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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:01pm
Mon Feb 2, 2009

IL-5: Candidates Sound Off On The Stimulus

One of the first questions posed to the Democratic candidates at yesterday's 5th Congressional District forum had to do with what provisions in the House stimulus proposal they thought would most benefit the district's residents.  While you can listen to the whole event over ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:03pm
Mon Feb 2, 2009

Manzullo Targeted By DCCC For Stimulus Vote

Last week, a new report
showed that U.S. gross domestic product shrank 3.8 percent in the last
quarter of 2008, the worst showing in 25 years. GOP Rep. Don Manzullo must have missed the memo.

On Wednesday, the Rockford congressman joined all his fellow House ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:45am
Mon Feb 2, 2009

OMD Article Includes Ominous Quote From FOX

Today, Wendy Davis at Online Media Daily published an article on the apparent resolution of our YouTube dispute with Fox Chicago.  But it includes a quote from a Fox spokesman suggesting that the matter might not be over yet:

Progress Illinois's lawyer, Paul Alan ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:43am
Mon Feb 2, 2009

FamilyCare Headed To The IL Supreme Court

In a single breath, it’s been
described as both the “proudest achievement” and “the downfall” of
former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He may be out of the picture now, but the controversy over the state-backed health insurance program FamilyCare is alive and well and headed ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
9:12am
Sun Feb 1, 2009

Live-Blogging The IL-5 Democratic Candidate Forum

On Sunday, February 1, the Democratic candidates in the 5th Congressional District race will be appearing at a forum held at Chicago's Depaul University.  Progress Illinois will be live-blogging the proceedings on this page, so be sure to bookmark it and check back in at 1 p.m...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:41pm
Sat Jan 31, 2009

A Byproduct Of Our YouTube Dispute?

In my first post on Progress Illinois' dispute with FOX Chicago over our use of their video content on YouTube, I wrote the following:

Rather then trying to turn the clock back to 1995, WFLD should get its
web presence in order.  Rather than trying to impede the ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:34pm
Sat Jan 31, 2009

Lessons On Building A Progressive Movement

As you probably know, math professors don’t usually up and run for office. And yet, starting in the spring of 2007, I – an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, someone who as a teenager dreamt of nothing more than teaching math for a living – ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
8:05pm
Fri Jan 30, 2009

Altgeld: The Perfect Model For Quinn

There aren’t many recent
Illinois governors who could serve as valuable models for the Pat Quinn. So it’s not surprising that the state’s new chief
executive dug back to the 19th century when asked yesterday which
former governor he’d like to fashion himself after.

...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:17pm
Fri Jan 30, 2009

Fox Chicago Backs Off Its Erroneous Copyright Claims

We're pleased to report that, as of 8:10 pm last night, Progress Illinois' YouTube channel is finally up-and-running again after being suspended for more than six weeks due to a copyright infringment claim from FOX Chicago. 

With the representation of Public Citizen's ...