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by Adam Doster
3:47pm
Fri Feb 12, 2010
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Schock Meets The Press

GOP Congressman Aaron Schock will join New York Times columnist David Brooks, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, and New York U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. for a roundtable discussion on NBC's Meet The Press Sunday.  Hopefully, host David Gregory will continue where Chris Matthews left off in probing Schock's views on torture.  Yet somehow we doubt that will happen.

Quick Hit
by Josh Kalven
8:23pm
Fri Feb 5, 2010
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"What The Hell Happened?"

That was MSNBC host Chris Matthews' question to Lynn Sweet tonight regarding Scott Lee Cohen's under-the-radar primary victory.  Watch it.  (A warning, however: Matthews and Sweet assign overblown national significance to this scandal.)

Quick Hit
by Josh Kalven
10:39am
Tue Feb 2, 2010

WBEZ Live Chat Tonight!

Chicago Public Radio is holding a three-hour election-night live chat on Vocalo.org tonight.  Steve Edwards is hosting the conversation, which will feature a rolling roster of local journalists, politicians, and political professionals.  And yours truly will be taking part during the 9 o'clock hour, so be sure to "tune in."  More details here.

Quick Hit
by Josh Kalven
10:33am
Mon Feb 1, 2010

An Honor

WBEZ's Robert Feder broke the news on his blog this morning: Progress Illinois is among the recipients of this year's Studs Terkel Community Media Awards!  The other recipients are the Sun-Times' Kate Grossman and Chicago Public Radio's Natalie Moore.  A hearty thanks to the Community Media Workshop for this recognition.

Quick Hit
by Adam Doster
5:31pm
Thu Jan 21, 2010
1 comment

Quigley Pays Tribute To CHG

Rep. Mike Quigley used his five minutes on the U.S. House floor earlier this week to eulogize political journalist Carlos Hernandez Gomez, who passed away last weekend. Watch it here.

PI Original
by Adam Doster
1:30pm
Tue Jan 19, 2010

Media Figures Call GOP No-Tax Pledge "Disingenuous"

Taxes
Over the past year, legislative leaders in Springfield have repeatedly delayed efforts to pass a tax reform plan to fix the state's crippling budget crisis.
PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:00pm
Wed Jan 6, 2010
2 comments

Blue Cross Fights To Keep Charging Women More

Congress

Will men see their insurance rates jump if health care reforms
passes this year? That's what Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
claims. In what they are calling a "detailed actuarial analysis,"
the insurance giant estimates that premiums for younger, healthier men
in the ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:55am
Mon Dec 28, 2009
1 comment

Compare And Contrast These Budget Stories

State budget

Here is the Tribune's Rick Pearson today on the gubernatorial candidates' proposed budget fixes:

Among all the issues facing Illinois' next governor, there is no
greater divergence among the Democratic and Republican candidates in
the Feb. 2 primary than on ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:03pm
Mon Dec 14, 2009
1 comment

PJ-Star Reports On Looming Unemployment Benefit Deadlines

Unemployment

Few Illinois outlets have devoted any energy to covering the fight in Washington to extend unemployment benefits,
even though over 400,000 Illinois residents are currently collecting
jobless insurance. Even fewer have reported on the looming cutoff for
federal subsidies, ...