incoming State Rep. Will Burns (D-Chicago) plans to put forth what he's calling a "hybrid" proposal to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama.  In the name of both expediency ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:39am
Fri Dec 26, 2008

FamilyCare Caught In The Crossfire

Rod Blagojevich

Last week, the Illinois House
impeachment committee heard round after round of testimony about how
Gov. Rod Blagojevich abused power by expanding the FamilyCare
program despite legislative opposition. The topic was raised so often
that Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie had to ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
5:31pm
Tue Dec 23, 2008

Happy Holidays

Stay warm, folks.  Enjoy the break.  We'll see you on the flipside...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:47pm
Tue Dec 23, 2008

Internal Report Finds No "Inappropriate Discussions" Between Obama, Blago Staffs

Rod Blagojevich

According to an internal review released by the Obama transition team moments ago, President-elect Barack Obama had no direct contact with Gov. Rod Blagojevich or any of his staff about the vacant U.S. Senate seat. Incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel did have multiple ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
1:25pm
Tue Dec 23, 2008
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Is Wind Losing Power?

Environment

Over the past year, we’ve documented how creative thinking in Illinois—from local school districts kicking their dependence on electricity to the proposed development of turbines over the Great Lakes—has established the Prairie State as a leader in developing wind resources. ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:52am
Tue Dec 23, 2008

FOX Chicago Report Ignores Union Motivations

Rod Blagojevich

If you didn’t know anything about the American labor movement, FOX Chicago’s report last week on the political connections between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Service Employees International Union (whose Illinois State Council sponsors this website) would be a poor ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:21am
Tue Dec 23, 2008

Fitzgerald: Panel Could "Significantly Compromise" Investigation (UPDATE)

Rod Blagojevich

While he has not ruled out giving the Illinois House impeachment committee copies of conversations caught on wiretaps, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is warning state legislators not to dig into criminal charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The Trib has more:

In ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:31am
Tue Dec 23, 2008

What Green Collar Jobs Look Like

Environment

As part of their Growing Forward series last week, WTTW's Chicago Tonight aired an interesting segment on the spread of "green collar" jobs in Illinois.  While this is a term that you (thankfully) hear more and more these days, the report was useful in that it ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:49pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Impeachment Committee Adjourns For The Week (UPDATED)

State Legislature

Originally posted at 3:21pm.

At the beginning of today's impeachment hearing, it sounded like we might hear from Ed Genson before the day was over.  But at his request -- and due to the fact that they have yet to receive a response from Patrick Fitzgerald's office -- ...