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Do you think your state Senator is on the take? Is the city building inspector turning a blind eye to obvious violations? Is the school district...
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When is a crime a crime: When a law is broken? When the act is proven? When there is a victim? These and other big picture...
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“Social safety net” is an occasionally vague political discourse term, wielded circumstantially as cudgel or badge of pride. Here’s one example: The Illinois Department of Commerce...
Advocating for public policy often requires convincing people the importance of issues that don’t directly affect their lives. The challenge takes on an added layer when...
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With the caveat that I’m neither a judge nor a lawyer, Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a North Carolina redistricting case could eventually echo in...
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Tennessee was great, thanks for asking. A little rainy, but we played eight baseball games in five days, lost a silver championship game by one run...
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Commonwealth Edison commands a significant amount of news and analysis attention, but it’s far from the only utility. Capitol News Illinois last week reported on the...
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Authorities is just not easy. I used that lead final Saturday to debate recommended adjustments to the Native Authorities Distributive Fund, by which municipalities get cuts...
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The implicit promise to readers of Eye On Illinois is twofold: first, to think about the complete state, not merely its concentrated city/suburban inhabitants; and second,...
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To proceed a brief collection inspecting legal guidelines taking impact Jan. 1, we change over to laws that began within the state Senate with a hat-tip...
