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For two years The Daily Line has delivered insider reports every weekday morning on City Hall and the Cook County Board and now on Springfield and Illinois government. Find out why our exclusive original reporting is counted on by so many political insiders, developers and Fortune 100 executives.

Springfield Reporting

Fine-grained original reporting you can’t get anywhere else. Detail uninteresting to the regular citizen, but critical to those who know how government can turn on the little things.

• Legislation and policies moving through the General Assembly, including bill briefings and primary documents
• Reviews of every bill signed and vetoed
• Coverage of state boards like JCAR and ICC
• The Racing Form, our daily and weekly reports on every legislative campaign’s finances
• Original legislative campaign reporting

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Chicago Reporting

Whether it’s a zoning change, a new regulation, or an obscure ordinance, The Daily Line gives you the details you need to work with government. Daily Line members get exclusive original reporting you can’t find anywhere else:

• Bios and backgrounds of every city and county elected official and their top staff
• Previews of every City Council committee hearing
• Reports on every Planning Commission hearing
• Detailed Cook County Board coverage
• Exhaustive election and insider political coverage

A membership includes weekday emails with original reporting, discounted access to events and our Annual Report, a detailed guide to Chicago & Cook County government.