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PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:26pm
Wed Mar 4, 2009

Federal Judge Calls Weis To Court

Law enforcement

Some interesting news on the police accountability front. The Sun-Times is reporting that federal Judge Robert Gettleman found Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis in contempt of court today and gave him until 8:45 a.m. Monday to release the names of officers who have at least ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:36pm
Wed Mar 4, 2009
7 comments

Who Will Choose Quigley's Successor?

Cook Co.

There seems to be a bit of confusion over how Mike Quigley's successor on the Cook County Board will be selected, assuming he wins the 5th Congressional District general election on April 7 (a pretty safe assumption). The way it works is the Democratic committeemen in the ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:34pm
Wed Mar 4, 2009
1 comment

Bean And The Blue Dogs

Dick Durbin

After a winter storm
blanketed much of the Washington, D.C. area on Monday, making it difficult
for lawmakers to get back to the capitol from their districts, the
House pushed back the items on this week’s agenda, including a possible vote on their version of Sen. Dick ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:22am
Wed Mar 4, 2009
1 comment

IL-5: Primary Day ... In 300 Seconds

IL-5

In an homage to TPM's "The Day In 100 Seconds," here's what happened yesterday ... in 300 seconds...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:57am
Wed Mar 4, 2009

Budgetary Corrections: Part Deux

State Legislature

Back in October, we advocated that the General Assembly seriously consider cutting back
Illinois’ bloated prison system as a way to ease the state’s budget
deficit. Since then, the fiscal figures have only gotten worse. And new research from the Pew Center on the States ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
10:28pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009
3 comments

Congratulations, Mike Quigley!

IL-5

9:27 p.m.: And the AP calls it.  At last.  Congrats to the whole Quigley team!

9:09 p.m.: Fox Chicago's Jack Conaty just reported that both Fritchey and Feigenholtz have called Quigley to concede.

9:03 p.m.: The Quigley campaign just sent out a press ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
7:56pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009

IL-5: Feigenholtz Pushes East

IL-5

Sara Feigenholtz didn’t want to
talk numbers when I arrived at her Portage Park campaign office this
afternoon. But it was clear from the steady stream of
volunteers -- stopping in, getting their marching orders, then taking off
hit doorsteps and El stops -- that the ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
7:44pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009
1 comment

IL-5: Polish Power

IL-5

We’ve been hearing about the
excitement over candidate Victor Forys in the Portage Park neighborhood
(a.k.a. “Little Warsaw”) for some time now. So it wasn’t altogether
surprising when WBEZ reported this morning that the Chicago Board of Election’s Polish-language ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
6:57pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009

IL-5: Some Turnout Hints

IL-5

Between 4:00 and 5:30 p.m., we dropped in on some precincts across the 5th District and here's what we found:

Ward 38, Precinct 4: 49 votes (Old Irving Park)
Ward 41, Precinct 50: 96 votes (Jefferson Park)
Ward 45, Precinct 13: 92 votes (Jefferson Park)
Ward 44...