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Sen. Tammy Duckworth: I swore an oath to the Constitution, not to clap when Trump demands 4 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 6 1816
Kennedy, Biss question Pritzker's electability, citing Blagojevich ties 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1375
Illinois lawmakers wear black in solidarity with #MeToo 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1160
Illinois public school funding a step closer with veto override votes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1161
Illinois lottery official resigns after tweeting Trump-like slur about East St. Louis 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1574
Rauner tries to reframe with economic message, opponents say he's rewriting history 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1126
Chicago cops stripped of powers as FBI probes ripoffs of drug dealers, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 1417
Lawmakers discuss proposal to borrow $107B to pay down pension debt 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1309
The transportation change we seek around the Obama Presidential Center 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1283
GUTIRREZ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS....whoever translated for him from Russian 1 lunasun Jan 2018 Jan 2018 7 1793
Chicago Futures Trader Pleads Guilty to Causing More Than $13 M in Losses from Fraudulent Trading 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1218
Primary for Illinois governor ? Thoughts? So many candidates . Preference? 17 lunasun Jan 2018 Jan 2018 6 4142
NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago to Host First Televised 2018 Illinois Democratic debate 6pm C 1/23 2 lunasun Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1587
University Under Fire For Off-The-Grid Herpes Vaccine Experiments 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1369
'Day of reckoning' as Champaign man pleads guilty in '85 murder case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1551
Nasty, dirty, below the belt... 8 murielm99 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 9 2767
Moody's report: If Springfield doesn't change, credit rating will be downgraded 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1439
Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez I am ashamed of the president. 1 lunasun Jan 2018 Jan 2018 9 1923
More bomb threats at Springfield High School 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1138
College of DuPage's legal bill to fight Breuder lawsuit: $527,600 and climbing 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1700
Kennedy criticizes Pritzker tax breaks, says Rauner sabotaged state government 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1196
Prevailing wage is price city must pay for other reforms, Chicago mayoral aides say 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1191
Chicago Water Management workers insist racist culture outlined in emails hasn't changed 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1150
Candidate for Illinois attorney general robbed at gunpoint 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1392
Kennedy denies claim that he asked for Emanuel's endorsement 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1190
Potential Madigan foe kicked off ballot 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1167
University of Illinois ends auction of farming rights on university-owned land 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1128
Crews battle large fire at Chicago-area recycling facility 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1107
Illinois to replace vets' plumbing amid Legionnaires' crisis 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1074
Two Democrats removed from 67th primary ballot 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1303

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State Capitol had its share of sexual misconduct mishaps 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1064
Rauner no longer big fan of Greitens? Pulls ad featuring tainted Missouri gov 1 blue-wave Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1499
FOX NEWS Reports WORST Republican Governor in the U.S. 4 Stellar Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 2396
Kennedy Contends Rahm behind Plan to push Blacks out of city. 1 Stellar Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1915
Illinois to ban 'gay panic defense' 0 blue-wave Dec 2017 Dec 2017 5 1724
Chicago Investment Manager Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges- $10 Million 1 nitpicker Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1385
After being compared to Trump, J.B. Pritzker will release tax returns 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Dec 2017 1 1658
Are you ready to fight the Tax Scam? 3 BigmanPigman Dec 2017 Dec 2017 9 1946
Obama to address Emanuel's climate meeting Tuesday 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1600
Illinois attorney general launches civil rights inquiry into bus company 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1782
In lieu of Trump, Chicago to form legal unit to sue corporations 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1357
Conservative magazine: Rauner is 'worst Republican governor in America' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1335
Statehouse evacuated for three hours after bomb threat 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1307
Rauner on Dems: They will sock the middle class with a tax hike that Madigan and his puppets want a 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1395
Rauner repeatedly lashes out at reporters over Madigan: You're playing games and you're not 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1484
Tune in now, comrade: Liberal couple broadcasts nationwide 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 6 1475
Members of the Illinois Delegation Who Voted to Raise Taxes 4 elleng Nov 2017 Dec 2017 2 1832
Lake Forest IL Resident Richard Uihlein biggest funder for R. Moore's campaign 8 lunasun Nov 2017 Dec 2017 1 2390
Bible of American conservatism dubs Rauner nations worst GOP gov 2 blue-wave Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1802
Just curious: does Illinois have a "three strikes" law? 12 question everything Apr 2013 Nov 2017 0 43762
Democratic lawmakers urge end to controversial cross-state voter check 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1270
State owes CWLP $5.5 million; holiday lights will still go up on Capitol 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1257
Officials mark opening of $80 million Mississippi bridge 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1233
Police union president slams Foxx, prosecutors after exonerations 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1638
Chris Kennedy's troubled Cleveland deal: Taxes raised, company collected millions 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1413
ACLU opposes Chicago alderman's plan to crack down on 'prostitution-related loitering' 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1227
Rauner signs lawmakers' sexual harassment bills but says they should have done more 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1060
$3.25M settlement for woman sexually assaulted at Markham courthouse 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1656
Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of ... 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1859
Kennedy lashes out at Emanuel, while Pritzker takes a softer approach 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1497

Illinois Continued...

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Rauner-linked firm gets $12M in new deal, months after being cut out of $12M deal 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1307
BGA investigation: Radioactive leaks at Exelon's Illinois nuclear plants 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1187
Chicago prosecutors exonerate 15 men framed by police 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1218
After prodding, Rauner declares harvest emergency 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 4 2601
Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker unveils criminal justice plan 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 5 1660
State lawmakers appoint inspector general amid harassment scandal 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1673
Siskel vows to appeal and overturn $44.7M verdict in Chicago police misconduct case 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1602
AG Madigan opposes Tribune Media merger with Sinclair 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 12997
Senator's sex-harassment accuser wants answers on complaint 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 2010
Blagojevich asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal again 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1543
Illinois' first fracking permit withdrawn 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1591
Schock case on indefinite hold pending mid-case appeal 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1461
Trump seeks more tax breaks on Chicago tower with Ald. Ed Burke's help 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1888
Illinois man under investigation for threatening to lynch Rep. Wilson and he's blaming social med 2 workinclasszero Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1732
Murderer wants mercy 0 NCDem777 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1821
U.S. Files Lawsuit Against Owners of Suburban Health Care Company for Allegedly Defrauding Medicare 0 nitpicker Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1742
Deere wins trademark lawsuit over its iconic green and yellow color combination 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1259
'Johnny Appleseed' trees to mark Illinois bicentennial 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 1753
Naperville couple investigated for alleged fraud to fund horse stables 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1460
Labor leader apologizes, says 'no sexist intent' in Kennedy aide rap 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1216
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