Update x6: “ISP has reached out to the Broadview Police Department to offer assistance in the investigation of recent events” capitolfax.com/2025/09/27/m...

Pritzker: "They are either lying to us or they are critically incompetent. This is what happens when you staff the federal government full of project 2025 contributors that don't have any experience governing and don't think that the laws apply to them."

I can't recommend @isabelmiller.bsky.social's news roundups highly enough -- it is always worth the click:

Looking good, Illinois Senate Chamber. Nice to be back.

Ghosted by a metra train… that’s a first

First? First, if you’re not reading @capitolfax.bsky.social and @isabelmiller.bsky.social you are already behind everyone else… … but do yourself a solid, donate to LSSI, a great cause, Rich doing Rich things for the kids Thanks

Happy turkey day!

TEMPORARY WEBSITE: capfax.blogspot.com

NEWS: From my site host: "We were hit with ransomware affecting the whole data center. We are looking at several days to recovery I think. They got our backups too so we need to wait to get the recovery keys."

Wondering if this means I have to finally cave and turn my heat on when I get home…

Oil and chemical companies that pledged to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My favorite veto session update: I finally brought my coffee snobbery to Springfield

ComEd fired him. Now, urban historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas is launching a history show. buff.ly/4fviN0E

whole Mountain Goats catalog is pay what you want (for the digital obv) today, we are raising money for PRISMS (Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome). go on get some music you know you wanna themountaingoats.bandcamp.com