May14
Senate President John Cullerton has been telling some of his members for weeks that he was resigned to an overtime session. The General Assembly likely wouldn’t be able to adjourn by the scheduled May 31st deadline, he said. There …
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May07
Call it “Blagojevich Lite,” or whatever else you want, but it became pretty darned clear last week that state Rep. Derrick Smith’s attorneys are planning the same sort of mockery of the system that Rod Blagojevich’s legal team did during …
Apr30
State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) may have more legal troubles than his federal bribery indictment.
US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has told the House’s Special Investigating Committee that his office’s investigation of Rep. Smith isn’t over yet. “I can tell you …
Apr23
“It’s so quiet,” sighed Pippin in “The Fellowship of the Rings.”
“It’s the deep breath before the plunge,” counseled Gandalf.
“I don’t want to be in a battle,” said Pippin, “but waiting on the edge of one I can’t escape …
Apr16
Retiring state Rep. Joe Lyons (D-Chicago) said a debate on the House floor last month was his “finest hour.” He was probably right.
Lyons successfully fought off five hostile floor amendments to his bill requiring that women seeking abortions be offered …
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