“I know what it is like to see your family uprooted,” Kaup said. “I know what it’s like to see your friends and neighbors complain daily about the situation that the state of Illinois is in.”

Comment: Another study that’s useless because it measures only one side. This one measures the total positive impact of building, installing and running wind turbines, but does not subtract out the negative impact from not building, installing and running the alternatives they replace, like nuclear, natural gas, etc. At least this one included a sentence acknowledging that omission: “This study does not analyze net jobs, instead it focuses on the gross jobs that the new wind farm development supports.” That one sentence is more candor than you usually get in these “studies.”

“Another gulf that has opened in the same new media landscape—between the upscale few, who know how to access and digest serious political reporting in quality newspapers, websites, and opinion journals; and the downscale many, who for lack of discernment.” That’s part of why we’re here.

Just two days after a Cook County judge ruled the redistricting question was unconstitutional for November’s ballot, the state’s high court granted an emergency motion for direct appeal and set a briefing schedule, bypassing the appellate court.

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration issued $15.9 million in tax credits for the hit TV show “Chicago Fire” late last year, but state officials no longer will release the names of the Illinois residents and businesses the show hired to get those tax breaks.