Catching up on the Illinois pay to play law:  A tip of the hat to reader Ryan Gammelgard for catching an important Illinois executive order issued on April 3, 2009.  This executive order rescinded an earlier pay to play executive order issued last year signed by Gov. Blagojevich. 

Political GPS: Womble Carlyle Political Law also has information about the new order at their site (scroll down in April 16, 2009 entry).