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Illinois Legislature heads into session's final 6 weeks 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1128
Emanuel says Rauner's word no good on abortion, budget, energy 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4585
Illinois Senate will vote on stopgap budget Rauner opposes 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2768
Bill would identify Illinois lawmakers who fail to file tax returns 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2873
Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1332
Illinois soda tax could cut health costs, raise $561 million in revenue annually 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 3136
Ex-suburban cop pleads guilty to drug charges, faces at least 10 years in prison 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4380
Blue Cross warns of higher exchange premiums if politicians change Obamacare rules 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3921
Dems turn up heat on Rauner with bill to expand taxpayer-funded abortions 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4734
Rauner Campaign Using Koch Brothers Data Mine In Re-Election Effort 2 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4996
Adam Kitzinger-R-Teaparty 4 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 5316
Does anyone know of any 420 events in Chicago suburbs? 0 Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4553
Many thousands gathered at Chicago's Daley Plaza 0 guillaumeb Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 3069
Show Us Your Taxes 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4666
National conspiracy under way to dictate our local politics. NewTrier H.S. - Tip of the Spear 4 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 5166
There's more! (Surprising election results) 19 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 66 12938
Former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett wants 3 1/2 years in prison; feds seek more than 7 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4280
Ex-East St. Louis Township official gets 5 years for fraud 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2713
House approves bill to protect prison nursing jobs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4272
THR & Associates founder Jeff Parsons faces civil contempt from '12 bankruptcy case 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3155
Molina's managed-care Medicaid patients to be placed in fee-for-service system 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4421
900 Chicago government buildings to switch to renewable energy 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 3024
SIU board trustee sidelines vote on allowing Carbondale campus to borrow from Edwardsville 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2705
White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1355
Democrats tout their agenda 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 5756
Rauner, AG lawyers trade jabs of hypocrisy, snark over worker pay 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1299
Feds: How we made case against ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2780
Vallas named a top administrator, not president, at Chicago State 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1150
Democrats start moving stopgap state budget despite clear hurdles 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2682
Didn't like $5M divorce deal? Then you shouldn't have spent it, Dwyane Wade's ex told 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 6222

Illinois Continued...

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Co-owner of companies in Chicago Public Sschools bribery scandal requests probation 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1144
J.B. Pritzker joins Illinois governor race, facing big Democratic field to take on Rauner 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5766
Emanuel declines to pick sides in Democratic race for Illinois governor 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2574
Kids poisoned by lead in CHA housing; landlords still got paid 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 1209
Man gets probation for attempting to defraud DuPage probation office 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1193
Surprising DuPage County election results 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 5576
Why is the entire DuPage County website "unavailable"??? (Poll) 6 Cadfael Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4754
It looks like we have a viable candidate for the IL 16th! 3 murielm99 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 7 3658
Sure, He's Guilty But Is Aaron Schock Being Railroaded? 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1844
Aaron Schock staffer was FBI informant, court filings reveal 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 3582
1.4M Illinois job seekers may have had personal data hacked 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1493
Gov. Rauner vetoes overhaul of Chicago city pension system 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1898
Proposed law would require headlights on while driving 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 5357
State agencies told to evaluate if vacant jobs can be moved to Springfield 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2260
House panel approves bill to reduce patient dumping, understaffing 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1623
Former Eddyville treasurer claiming amnesia in theft case, ordered to inpatient mental health treat- 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2033
Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1317
Chicago Chiropractor Indicted for Allegedly Billing $10 Million to Medicare and Private Insurers 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2163
Biss diss--kisses off Madigan ('there too long'), launches gov bid 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2138
Jesse Jackson Jr. says couple owes $1.8M: Something has to give 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2299
Obama's home state of Illinois rejects a holiday in his honor for now 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 2643
Minors cleared to serve alcohol at Chicago restaurants, grocery stores 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1420
Chicago city worker yanked out of NW Side after writing thousands of tickets 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 2191
124 Illinois prison nurses get layoff notices 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2474
Rauner says Emanuel causing a CPS 'crisis' 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2183
Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1646
Rauner wants to save $4 million by replacing prison guards with tower cameras 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1996
Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1341
Chicago area leads U.S. in population loss, sees drop for 2nd year in a row 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1305
Railroads take steps to stop criminals from stealing guns, copper 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2036

Illinois Continued...

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Baby born with 2 spines, 4 legs has successful removal surgery 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 2703
Rockford Public Schools strike: What parents need to know 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1376
Emanuel calls governor emperor without clothes; Rauner aide suggests mayor has 'Napoleon complex' 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1603
Southern Illinois University Carbondale's University Museum loses national accreditation 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 14 4660
Rep. John Shimkus questions why men should pay for prenatal care 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1737
Kankakee County Sheriff confronts questions of online etiquette with Trump/Obama meme 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1852
Labor experts unsure of future if Illinois state government workers strike 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1403
McHenry County residents protest Gov. Bruce Rauner at Crystal Lake appearance 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1493
Chicago State University to pay off $4.3M owed to whistleblower 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1367
Illinois Supreme Court asked to decide if workers can be paid 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1397
Madigan proposes making ALPLM stand-alone operation 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1245
Munger's salary listing removed from health fund 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1369
Bourne calls on House to take up her state employee pay bill 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1264
Neil deGrasse Tyson draws crowd of 1,000 to presidential museum 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1246
Bill would allow municipalities to give taxpayer info to third parties 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1239
Rauner: Democrats leading a 'coordinated activity' to 'create a crisis' in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1422
Rauner 'generally supportive' of gun crimes plan but has questions 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1190
D.C. judge slashes Jesse Jackson Jr.'s child support payments 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1717
Man who returned to crime after $25M award sentenced 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1645
Illinois Senate Democrats decry lack of help on budget cuts 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1437
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