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Visitor accidentally locked in Chicago jail for 32 hours gets $600,000 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 1663
AFSCME files suit over labor contract 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1614
Illinois House fails to overturn Rauner's veto of automatic voter registration bill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1470
Madigan a no-show at meeting, Rauner's GOP launches attack website 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1520
ComEd, Rauner on board with complex plan to raise rates, bail out nuclear plants 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1625
Battle over $600M wind power superhighway heads to Illinois Supreme Court 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1681
Gov. Rauner lays out terms for temporary budget: Property tax freeze, term limits 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1336
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 guillaumeb Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1703
Investigation finds widespread abuse of adults with disabilities in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1280
SOS office to check for shoppers abusing disability parking 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1146
Parents given prison for multimillion-dollar, nationwide shoplifting scheme 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1419
Illinois will implement bereavement leave for AFSCME members 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1156
Hastert fighting to get his teacher pension back 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1166
Hundreds of O'Hare workers to strike next week as part of Fight for 15 protests 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1143
Illinois energy bill may cost consumers an additional 24 billion, opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1172
Fired UP! Mrs Snark and I will be attending our County Democratic Party meeting in 2 weeks. 5 Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1523
Gov. Rauner pours in nearly $46 million as part of bid to cut Speaker Madigan's power 5 Stellar Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2121
Illinois blast damages more than 50 buildings 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1155
Anyone else going to an Election Returns Watch Party in Chicago Tuesday night? 2 whathehell Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1799
After decades on disability, cops are put back to work 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2099
Sorensen pleads guilty to wire fraud; sentencing in March 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1322
Mailer depicts Illinois lawmaker naked, police investigate 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1550
Sentencing delayed for man who defrauded bank 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1169
Rep. Tammy Duckworth plays it safe in U.S. Senate bid 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1265
Illinois election judge allegedly sent dead husband's ballot (yes, he voted for Trump) 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1767
'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1568
Do you know which propositions are supported by Dems & which by Pubs? 7 Paula Sims Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 1691
Judge Posner says quality of Supreme Court is 'awful' 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1640
Big Soda digs in for a fight over proposed Cook County beverage tax 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1685
Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pension 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1679

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Texas group: Santa Anna's leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1784
Cook County approves $13 hourly minimum wage affecting suburbs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1304
Critics rip Rauner for funding cuts after online chat on breast cancer awareness 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1208
Cubs live stream? 3 MerryBlooms Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1492
The cost of Rauner's loose bankruptcy talk 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1361
Illinois agency: YouTube glitch behind training video porn 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1773
1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1540
Chicago Public Schools enrollment 11,000 less than prior year 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1222
Wife of ex-US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. completes prison term 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1296
What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 7 1519
Springfield seeking to change employee health plan to cut costs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1424
Durbin likens Trump to 'banana republic' leader 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1216
FBI: Palatine man scammed out of $4.5 million helps capture suspect 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1445
Taxpayers may be out $8M on site tied to Daley nephews 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1152
Rauner says Trump tape is 'disgusting, appalling, outrageous' 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1389
Teachers union, school board still in talks as strike deadline nears in Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1207
Kankakee, Illinois Voter Fraud - Please do your duty! (xp) 0 Panich52 Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1324
Federal judge won't reverse ruling on Illinois voter registration 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1784
Emanuel: If teachers strike, they choose disrupting children's education over pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1200
Gov. Rauner's deficit projection $2.4B less than lawmakers' 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1131
Illinois pays past-due utility bills for state buildings 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1197
Man who spent 20 years in prison gets $15 million settlement 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1193
Clinton in Chicago, shrugs off Trump reviving Bill’s sex scandals 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1269
Obama to headline Chicago campaign fundraiser for Duckworth next month 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1165
Harken to exit Illinois Obamacare exchange 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1149
Regulators: Doctor suspended after patients given vaccinations containing cat saliva, vodka 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1375
Illinois GOP launches ad attack on Speaker Madigan 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1619
Gov. Rauner donates $100,000 to Indiana gubernatorial candidate 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1547
Lawmakers see positive signs in latest school funding reform panel 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1139
Man would rather get fired than watch diversity video 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2364

Illinois Continued...

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Woman gets 90 days in jail for killing son's cat 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 4 1504
Rauner policies hit during rally held by clergy, union 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1175
Chicago passes another grim milestone: More than 3,000 shot this year 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1460
University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime 6 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1620
7 dead, at least 5 injured in separate shootings across Chicago 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1606
IDOT to lay off 29 employees Rauner says were illegally hired 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1618
Illinois' pile of unpaid bills could hit record of $14 billion next summer 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1310
Rauner rejects National Guard as way to quell Chicago violence 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1231
Judge tosses social services lawsuit that included Diana Rauner's organization 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1147
Rauner moves to dump 29 political hires from Blagojevich, Quinn eras 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1137
Same-day voter registration at issue in Illinois lawsuit 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1213
reposting: Hillary to be in QCA Monday - Hampton, Ill 0 rurallib Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1274
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 rurallib Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1259
Thirty-year-old SNAP overpayments still being collected 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1448
School staffing doesn’t always match Chicago Public Schools enrollment 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1345
Why Rauner fears teacher pension board vote 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1146
Rauner signs life insurance bill 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1113
Rauner vetoes $15/hour wage for caregivers of developmentally disabled 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1124
Captain Kirk, losing his enterprise. 4 ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2016 Aug 2016 5 2212
Gay rights setback seen in Illinois Supreme Court ruling 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1564
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