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• Question of the day November 15, 2018
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• Pritzker announces new health-related transition committee November 15, 2018
  * Press release… Today, Governor-elect JB Pritzker announced the formation and members of the Healthy Children and Families Committee of the transition team at Children’s Home and Aid, the first social service agency JB visited while considering his run for governor. The committee is the third of several working groups of the transition made up of subject-ma […]
• Hickenlooper talks about legalizing weed November 15, 2018
  * Tribune… When Colorado voted in 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana, Gov. John Hickenlooper was against it. To do something no other state had, in opposition of federal law, was a daunting task. Fast-forward six years and his perspective has changed. “The things we most feared — a peak in teenage consumption, a peak in overall consumption, people [...] […]
• Barickman, Butler want state audit of Lincoln foundation’s financial connection to ALPLM November 15, 2018
  * Press release… Responding to concerns over allegations that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation paid millions for a stovepipe hat that may not have actually belonged to President Abraham Lincoln, State Senator and Legislative Audit Commission Co-Chair Jason Barickman and State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) are calling for an aud […]
• Listen, Lead, Share Shows Urgency for Clean Energy Future November 15, 2018
  [The following is a paid advertisement.] Illinois’ clean energy economy is here but there’s still more we can, and must, do. In 2016, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition championed passage of the bipartisan Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), the biggest clean energy breakthrough in the state’s history. From Carbondale to Peoria to Chicago and everywhere in between […]
• About yesterday’s Tom threat November 15, 2018
  * Heh… Well. According to several sources, the bomb threat at the Capitol on Wednesday was prompted by a man named Tom who called the tourism desk to ask about visitors. The woman thought he said “bomb,” not Tom. #twill — Tina Sfondeles (@TinaSfon) November 15, 2018 All’s well that ends well. * By the way, I [...]
• Musical interlude: Shakedown Street November 15, 2018
  * Back in high school, I was once put in charge of publicity for the annual school musical. I worked part-time at the town’s only radio station, so that was easy to deal with (and probably why I was handed the task). I met with the town’s newspaper publisher/editor and explained what I was [...]
• Rauner’s VOICES Act veto looks doomed November 15, 2018
  * To my mind, at least, the AP has a really good explanation of this bill… The Senate has voted to override a veto of legislation encouraging immigrants who are victims of crime to cooperate with police. Senate President John Cullerton’s plan was approved 40-12 Wednesday. It would set a 90-day deadline for law enforcement officials to [...]
• It’s just a bill November 15, 2018
  * AP… The Senate has overturned a veto by Gov. Bruce Rauner on a measure that would regulate so-called peer-to-peer car-rental businesses. The vote Wednesday was 39-12 to require the companies to comply with the same safety standards and pay the same taxes as traditional rental-car companies. Turo and Getaround are examples of businesses that provide online […]