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While the political and fiscal news in Illinois remains relatively quiet, our Midwestern neighbors are taking dramatic and controversial steps to repair their budgets.

Could a partial meltdown occur at a Great Lakes nuclear power plant? One already has, and there’s even a song about it. Here’s a look at some risks for Midwestern plants, including tornadoes, people, and not being a nuclear power plant.

Last week the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago released its 27th General Social Survey, which measures Americans’ government-spending priorities. The austerity fad seems to have changed our priorities a bit, but a plurality of us still wants to spend money on most government functions, especially on education.

Pat Quinn just signed a bill that forces online retailers like Amazon to pay state sales taxes in states where they have affiliates… and in response Amazon is cutting off its affiliates. What’s this all got to do with affiliates if it’s Amazon that we want the money from? It all has to do with the Commerce Clause.

Beatrice Tonnensen, “Chicago’s woman photographer,” pioneered one of the most groundbreaking and influential ideas in American media and culture: taking photographs of attractive women and using them in ads.

Last night Wisconsin Republicans made another advance in their attempt to strip Wisconsin public unions of their collective-bargaining rights. For what’s next, we have to look at how the sausage is made… or how the ingredients for the sausage are made, or even the regulations under which the ingredients are concocted.