Illinois pays down bills but backlog could rise again in August
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Higher-than-expected revenue from state income tax enabled Illinois to reduce its unpaid bills to $5.8 billion from $8.5 billion at the beginning of April, the state comptroller said on Wednesday while cautioning the improvement could be short lived. Full story
UPDATED: I-74 Bridge Backed Up In Both Directions Is Now Open
10:15 am: I-74 bridge traffic is flowing freely. All accidents have been cleaned up. Full story
Illinois House panel approves fracking regulations
A groundbreaking deal to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois cleared a top House committee Tuesday, setting up a floor vote on a measure that supporters say would bring tens of thousands of jobs to struggling areas in the southern part of the state. Full story
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Death toll in Bangladesh factory disaster passes 1,100
In his “You Should Know” segment, host Steve Kornacki notes that the death toll from what is now the worst garment industry disaster in history passed 1,100, and authorities say they have nearly reached the bottom of the wreckage.
Where’s tipping point for Republicans on marriage equality?
Steve Kornacki’s panelists look at marriage equality battles on the state level, and former Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party Pat Brady talks about resigning from the post after his support for gay marriage.
Marriage equality supporters headed to victory in another state
Advisor for LGBT Policy at the Center for American Progress Aisha Moodie-Mills, former Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party Pat Brady, Democratic State Senator Kelvin Atkinson of Nevada, and The Star Tribune reporter Rachel Stassen-Berger talk about the fight for gay marriage in Minnesota.
No room in GOP's new big tent for marriage equality supporter
Rachel Maddow reports on the case of the Illinois Republican Party chairman who stepped down under pressure from critics of his support for marriage equality.
Politifact sullies fact checking again with inexplicable rating
Rachel Maddow excoriates the ostensible fact checking site Politifact for researching a claim, determining the claim to be true, and then declaring it half true for reasons that have nothing to do with the fact checked claim.
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