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* Something less serious and plenty cute.
Baby elephant disrupting a TV reporter is the best part of today. pic.twitter.com/DseqitxoG9
— Desert Frogger (@BT0731) November 14, 2022
* Here’s a quick roundup to start your day…
* Sun-Times | Supporters declare victory in workers’ rights amendment battle — but other side not ready to concede: The Associated Press has not yet called the final results, but it reported that with an estimated 99% of the votes counted, support for the amendment was at 58.1%. That’s short of the 60% that would ensure passage. But the amendment has another pathway to success: winning a simple majority of all persons voting in the election.
* Country Herald | State Rep. Bennett hospitalized after Car Crash near Gibson City: “He was taken to the hospital where they’ve been observing him and running some tests. He’ll be resting for a few days, so he won’t be able to make it over to Springfield for the veto session which begins tomorrow.“ A Representative for Bennett posted Monday afternoon.
* WGN | Jim Durkin on the future of the GOP: “Donald Trump is toxic, everything he’s touched in the past year has been a failure.”- IL House Minority Leader Jim Durkin
* Capitol News | Theis, sworn in as chief justice, says partisanship has no role on state Supreme Court: Mary Jane Theis was sworn in as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday in a public ceremony, becoming the fourth woman to hold the gavel since the court was created in 1818. By next month, the Democrat will find herself presiding over a new historic first for the court, as women take a 5-2 majority for the first time in Illinois’ history.
* WBEZ | Jill Biden touts ‘career-connected learning’ in Chicago, calling education a nonpartisan issue: The first lady urged Chicago employers to create “inclusive career opportunities” for students from all backgrounds. She touted the Biden administration’s commitment to “career-connected learning” programs that bridge the gap between what students learn and the careers they eventually find, calling it “the future of our workforce.”
* Block Club Chicago | 25 City Council Members Ditch Meeting About City’s Homelessness Crisis: Alderpeople who support the Bring Chicago Home ordinance said they’re “profoundly disappointed” by efforts to derail the meeting after Mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke out against the measure.
* Sun-Times | Biker war brewing in Chicago as Mongol Nation pushes onto Outlaws Motorcycle Club turf: Five people were shot last weekend at a Southwest Side bar amid escalating violence between the rival biker gangs. “There’s a lot of bad blood brewing,” one biker says.
* Sun-Times | Thanksgiving turkeys more expensive, harder to find: Turkeys are running 32 cents a pound more this year after avian flu culled flocks in the spring. The outbreak also means that some turkeys showing up at stores are younger and smaller.
* WCIA | First snowfall lands in Central Illinois, more to come : A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued as another round of snow is set to arrive Monday night. If you didn’t see snowfall on Saturday, expect to see some tonight, with the possibility of more than three inches in some areas.
More to come!
posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 8:01 am
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Baby elephants always make my day.
Comment by Baloneymous Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 8:22 am
To Welch,
I’m reminded how well Welch took the gavel… and how “quietly” Welch also took control… without real noise, without real pushback.
Welch expanding the House caucus, taking it to the HGOP, and very little thought(s) to how Welch as a leader is successfully going about his business and how the caucus itself is going about being united, with Welch at the helm.
No “because Welch”… “because Madigan” is a dismal failure now… that 5-2 ILSC too… Madigan is tapped out.
Welch is the quiet giant in the legislature
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 8:28 am
I love the video clip of the baby elephants!
Comment by Luke Steele Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 8:47 am
Why is there two standards for passage of the worker’s right amendment? If you can pass it with simple majority of voters then why do we talk about the 60% threshold at all?
Comment by anyone can answer Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 8:54 am
Anyone, That was answered twice yesterday
Comment by very old soil Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 8:56 am
===If you can pass it with simple majority of voters===
That’s not how it’s done. Try reading the constitution. It’s not that difficult. Here’s a link. https://ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con14.htm
“shall become effective if approved by either three-fifths of those voting on the amendment or a majority of those voting in the election.”
Now, go take a nap.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 9:00 am
“Donald Trump is toxic, everything he’s touched in the past year has been a failure.”- IL House Minority Leader Jim Durkin
1) I agree, and
2) Trump’s greasy fingerprints are smeared over every facet of the Republican Party.
– MrJM
Comment by MisterJayEm Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 10:10 am
Durkin got it almost right in the interview.
However, when he discusses the sentiments of downstate, he says something to the effect, ‘they can continue to believe in Trumpism.’
That will not play well. Until Republican and Democrat leaders decide to embrace the alienation and anomia that has swept over the Downstate, the Tea Party and Trumpism will be a significant and defining attribute (cf. Mary Miller’s success).
Comment by H-W Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 10:22 am
The baby elephant is the best. Lol for the reporter and the elephant.
Illinois under the control of the Democratic Party delivered big (bigly?) for people downstate. I hear little recognition, let alone gratitude for the improvements financed by Chicago and NE Illinois. The vast majority of their anger seems directed at not being able to force the rest of us to live by their social/religious ideology. It’s hard to imagine what would change their minds.
Comment by froganon Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 11:41 am
Love the baby elephant.
Comment by Just a Citizen Tuesday, Nov 15, 22 @ 3:20 pm