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First payments made to workers owed back step raises 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1045
Illinois gun dealers now have to be certified by the state. But the state isn't ready to issue the 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1121
Illinois state parks face mountain of deferred maintenance 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 988
Jury awards former Chicago officer $2M in retaliation case 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1175
Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association! 1 murielm99 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1392
Owners of hospital set for closing file for bankruptcy 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1255
Anybody who lives in the IL 16th District: 4 murielm99 Jul 2019 Aug 2019 5 1548
August 4 - Happy Birthday Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) Chicago 1 FakeNoose Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1391
Illinois State Senator Indicted for Allegedly Fraudulently Receiving Salary and Benefits from Labor 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1166
Illinois Lawmakers Call Hearing to "Demand Answers" and Find Ways to Close a Loophole in College 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1351
Belleville Priest Who Said He 'Never Hurt A Child' Accused For Second Time Of Sexually Abusing A Boy 0 Sherman A1 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1249
Illinois eliminates statute of limitations on major sex crimes 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1445
Lawmakers: Push for affordable housing solutions just beginning 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1026
Statehouse Insider: Magazine ranks Pritzker best of the new governors 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1083
Chicago is counting on a casino windfall, but Indiana gambling rivals are renovating, expanding 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 998
How Illinois pols have pocketed more than $5M in what Barack Obama once dubbed 'legalized bribery' 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1100
1919 Chicago Race Riots 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1221
Pritzker signs bills aimed at protecting immigrant youth 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 6 898
Is the first slave freed by Lincoln under a parking lot? 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 7 1251
State officials investigating Legionnaire's at hospital 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 983
Illinois pension buyback program fell short in year 1 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1086
Governor Pritzker got two new bills that are great today! 6 mucifer Jul 2019 Jul 2019 11 1640
SNAP Benefits Expand To More Metro East Farmers Markets 1 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1150
Former Chicago Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Participating in $100 Million Money 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1013
Mayor Lightfoot's ethics reform passes, more 'big changes' on the path forward 0 mucifer Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 993
Chicago Mayor Proposes Reforms That Would Make Life Easier for Thousands of Black and Low-Income 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1078
Happy Birthday Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) IL-8th 1 FakeNoose Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1365
Bost Introduces Federal Legislation To Make Cahokia Mounds A National Park 0 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1072
Land Of Lincoln Goodwill Gives Workers with Disabilities Their Jobs Back 3 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1349
Hard Rock International and Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen plan to announce Hard Rock Casino in 5 beachbum bob Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1827

Illinois Continued...

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Pritzker defends decision to cancel Confederate Railroad performance 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 6 1323
Gov. Pritzker still looking at pension fix 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1128
Illinois hiring hundreds to reduce Medicaid backlogs 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1069
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasts U.S. Attorney General William Barr on census citizenship 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1089
Luther Center resident says building is infested with bed bugs 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1175
Lawmaker pay freezes unconstitutional, judge rules 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1046
Freshman Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood gets another GOP challenger 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1037
Legislators call for repeal of pro-abortion legislation, introduce 'Fetal Heartbeat' measure 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1267
Former Rockford Area Economic Development Council vice president sentenced to prison for fraud 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1140
Governor Duncan Mansion in Jacksonville being renovated 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1072
Computer problem delays Illinois unemployment checks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1050
Chicago police investigators confirm alligator in lagoon 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1532
Illinois man gets 30-month prison term in kickback scheme in St. Louis 0 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1341
There was a Fried Chicken thread in the lounge. I recommended a couple places - 14 The Polack MSgt Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 3039
3 stabbed, 16 injured during fireworks at Chicago's Navy Pier 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1643
Federal Legislation Expected Soon To Make Cahokia Mounds A National Park 3 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1567
Quincy Catholics To Honor The Life Of The Nation's First Black Priest 0 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1109
Billionaire U.S. Coal Baron Chris Cline Dies in Helicopter Crash 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2112
Nancy Pelosi!!! 2 murielm99 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 9 1755
Chicago Can't Hold Impounded Vehicles After Drivers File for Bankruptcy, Court Says 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1436
State Police Ramping Up Training, Drug Testing Efforts Ahead of New Cannabis Law 1 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1192
Public unions in Illinois continue on a year after Janus decision 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1683
Latest attempt to cut state pensions is no guaranteed fix 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1175
Illinois pharmacies support bill for oversight of pharmacy benefit managers 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1004
Sunday is your last chance to buy gas before stations add 19-cent tax 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1539
Chicago cop's Obama N-word slur ends up going unpunished 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1211
Obama Foundation fundraising down in 2018, pay for top staffers went up 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1216
Weed cafes in Illinois? People could be allowed to smoke marijuana (not tobacco) at bars, restaurant 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1201
Pritzker, Lightfoot silent on whether city's pension fund discussed at 'productive' meeting 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 953
Illinois governor signs $45 billion state construction bill 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 941

Illinois Continued...

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The Fred Show 0 murielm99 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1081
Belleville Diocese Waiting To See If Pope Accepts Resignation Of Controversial Bishop 1 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1392
Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1171
Former City of Chicago Alderman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Charitable Funds to Pay 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1005
One Town's Hope Rests On Money and The Mighty Mississippi 2 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1227
Found in a High School Restroom: Cache of 1940s Wallets and Their Contents 4 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 37 3938
Ill. Gov. signs 3 immigrant protection bills 0 Cadfael Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1068
Mick Jagger Shouts Out Lori Lightfoot, Jabs at Ed Burke During Rolling Stones Show 2 mucifer Jun 2019 Jun 2019 10 1621
Illinois governor could soon consider watered-down corporate diversity bill 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 990
Lightfoot won't rule out broadening sales tax umbrella to include professional services 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1177
Proposed state worker contract includes 11.5% in raises over four years 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 866
Two suburban men guilty of providing support to Islamic State 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 991
Pritzker: No conflict between progressive policies, private sector 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 886
Pritzker praises pension buyout program, backs public safety pension consolidation 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 859
Aaron Schock Federal Election Filing Raises Speculation He's Planning New Run for Congress 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1264
Property tax relief is next 'think big' idea for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers to face 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1248
Chicago-Area Physical Therapy Center and 4 Nursing Facilities to Pay $9.7M to Resolve False Claims 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 973
Fate of Obama Presidential Center could be determined by outcome of Tuesday hearing 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1295
$122M in capital plan to make state Armory usable again 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1611
Lawmakers seeking to separate Chicago from Illinois ask Chicago mayor to fight corruption 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1296
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