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Posts tagged Thomas Kilbride
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
Sic transit annus horribilis
It was a very dark year, but not without glimmers of hope for the future
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Ted Cox2020 Year in Review, Annus Horribilis, Lorado Taft, Graceland Cemetery, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Kamala Harris, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Dick Durbin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IDES, Illinois Insulin, Women's March Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, Fair Tax Amendment, Thomas Kilbride, Michael Frerichs, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Angela Jackson, John Prine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, Bruno the Bear, U.S. Census, COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine
Big election turnout amplified deep divisions
Fair Tax failure puts state on course to repeat worst of Rauner budget impasse, warns SIU Prof. Jackson
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, John Jackson, Southern Illinois University, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Political Divide, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, J.B. Pritzker, Thomas Kilbride, Dick Simpson, University of Illinois at Chicago, Bruce Rauner, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
The headless horseman of Illinois politics
Ghost of Bruce Rauner’s austerity agenda rose up, financed by Ken Griffin, and rode roughshod over the state, but how did it sway voters?
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Ted CoxHeadless Horseman, Bruce Rauner, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, University of Illinois at Chicago, Christopher Mooney, Thomas Kilbride, 2020 Presidential Election, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Illinois Sunshine, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
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
