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Posts tagged ComEd Bribery
Dems select Welch as new House speaker
‘It is time for new leadership in the House,’ says Madigan, ending 36-year run
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Emanuel Chris Welch, Illinois House Speaker, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, ComEd Bribery, Thomas Kilbride, Dick Durbin, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Rodney Davis, Kelly Cassidy, Stephanie Kifowit, Lance Yednock, Katie Stuart
Sic transit annus horribilis
It was a very dark year, but not without glimmers of hope for the future
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Ted Cox2020 Year in Review, Annus Horribilis, Lorado Taft, Graceland Cemetery, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Kamala Harris, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Dick Durbin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IDES, Illinois Insulin, Women's March Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, Fair Tax Amendment, Thomas Kilbride, Michael Frerichs, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Angela Jackson, John Prine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, Bruno the Bear, U.S. Census, COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine
Communication breakdown
Rep. Guzzardi says Fair Tax proponents didn’t articulate need for revenue and how it would ‘help people’s lives’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Fair Tax Amendment, Political Divide, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rich Miller, Dick Durbin, Capitol Fax, Illinois Political Divide, Kenneth Griffin, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery
Pritzker to Madigan: Answer up or step down
Guv grants House speaker is ‘innocent until proven guilty, but that’s not our standard for holding higher office’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, ComEd, U.S. Justice Department, Michael McClain, Anne Pramaggiore, John Hooker, Jay Doherty, City Club of Chicago
Negative TV ads on corruption swayed tax vote
UIC Prof Simpson says GOP also benefited from door-to-door canvassing in pandemic
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Ted CoxDick Simpson, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, Political Polarization, Political Divide, Illinois Political Divide
Londrigan, Davis clash over health care
Congressman claims bipartisanship while acting as co-chairman of state Trump campaign
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Ted CoxRodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Donald Trump, CARES Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Nancy Pelosi, Trump Taxes, Michael Madigan, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Exelon, Abortion Rights, Illinois Abortion Rights, Fair Tax Amendment, Future Energy Jobs Act
Exelon threatens to close two nuke plants
Threat to 3,500 jobs in Bryron, Morris seen as attempt to squeeze concessions from legislators, Pritzker
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Ted CoxExelon, Exelon Generation, Byron Nuclear Power Plant, Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Morris Nuclear Power Plant, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Jordan Abudayyeh, Donald Trump, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Andrew Barbeau, Christopher Crane
Pritzker recommits to clean-energy economy
Governor establishes eight principles for legislation, backed by environmentalists
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, J.B. Pritzker, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Ann Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, J.C. Kibbey, Illinois Solar Energy, Cristina Castro
