07 May 2008

Recall Measure Fails, but Impeachment Could Loom

By Rich Miller

The oldest axiom in government is that it's always easier to kill something than it is to pass something. And that was proved true yet again last week when Senate President Emil Jones and Governor Rod Blagojevich teamed up to kill off the proposed constitutional amendment for recall of elected officials.

30 Apr 2008

Noose Tightens Around Blagojevich

By Rich Miller

"It had better be a job where you can make some money."

That, apparently, was what Governor Rod Blagojevich told Ali Ata about Ata's quest for a state job during Blagojevich's Navy Pier fundraiser in 2003 - an event that pulled in almost $4 million for the governor and appears to have put Blagojevich and his campaign fund in extreme legal jeopardy.

23 Apr 2008

Voters Could Force Major Reforms

By Rich Miller

A poll taken earlier this year for the University of Illinois' Institute of Government & Public Affairs and released last week shows overwhelming public support for legislative term limits and recall of elected state officials.

16 Apr 2008

The Speaker's Declaration of Civil War

By Administrator

Michael MadiganHouse Speaker Michael Madigan told a firefighters group last week that he, Governor Rod Blagojevich, and Senate President Emil Jones are engaged in a "civil war," and that "no prisoners" are being taken.

This isn't exactly a fresh insight.

08 Apr 2008

Feel-Good Distractions at the Mean-Spirited Circus

By Rich Miller

It's difficult to take seriously last week's House vote to establish a recall provision in Illinois' state Constitution. An amendment to the constitutional provision passed the other day with 80 votes - a pretty solid majority.

The tiny minority who opposed the amendment pointed out that the proposal could cause all sorts of problems.

26 Mar 2008

Burning Questions

By Rich Miller

I get questions all the time, so here are a few answers ... .

 

 

19 Mar 2008

Obama Spells Trouble for Illinois Republicans

By Rich Miller

A new statewide poll confirms what most of us knew anyway. If Barack Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee, he will do a whole lot better in Illinois against Republican John McCain than will Hillary Clinton. But there's more to it than that.

 

12 Mar 2008

Governor's Promises Come Back to Bite Him

By Administrator

In early 2006, Governor Rod Blagojevich faced a firestorm of criticism from Jewish leaders for his appointment of Louis Farrakhan's "minister of protocol" to the Illinois Hate Crimes Commission. Several Jewish members resigned from the commission in protest of Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad's appointment, but Blagojevich refused to back down and claimed he didn't know who she was when he put her on the commission.

04 Mar 2008

Owner Stirs Trouble in Wrigleyville

By Rich Miller

Sam Zell, the owner of the Tribune Company, is fast becoming Public Enemy Number One.

27 Feb 2008

Illinois Might Consider an Election-Year Rarity: a Tax Hike

By Rich Miller

Normally, a tax hike would be the last thing that state legislators would consider in an election year. Tax increases are usually approved in "off years" to give voters time to forget before they vote. So, you'd think that a large income-tax increase in Springfield would be the last thing being considered.

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