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Former Ald. 'Fast Eddie' Vrdolyak ordered to report to federal prison by end of the month 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1370
Fact-check: Rep. Mary Miller's claim about Mexican caravan the size of Minneapolis not gonna make it 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 13 3087
Lower scores, high absenteeism, more teachers: A first look at how pandemic affected state's student 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0 1077
Deere workers would get immediate 10% raises under new offer 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 972
McHenry County towns enact tax on video gambling hours before deadline 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0 1204
Illinois bills to expand electric vehicle production 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 1157
SB 1169 on Pritzker's desk supports firing people who don't comply with COVID-19 mandates 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Nov 2021 5 1604
Repeal of Parental Notice of Abortion will head to Pritzker 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1107
One hundred years ago today, on October 26, 1921, the Chicago Theatre opened. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 2141
Chicago poised to create one of the nation's largest 'guaranteed basic income' programs 2 PoliticAverse Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1683
New CPD memo threatens investigation, termination for cops not compliant with vaccination reporting 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 2059
Chicago Tribune: What's in it for you? Illinois' sweeping new clean energy law includes... 6 mucifer Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 2146
IEA intervenes in mask/testing lawsuit against tiny handful of non-compliant teachers 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 12 1787
Chicago city workers not vaccinated by next week will face 'no pay status,' but can opt to be 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1672
This message was self-deleted by its author 16 left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 2393
50 Wards : A Film about Chicago from The Looking Glass Theater 0 mucifer Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1276
Chicago rips Indiana steel company for threatening our drinking water after 2 spills 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1251
As the Rev. Jesse Jackson turns 80, he calls for renewed fight for social justice. 'We're in a 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1191
Allstate to sell Northbrook headquarters as more employees work from home 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1489
Two more small state employee unions agree to mandated vaxes 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1021
Prosecutors reject charges against 5 suspects in deadly gang-related gunfight in Austin. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1642
The effort to change the name of "Negro" Creek in Bureau County, IL 0 ShazzieB Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1218
Political shrugs replace scramble for funding as Bears eye move to suburbs. 'Cities are smarter now. 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1377
Federal trial begins for ex-DePaul student accused of writing computer code to help spread ISIS 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 994
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge hits Chicago on Tuesday to promote President Biden housing agenda 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 985
Prosecutors reject charges against 5 suspects in deadly gang-related gunfight in Austin: 'It's just 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1472
Biden's Chicago-area trip is back on; will be here Thursday to boost business COVID-19 vaccine 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 943
$5M PepsiCo program to create job pathways for 3K young people on South, West Sides 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1154
Hundreds attend rally at the Old State Capitol calling for eased access to abortions 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 981
Naperville firefighters sue Gov. Pritzker, city over vaccine and testing mandate 5 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1818

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Cairo pins hopes on river port development 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1127
Political posturing: Some Statehouse statues don't stand the test of time 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1807
With two weeks until veto session and interest accruing, state's unemployment fix still not decided 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1206
Illinois is still not back to work a month after federal unemployment benefits expire 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1178
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 698
Illinois Childhood COVID-19 cases fall for second week, 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Oct 2021 5 1415
Mayor Lightfoot wants to crack down on moonlighting cops 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1798
The black cowboys of Chicago's South Side 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 2049
Dickishness Raised One Level 7 ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 Sep 2021 11 2064
Two marathon frontrunners took the wrong path. Another runner sprinted to the finish and won. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1648
Maybe the next generation will redeem us 4 The Polack MSgt Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1603
Southern Illinois reported zero available ICU beds this week, amid COVID-19 surge 2 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1386
Check out Chicago and suburbs vs the rest of the state 3 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 12 1982
East St. Louis manhunt underway after 'multiple people' shot 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1473
Illinois Democrats Expected to Eliminate GOP-Held District on Redistricting Map 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 2138
Former Senator Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois dies 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 15 1703
SHORT, POINTED RANT: 4 634-5789 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 1984
I know nothing about your Governor Pritzker, but he did GREAT in this interaction about COVID... 17 steve2470 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 35 3703
Mask mandates and political opportunists who are wasting taxpayers money. 6 guillaumeb Aug 2021 Sep 2021 10 1920
Texas abortion law: Here are 4 things to know about how it might affect Illinois 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1513
Illinois expands legislation to protect LGBTQ service members 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 924
Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School 1 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1216
Bill eliminating local match for walk/bike infrastructure becomes law 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1100
Muddy Waters, Cheap Trick among inductees in first class of Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 6 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1583
Pritzker signed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill! 0 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1123
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere in the U.S. 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1729
Pritzker Signs Bill For School Lunch Program 0 Jim G. Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1116
Mental health first responder, insurance coverage bills among latest signed by Pritzker 1 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1260
Illinois governor issues mandates on COVID vaccines, masks indoors 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1136
Chicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1114

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This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1776
Illinois to make $140 million investment in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1152
20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 2189
Of three announced IL GOP candidates for Governor, none would say 2020 election was legitimate. 7 Midnight Writer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1634
U.S. Sens. Ossoff, Durbin headline Democrat rally, tout legislative wins, slam Trump 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1064
Exelon says time is fast running out for Byron nuke plant 3 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1178
Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker's mask 2 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1461
Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach agreement with CPS as start of school looms; district says 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1188
Latest price tag for Obama Presidential Center estimated to be $830 million 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1195
GOP says census data proves new maps illegal 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 2089
Pritzker peppered with questions about party rift 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1418
Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax scheme 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1032
McHenry County Board rejects flag policy, adds truancy officer 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1107
State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 990
Mandating vaccines for state employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1022
Illinois court sides with transgender woman in her 10-year battle with Hobby Lobby over the right to 0 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1323
That coddlin' town . . . 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1454
Pritzker signs bills to aid seniors, veterans 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1062
Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1024
My neighbors are having issues. 5 The Polack MSgt Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2706
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