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* This has aged well…
Turns out, Larry David was right about FTX pic.twitter.com/umTCwCTvAp
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 12, 2022
* Here’s a quick roundup to start your day….
* WMBD | LaHood could become next NRCC chair: No matter how the balance of power may be shaking out in Congress, one local lawmaker may soon have some more responsibility. 16th District Congressman Darin LaHood is in line to chair the National Republican Congressional Committee.
* Tribune | Illinois GOP, suffering from Trump factor and right-wing ideology, teeters on edge of irrelevance: Bailey’s losing coattails helped Democrats, who retained both U.S. Senate seats, took a 14-3 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation, kept all statewide elected offices, enhanced their majority on the Illinois Supreme Court and cast Republicans further into minority status in the Illinois General Assembly.
* Daily Herald | ‘We got shellacked’: Election results put spotlight on Illinois GOP’s future: “There were many who thought we hit rock bottom two years ago, but some of us predicted we hadn’t hit rock bottom yet,” said Collin Corbett, a longtime Illinois GOP operative who runs Cor Strategies. “Well, here we are. We got shellacked.”
* News-Gazette | Budzinski shatters one of C-U’s oldest glass ceilings: It was inevitable that a woman would win the 13th District this time — the other candidate was Decatur Republican Regan Deering — but the victory was a long time coming locally. Illinois had its first female member of Congress — Chicago Republican Ruth McCormick — in 1928. Jessie Sumner, a resident of nearby Iroquois County and an outspoken critic of Franklin Roosevelt, was elected to Congress in 1938.
* State Journal-Register | Illinois man who pleaded guilty to Jan. 6 attack is arrested in fatal Interstate 55 crash: Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said Woods was arrested for reckless homicide, aggravated driving under the influence, driving under the influence and fleeing/eluding police. He was taken to the Sangamon County Jail and his bond was set at $2 million.
* Sun-Times | Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin ‘not medically fit’ for trial, her lawyers say days after she voted on city budget: They say her medical records are “startling,” and she “cannot cooperate fully with counsel or withstand the stress of a trial.”
* Tribune | Mental health programs to start in select suburbs after voters approved property tax hikes: Publicly subsidized counseling, therapy and medical care soon will be available in select Chicago suburbs after voters approved property taxes for new mental health programs.
* Illinois Answers Project | Insurance Giant Failed Foster Kids with Inadequate Care: A nearly $370 million contract promised to improve health care for state wards — but for two years the Centene Corp. fell short on basic care, forcing foster parents to scramble.
* Belleville News-Democrat | Illinois abortions increased nearly 30% in two months after Supreme Court’s ruling: The jump in abortions performed by Illinois clinics comes as states in the south-central region of the United States saw a 96% decrease in the number of abortions between April and August. Many patients are coming to Illinois, where abortion remains legal, from Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and other states where lawmakers swiftly banned the procedure.
* Tribune | City says it’s on track to plant 15,000 trees in first step to fix Chicago’s tree disparities. But ‘real work’ starts now, advocates say.: Chicago lags behind many other cities in overall canopy coverage, and over the years, has planted significantly fewer trees in lower income communities of color on the South and West sides, a Tribune investigation found.
* NBC 5 | Here’s Illinois Most Popular Thanksgiving Side Dish, According to a New Survey: According to the survey, 66% of people across the country prefer Thanksgiving sides to the main entrée. And if you’re hosting this year, you might want to opt for larger dishes: 7 out of 10 Americans say there isn’t enough room on their plate for all the side options served, the report says.
More to come!
posted by Isabel Miller
Monday, Nov 14, 22 @ 8:20 am
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Very clever with the Larry David ad. I totally forgot about those commercials.
Comment by Baloneymous Monday, Nov 14, 22 @ 8:37 am
I hope Larry David didn’t get paid in cryptocurrency.
Comment by JoanP Monday, Nov 14, 22 @ 9:04 am