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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:55am
Wed Dec 3, 2008

Dan Swinney's Got A Plan

Labor

Amid all the twelve-figure bailouts and theoretical arguments about how to repair the American economy, I was so relieved to hear Dan Swinney's comments last Sunday as a guest on Bruce DuMont's Beyond The Beltway.  Swinney is a labor guy and, as such, has a very practical, on-...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:12am
Wed Dec 3, 2008

Giannoulias "Thinking About" Gubernatorial Run

IL-5

He didn’t commit fully, but the writing is on the wall. In an interview with the State Journal-Register
editorial board yesterday, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias said he is
considering a 2010 gubernatorial run. “I’ve been thinking about it,” he
told the paper. “You see ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
3:24pm
Tue Dec 2, 2008

Growing Alliance Pushes Wind Power

Wind power

Add Hoffman Estates to the
list of Illinois municipal leaders throwing their support behind bringing
more wind power to the Prairie State, The Daily Herald reports today.

Officials
from the northwest suburban town have agreed to join the emerging Wind
Turbine ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:06pm
Tue Dec 2, 2008

Premium Hikes Doom Strapped Consumers

Health Care

Mickey Trznadel isn’t rich.
The 55-year old Brookfield resident earns about $25,000 a year
landscaping, painting homes, and plowing snow. But as someone with diabetes, high blood
pressure, and a history of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, health insurance is
an expense he can’t ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:33pm
Tue Dec 2, 2008
19 comments

Your Thoughts On Clemency For Ryan?

George Ryan

Last Wednesday, after Sen. Dick Durbin said he was considering whether to ask President Bush to commute former Gov. George Ryan's prison sentence, we provided a round-up of editorial board opinion on the subject (which was unanimous in opposition to the idea).  In the week ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:28am
Tue Dec 2, 2008

Kirk, The UAW, And Paid Leave

Labor

When we initially flagged
Rep. Mark Kirk’s misleading diatribe on the United Auto Workers, we
focused our energy on deflating his claim that General Motors’ hourly
labor cost was $78 per hour. But Kirk uttered a second deceptive
allegation worth debunking during the same ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
5:17pm
Mon Dec 1, 2008

Turning Away The Down And Out

Hunger

With unemployment, foreclosures, and evictions all on the rise, social service providers warned months ago that ignoring homelessness, hunger, and other social service needs in Illinois wouldn’t make the problems go away.

Just as the cold weather sets in, demand ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:53pm
Mon Dec 1, 2008
6 comments

Schock's Holiday Mailer

Aaron Schock

Congressman-elect Aaron Schock isn’t asking for much this holiday season. After ousting
Democrat Colleen Callahan by a healthy 20-point margin in the 18th
congressional district race, the 27-year-old Republican sent a letter
to supporters on November 21 requesting for a ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:25pm
Mon Dec 1, 2008

Sun-Times Endorses Jackson Jr.

Rod Blagojevich

Time is ticking for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to name Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate successor. The state’s chief executive -- who may have showed his hand on Thanksgiving Day by calling Rep. Danny Davis “Senator” on two different occasions -- insists he will go public with his ...