This was the week that the ice began melting at the Statehouse. Child care cuts were largely restored. Cuts to home care for seniors were reversed. Unemployment compensation reform may be on the way. There’s hope for opening up the road fund to fund roads again. It looks like Gov. Bruce Rauner may allow the Illinois State Museum to reopen. Some say it’s ironic that Rauner is taking credit for restoring the cuts that he made himself, but hey, he just said he was going to shake up Springfield not kill it. We shouldn’t forget that nursing homes, social services and some universities have nearly maxed out their lines of credit, so worse chaos could be coming unless Rauner continues to back down like he did this week. –Fletcher Farrar, editor and publisher