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by Angela Caputo
11:58am
Mon Sep 29, 2008

Unions Confront IL Pension Fund About Questionable Investment

Labor

School custodian Rahmaan Williams is your typical working-class investor. One
portion of his paycheck goes directly into his pension fund and another
to cover his union dues. Between the two, Williams figures, his
financial future is a little more secure.

But it turns ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:18am
Mon Sep 29, 2008
9 comments

The Truth About The Community Reinvestment Act

Economy

Last week, we noted the National Review's
editorial blaming the mortgage crisis on the Community Reinvestment Act
(CRA), a bill passed in 1977 that demands banks lend throughout the
communities they serve. Searching for a way to abrogate themselves of
blame for cheering ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:46am
Mon Sep 29, 2008

GMA Visits Quincy Voters

Barack Obama

Last week, ABC's Good Morning America visited Quincy, IL as part of their "50 States In 50 Days" series.  Their reporter dropped in on a BBQ contest and found a variety of sentiment regarding the two presidential candidates.  Watch it:

In ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:06am
Mon Sep 29, 2008

Bone Up On The Bailout

Congress

Want to gauge the progressive temperature on the revised bailout bill unveiled yesterday?  First of all, make sure to read the Washington Post's run-down of the provisions in the measure.  An important thing to understand about this proposal is that the two parties are quite ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:59pm
Sat Sep 27, 2008
1 comment

Obama-McCain Debate #1: The Emerging Narrative

Barack Obama

As I watched the surprisingly sober, policy-oriented debate last night, I kept waiting for that certain, shiny object to emerge -- something for the mainstream press to latch on to in their post-game coverage.  As it neared the end with no identifiable zingers or ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:09pm
Sat Sep 27, 2008
1 comment

Your Best Shots

Last week, we announced a little contest aimed at generating ideas about how to improve Progress Illinois going forward.  We got some great submissions and here are the three winners:

* Reader S.P. from Elmhurst proposed posting brief "news flashes" in the ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:36pm
Fri Sep 26, 2008

RNC Going On The Air In Indiana

McCain

As we noted earlier, there has been some confusion as to whether the McCain campaign was or was not buying up airtime in Indiana this week.  Well, it turns out that it's actually the Republican National Commitee's independent expenditure arm making the six-figure buy...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:33pm
Fri Sep 26, 2008

FOX News Misleads On Botanic Garden Investigation

Barack Obama

The Sun-Times reported yesterday
that Attorney General Lisa Madigan is investigating a grant
then-State Sen. Barack Obama issued in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign
volunteer. The $100,000 appropriation was intended to fund a
botanic garden in Chicago's ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:11pm
Fri Sep 26, 2008

Local Conservative Radio Host: McCain's Theatrics Have "Reduced My Opinion Of Him"

McCain

The morning drive-time radio show on WIND, Chicago's right-wing talk radio station, is hosted by Big John Howell and Cisco Cotto.  While the program features appearances from a wide range of political and media figures, the co-hosts are reliably conservative in their ...