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by Adam Doster
11:52am
Tue Dec 23, 2008

FOX Chicago Report Ignores Union Motivations

Rod Blagojevich

If you didn’t know anything about the American labor movement, FOX Chicago’s report last week on the political connections between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Service Employees International Union (whose Illinois State Council sponsors this website) would be a poor ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:21am
Tue Dec 23, 2008

Fitzgerald: Panel Could "Significantly Compromise" Investigation (UPDATE)

Rod Blagojevich

While he has not ruled out giving the Illinois House impeachment committee copies of conversations caught on wiretaps, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is warning state legislators not to dig into criminal charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The Trib has more:

In ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:31am
Tue Dec 23, 2008

What Green Collar Jobs Look Like

Environment

As part of their Growing Forward series last week, WTTW's Chicago Tonight aired an interesting segment on the spread of "green collar" jobs in Illinois.  While this is a term that you (thankfully) hear more and more these days, the report was useful in that it ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:49pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Impeachment Committee Adjourns For The Week (UPDATED)

State Legislature

Originally posted at 3:21pm.

At the beginning of today's impeachment hearing, it sounded like we might hear from Ed Genson before the day was over.  But at his request -- and due to the fact that they have yet to receive a response from Patrick Fitzgerald's office -- ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:48pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008
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Preventing Neighborhood Blight With Stimulus Dollars

Housing

President-elect Barack Obama
and his team of economic advisers have been busy at work devising a
blueprint for the stimulus package they hope to pass next month. If all
goes according to plan,
Democratic Congressional staff members will have an outline to draft
...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:26pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Blagojevich Impeachment Agenda: Day 4

State Legislature

Day four of the Illinois House's impeachment inquiry commenced at noon today.  Here are the items on this afternoon's agenda:

- Testimony from John Scully, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
- Testimony from the Procurement Policy ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:34pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Obama's Blagojevich Review Not Being Released Today

Barack Obama

MSNBC's FirstRead is reporting that the Obama transition team's review of their contacts with the Blagojevich administration is not going to be released today.  That would appear to suggest it will be disclosed at some point tomorrow...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:03pm
Mon Dec 22, 2008

Paterson Calls Quinn

Pat Quinn

An interesting nugget at the end of the Tribune's article today on the transitional government being put together by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn:

Quinn said he recently got a call from David Paterson, who became the N.Y. governor when Eliot Spitzer quit over a prostitution ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:41am
Mon Dec 22, 2008
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EveryBlock Tracking Chicago Foreclosures

Housing

Less than two weeks ago, the hyperlocal news and information provider EveryBlock launched a new feature on their Chicago site: a section that tracks and maps foreclosure filings throughout the city.  Using data compiled by the Woodstock Institute (which researches ...