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Dems select Welch as new House speaker
‘It is time for new leadership in the House,’ says Madigan, ending 36-year run
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Emanuel Chris Welch, Illinois House Speaker, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, ComEd Bribery, Thomas Kilbride, Dick Durbin, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Rodney Davis, Kelly Cassidy, Stephanie Kifowit, Lance Yednock, Katie Stuart
Reform for Illinois cheers election process
But more reforms necessary, says ED Alisa Kaplan, and wider ballot access granted in pandemic may not stick
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Ted CoxReform for Illinois, Alisa Kaplan, 2020 Election, 2020 Illinois Election, COVID-19, Vote By Mail, Illinois Ballot Access, Kanye West, Illinois Sunshine, Illinois Campaign Financing, Better Government Association, BGA, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, Jim Durkin, Bill Brady, Thomas Kilbride, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Rodney Davis, Gerrymandering
Trib: Don't blame us for Fair Tax flop
After egging on Republican anti-taxers, newspaper edit board insists voters alone sank graduated income tax
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Chicago Tribune, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Politics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Government Finance Research Center, Illinois Flat Tax, Will Guzzardi, Joe Biden, Dick Tuck, Bill Brady, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Jim Durkin, Christopher Mooney, Bruce Rauner, Denny Jacobs
Daily Debunk: The shadow politics
Republicans seek win on Fair Tax Amendment even as ‘nobody knows it’s their thing’
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Ted CoxRichard Uihlein, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Kenneth Griffin, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Christopher Mooney, David Merriman, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Joe Biden, Thomas Kilbride, Illinois Party Politics, Jim Durkin, Illinois Policy Institute, Tax Flight, Illinois Exodus
Daily Debunk: Tax foes shocked over 'new' threat
Pritzker actually warned of 20 percent tax hike in first budget address also introducing ‘a fair income tax’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Chicago Tribune, Juliana Stratton, Jim Durkin, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Daily Debunk
Pols urged to denounce hate speech on sight
It’s critical to ‘do it in real time,’ says David Goldenberg of Anti-Defamation League
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Ted CoxAnti-Defamation League, David Goldenberg, Doug Walter, Illinois Stay-At-Home Order, Illinois Nazis, Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Urban League, Dominic Barrington, Michael Ziri, Equality Illinois, Maricela Garcia, Andy Kang, Association of Asian Americans for Justice, Gads Hill Center, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Three Percenters, Orphans of the American Dream Podcast, Darren Bailey, Chris Miller, Mark Curran, Marvin Hightower, Jaime di Paulo, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Jim Durkin
GOP calls property-tax task force 'woeful failure'
House Minority Leader Durkin admits ‘there’s nothing that they could offer us’ to support Gov. Pritzker’s fair tax
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force, Jim Durkin, Tom Morrison, Deanne Mazzochi, Grant Wehrli, J.B. Pritzker, Sam Yingling, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Education Funding
House committee told to limit EtO statewide
Industry experts compare carcinogen to everyday food treatments for apples, pears, red meat
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Rita Mayfield, Margaret Donnell, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Lauren Kaeseberg, Tea Tanaka, Christian Mitchell, John Kim, IEPA, EPA, Bruce Rauner, Mark Biel, Kimberly White, Gail Charnley, Daniel Didech, Scott Pruitt, Andrew Wheeler
Stop Sterigenics rips IEPA EtO permit
Grassroots group turns focus to General Assembly’s fall veto session to ban ethylene oxide
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, IEPA, Lauren Kaesberg, John Kim, Kwame Raoul, Gary Grasso, Jim Durkin, Rita Mayfield, Frank Trilla, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Andrea Thome
Illinois Republicans embrace Trump
‘We’re proud of our president,’ says GOP state Chairman Schneider
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Timothy Schneider, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Day, Illinois State Fair, Bruce Rauner, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Demetra DeMonte, Darin LaHood, Steve Scalise, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Madigan, J.B. Pritzker, Richard Porter, Jim Durkin, Bill Brady, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax
Congressional Dems renew call for revised EtO standards
Letter to EPA head says agency is ‘taking too long’
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, IEPA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin
Stop Sterigenics rejects deal to reopen EtO firm
Atty. Gen. Raoul, DuPage State’s Atty. Berlin defend agreement, say new state law will protect residents
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Deanne Mazzochi, Kwame Raoul, Robert Berlin, IEPA, EPA, Matt Haller, John Kim, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker
Pritzker signs bills applying 'tourniquet' on ethylene oxide
Lake County finds new EtO spike near Medline in Waukegan
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, Melinda Bush, Stop EtO, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, IEPA, EPA, Tea Tanaka
Brady: Fair tax 'must be defeated'
Senate minority leader lauds bipartisan approach — but only up to a point
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Ted CoxBill Brady, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Minimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legalization, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Illinois Pensions, Gerrymandering
State GOP head rejects call for bipartisanship
Schneider says ‘our state cannot afford’ new programs, spending
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Timothy Schneider, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Democratic Party, Pat Brady, Ricketts Family, Chicago Cubs, Pete Ricketts, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton, Jim Durkin, Bill Brady, Capitol Fax
'Shut down Sterigenics'
Andrea and Jim Thome lead calls by west-suburban residents to close sterilization firm
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Ted CoxJim Thome, Andrea Thome, Stop Sterigenics, Sterigenics, John Curran, John Cullerton, Jim Durkin, Lisa Madigan, Bruce Rauner, IEPA, Neringa Zymancius, Dave Koehler
