Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

Foreclosure Spike
Check out the Woodstock Institute's new data on Chicago area foreclosures, which shows a sharp increase in activity this quarter. 

Sign The Caps Bill
The State Journal-Register condemns the tone taken by editorial boards in their criticism of the recently-passed campaign finance law and calls on Gov. Quinn to sign the measure.

Race To The Bottom
Ezra Klein explains how Republicans want to make the health insurance industry more like the deregulated credit card industry.

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