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State Week: 'To The Last I Grapple With Thee'

a metaphor about Illinois government
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Ahab pursues Moby-Dick: "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
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  After spending seventeen months fighting over the governor’s agenda and the end of May fighting about a temporary spending plan, now Democrats and Republicans are fighting about political fighting itself. Also: whales (!).

Brian Mackey hosts with regular panelist Charlie Wheeler. This week's guests are WBEZ political reporters Lauren Chooljian, who covers Chicago, and Tony Arnold, who covers the state.  

   

Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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