It’s October, which means I’d rather be watching playoff baseball than thinking about the General Assembly’s veto session, but duty calls (as does acknowledging the Cubs may be eliminated before everyone gets back to Springfield).

Looking ahead requires a little look back: revisiting a June 18 column about the measures left incomplete in the spring. Among them are tweaks to the Tier 2 pension system, the financial crisis facing city and suburban public transportation agencies and whether the Chicago Bears can hoodwink enough lawmakers into finding a clever way to allocate public resources for their private arena development.

One item unlikely to gain new traction later this month is House Bill 2827 , the Homeschool Act. That might’ve been a safe prediction anyway, given the vocal and

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