Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
... But The Chosen One has only been president for six months. Related posts: Lake Forest, Illinois' Obama stimulus "campaign sign" Obama stimulus "campaign sign" on Chicago's Northwest Side Skokie's second Obama stimulus "campaign sign" Morton Grove, Illinois' Obama stimulus "campaign sign" Des Plaines, Illinois' two Obama stimulus "campaign...
Reading Tea Leaves by Randy Wilson (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Here is the list: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html Posted in Failed Banks Tagged: Failed Banks, Illinois, Linkedin
American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
MARION, Ill. | Once the nation's most secure prisons, the federal lockup in southern Illinois, has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: terrorism suspects now held at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While other cities across the United States have...
Credit Crunch (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Many state franchise regulators like those in the State of Illinois and many Lawyers in specializing in Franchising Regulations do not care that they are destroying the franchise industry and drowning it in red tape. The Franchise Regulation Attorneys do not care, because they make money on the outrageous over regulations required on the Franchise Industry by states like The Great State of Illinois....
today and tomorrow (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Illinois: Visualizing Music is a project by graphic designer Jax de Léon, he analyzed the ablum Illinois by Sufjan Stevens in 9 different ways and visualised his findings. The Vocal Album Grid is one of them. Each square on the grid represents one second of the entire album. Each row makes up one minute and adds [...]
Brian Leiter's Law School Reports (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
July 05, 2009An Open Letter to the Chicago Tribune from University of Illinois Law Faculty. It's quite damning, and rightly so. The Chicago Tribune journalists should apologize--and, better yet, run , the corrupt politicans using their leverage over the university to secure favors for friends and constituents.12:58 PM in , http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c659b53ef011570cd7303970c...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Gateway Grizzlies had me hit off of one of their pitchers on the field. I went one for three with a line drive to center that would have been a hit in a real game. I also took batting practice on the field. They passed on me. I got the impression they weren’t too interested to begin with when they told me they already have two first baseman hitting great and a solid outfield. Here’s...
News-Gazette Editorials Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tiring quickly of each other, Gov. Pat Quinn and legislators adjourned from a special session called to address state budget woes until mid-July. Neither democracy nor sausage-making is supposed to be a process pleasing to the eye, but even by that low standard last week's budget battle in Springfield was an ugly business.
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
edwardsville prosecutors thursday charged a man with theft of more than 10000 worth of illinois lottery instant tickets in 2008the suspect is keith ewilcoxon 23 now believed to be living in pekin illstephanee smith a spokeswoman for the madison county states attorneys office said prosecutors believe wilcoxon scratched off but didnt pay for tickets valued at nearly 20000 when he worked ata gas...
The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
A press release posted at The Bench from state-political activist John Bambeneck on making the General Assembly a one house legislature in response to the current gridlock in Illinois. Some might say why does Chicago have 50 Aldermen. Now there may be those who asks why we have to legislative houses that can't get anything done. Should Illinois have a unicameral (one-house) legislature?...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
A 28-year-old Illinois woman died and a 39-year-old Wisconsin man was injured in what appeared to be a drunken-driving crash in Kenosha County early Saturday, the Sheriff's Department there reported.
KHQA - Local News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Cuts could be looming without any budget agreement in place in Illinois
PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
clipped from www.examiner.com The image of pageant contestants as stupid is a myth, particularly when it comes to winners associated with the Miss America Organization. One of many cases in point is the newly crowned Miss Illinois' Outstanding Teen, Andrea Novak. She has a grade point average of 5.0 and is a consistent presence on the A Honor Roll at her high school in Arlington Heights. Andrea...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- A campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant who'd been wait-listed get admitted to the University of Illinois, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the applicant had ties to the Rev. Alexander Karloutsos, a politically connected Greek Orthodox priest. After the student's admission, Karloutsos...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Even as we roll into a holiday, the corruption in Illinois doesn't stop. One of the many things wrong in Illinois is that there are too many elected offices, for instance, the position of Cook County Regional Superintendent. This post should be abolished, and now that this news has hit, it just might be, as ABC 7 Chicago reports: The offices of Cook County suburban school superintendent...
