Capital Facts

Don’t like what Pritzker is doing, but I get it

Published by admin on Mon, 10/15/2018 - 5:40pm

 

Dear JB Pritzker,

Pritzker in the lead even with his talk of a tax hike

Published by admin on Sun, 10/07/2018 - 10:09am

 

˙ JB Pritzker was recently endorsed by Crain’s Chicago Business. Yes, you read that right. The state’s premiere business magazine endorsed a candidate whose biggest promise is to raise taxes on the publication’s well-off subscriber base.

Panel suggests at least half of state lawmakers be women

Published by admin on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 11:38am

 

The Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access panel set up by the Democratic Party earlier this year released its final recommendations last week.

All heat, no light during first governor debate

Published by admin on Tue, 09/25/2018 - 3:33pm

 

The first gubernatorial debate of the 2018 general election was almost all heat and no light. Instead of talking about where they want to take the state, the candidates focused mainly on delivering rehearsed zingers at other people in the race.

Most normal people practice this ‘wisdom’ in their own lives daily

Published by admin on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 11:39am

    Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign-reset speech last week has been described as “contrite,” a “mea culpa” and even an “apology.”
    It most certainly wasn’t an easy speech to deliver for a man who never publicly admits mistakes. I mean, he claimed last month that his administration did an “excellent job” at the state’s Quincy veterans home, where 14 residents died.
    But there he was, claiming that after four years he’s learned some valuable lessons.

Rauner veto was about not spending what Illinois doesn’t have

Published by admin on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 12:02pm

 

The JB Pritzker campaign slapped a new label on Gov. Bruce Rauner the other day, calling him “Governor Veto” because he’s vetoed several bills that the Democratic candidate supports.

The things they'll do to get you to vote

Published by admin on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 11:09am

 

I’ve told you about the non-binding referendums to be held in dozens of Downstate counties designed to entice pro-gun voters to the polls, but that’s not the end of the story.   

Will Democrats get complacent with Pritzker’s lead?

Published by admin on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 9:46am

 

If you were wondering whether the latest NBC/Marist poll showing Gov. Bruce Rauner trailing JB Pritzker by 16 points was enough to take the wind out of the incumbent, you only had to look to an event last week for an answer.

The irony of misleading mailers

Published by admin on Mon, 08/20/2018 - 11:09am

    The Democratic Party of Illinois has sent out what could wind up being the most unintentionally hilarious campaign mailer of the season.
     “Mica Freeman’s Plan: No Budget, No Pay,” the DPI mailer blares on behalf of the Democratic candidate challenging Rep. Mark Batinick, R-Plainfield.

The county where GOP party is a mess

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 1:03pm

 

Lake County politics has been rocked to the core this month by the abrupt resignation of state Rep. Nick Sauer (R-Lake Barrington) and the announcement by Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor that he is dropping out of his re-election campaign after earlier disclosing that he was suffering from drug addiction.