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

A Powerful Idea
The New York Times editorializes in favor of Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman's anti-violence initiative.

Regressive Taxation
New data from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities shows that 16 states taxed working-poor families deeper into poverty last year. Illinois was one of them.

Picking Pelosi's Pocket
The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim explains how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) stole one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's revenue proposals for health care to pay for an amendment to the unemployment extension bill.

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