Progress Illinois

Barack Obama has made his first-term priorities quite clear:
begin by stabilizing the financial system, then move to energy, health
care, taxes, and finally to education. While all of these reforms are incredibly urgent, I share
Dana Goldstein's frustration that education ...

CBS 2's Mike Flannery sorted through the speculation about Obama's U.S. Senate replacement last night and offered up some interesting -- and unsourced -- developments.  According to Flannery, the top three names on Gov. Blagojevich's shortlist are Tammy Duckworth, Emil Jones, ...

Angela highlighted it in the Early Bird, but it's worth emphasizing how little tax revenue the state is actually collecting. Since July, each of Illinois’ key revenue generators --  the individual income tax, corporate income tax, and sales tax -- have come in far below ...

Well, so much for that idea.  CNN reports:

Two Democratic sources close to President-elect Barack Obama tell
CNN that top adviser Valerie Jarrett will not be appointed to replace
him in the U.S. Senate.

"While he (Obama) thinks she would be a good ...