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by Adam Doster
11:13am
Fri Jul 17, 2009

Spilling Ink: The "Stop Gap" State Budget

Media

Most lawmakers weren't happy with the budget they passed on Wednesday. Neither was the financial research firm Moody's Investors Services.
But what did the state's editorial boards make of the "stop gap"
spending plan cobbled together and approved Wednesday evening...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
1:37pm
Mon Jul 13, 2009
3 comments

A Cut-And-Paste Article On Cap-And-Trade

Media

An article in today's Southern will certainly put a smile on GOP Rep. John Shimkus' face. Headlined "Cap And Trade Could Be Costly," the story quotes only two individuals -- both representing utility companies (and their talking points) -- who raise concerns about ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
1:58pm
Wed Jun 24, 2009
2 comments

Remembering Callaway

Media

By now, you've surely heard the sad news about legendary Chicago broadcaster John Callaway.  Our thoughts are with his family today.

Out of tribute, we urge all of you to watch the first episode of Chicago Tonight from 1984, which WTTW re-aired this spring.  The guest ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:59pm
Mon Jun 22, 2009
1 comment

Jarvis On Statehouse Coverage As "The Gift Of Broccoli"

Media

BuzzFlash's Jeff Jarvis writes today about the need to sustain robust statehouse reporting as news outlets' financial situations deteriorate.  He argues in favor of public and philanthropic support for this kind of coverage:

Capital coverage was the gift of ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
1:08pm
Tue Jun 16, 2009
1 comment

Editorial Boards Gradually Getting Behind An Income Tax Hike

Taxes

Editorial pages from across the state are this week calling on their local legislators to pull their heads out of the sand, return to Springfield next Tuesday, and vote for new revenue in the form of an income tax hike. 
Some of the papers have clearly been a bit slow in ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:02pm
Fri Jun 12, 2009
6 comments

Mancow: Obama "Popping Champagne," "Excited" After Holocaust Museum Shooting

Media

We gave radio host Mancow Muller credit last month for submitting himself to waterboarding and then having the honesty to admit it constitutes "torture."  But it's worth remembering how rancid his WLS show often is.

For instance, on yesterday's program, Mancow ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:08pm
Tue Jun 2, 2009
1 comment

Questioning The Anti-EFCA Messenger

Labor

WBBM's Nancy Harty ran a news blurb this morning reporting that a group of Chicago ministers are calling on Sens. Dick Durbin and Roland Burris to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) if it comes up for a vote in Congress. Here's an excerpt: Rev. James Demus ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
11:28am
Tue Jun 2, 2009

Fox News Distorts AP Story On Durbin

Dick Durbin

Media Matters caught the oh-so-talented hosts of Fox News Channel's morning show falsely claiming that an AP story published yesterday accuses Sen. Dick Durbin of involvement in a "pay-to-play" scheme with Gov. Rod Blagojevich.  Be sure to watch the on-screen text...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
11:01am
Wed May 13, 2009

The AP Comes Around On The Civic Fed Report

State Legislature

Here's the AP describing the Civic Federation's report on the state budget yesterday: The group offered its own proposal that includes more spending cuts and a smaller income tax increase, with all the money dedicated to reducing state debt. It also suggested ...