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The Politics of Pot

Via Chicago Tonight Bruce Rauner has one message for Governor Pat Quinn. “Governor, the jig is up,” he said in a press release Tuesday.  “The application process for medical marijuana should not be held in secret where insiders win and…

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Mike Madigan pulls in $358,000 — in one weekend

From Crain’s Chicago Business Unlike Illinois Republicans, he doesn’t have a sugar daddy with super-deep pockets to depend on. But Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan doesn’t need one. As if there ever were any doubt. Campaign disclosure reports filed over…

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Governor candidates focus on business, hiring

From the Pantagraph Associated Press Governor candidates focus on business, hiring By SOPHIA TAREEN 
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ gubernatorial campaigns clashed over business dealings and state hiring Monday, with Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn’s running mate accusing Republican businessman…

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A minimum-wage hike finds hope in U.S. heartland

Via Yahoo! News WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s push to raise the minimum wage, which has largely found success in liberal-leaning coastal states to date, could make headway in the conservative heartland in the November elections. Voters in the…

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Chicago needs one real watchdog

Via Chicago-Tribune Mayoral operatives. Political rivals. Angry constituents who were denied a parking sticker. There’s a long line of people, we’re told, who’d like to whisper falsehoods about Chicago aldermen in the inspector general’s ear. For decades, the City Council…

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Chicago City Council backs watchdog swap

Via The Chicago Tribune More than two-thirds of the Chicago City Council is on board with a plan to give the city’s top watchdog the power to investigate aldermen — with at least one string attached. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson…

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