Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Borrowing Bonanza
The Tribune's Rick Pearson calculates just how much the General Assembly has borrowed to patch up its budget this year.
Keeping The Sewage Boss Flush
An investigation by the Sun-Times' Tim Novak found that Cook County Board President candidate Terrence O'Brien has landed at least $3 million in government contracts over the past decade while serving on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board.
An Open Letter To Steven Levitt
A University of Chicago climate scientist finds his colleague, economist Steven Levitt, guilty of "academic malpractice" in SuperFreakonomics.
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