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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot quotes Gwendolyn Brooks during Tv corona virus broadcast 1 lunasun Mar 2020 Mar 2020 9 1562
Now all restaurant +bars too closed in Illinois 3/17 the article below shows the noncompliance 0 lunasun Mar 2020 Mar 2020 2 1274
Bridgeport bank failure: Feds have evidence of income-tax fraud, sources say 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1390
State's attorney candidate debate gets heated as Kim Foxx's rivals go after her -- and one another 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 2 1068
With 32 cases of coronavirus in Illinois, Pritzker cancels all events of more than 1,000 people 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 2 1126
March 12 - Happy Birthday Senator Tammy Duckworth (D) IL 1 FakeNoose Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1161
Chicago's popular downtown St. Patrick's Day parade set for Saturday is being called off 2 beachbumbob Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 1380
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 4 more cases of COVID-19 confirmed, bringing total in state to 11 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 1410
A handful of democratic socialists who support Senator Bernie Sanders for president stalked Democrat 4 beachbumbob Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 2122
A lounge post took me down memory lane. Just gonna toss this out here 2 rzemanfl Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 1443
45 has commuted Blago's sentence. 19 murielm99 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 4316
Traveling teen mistakenly taken down by local police. ACLU has filed a lawsuit. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 Feb 2020 24 2169
Fairview Heights Moves Closer To Having A Marijuana Dispensary, But It's Still Months Away 1 Sherman A1 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 1566
If you are in or near Lee County... 2 murielm99 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 1752
IL Gov. Pritzker signs law capping insulin cost at $100 per month 7 mucifer Jan 2020 Jan 2020 7 2120
The Radium Girls: An Illinois Tragedy 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 Jan 2020 5 2721
January 19 - Happy Birthday Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) IL 4 FakeNoose Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1861
Chicago to DC Studs Terkel's 1963 train Ride to MLK Speech Interviews: 0 mucifer Jan 2020 Jan 2020 5 1607
The Inspector General at the Secretary of State Office is investigating rock star Rick Nielsen. 6 Cattledog Dec 2019 Jan 2020 4 2642
Illinois breaks one day sales record for the sale 3 safeinOhio Jan 2020 Jan 2020 1 2132
City's top lawyer got same residency tax break on two homes -- in Chicago and Naperville -- for years 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Jan 2020 0 1353
Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Federal Prison in Connection with Multi-Million 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1314
Husband and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Bilk the IRS out of $1.3 Million 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1916
A Chicago Psychiatric Hospital Is Under Fire After Child Abuse Allegations. Again. 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 1889
Chicago student pleads not guilty in IS computer coding case 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1597
Madigan confidant tried to sway Pritzker but was blackballed after 'trashing' key gov staffer 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 1458
Pot shop proprietor wants onsite consumption 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1208
Teaching LGBT history 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1665
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she fired city spokesman over 'professionalism' concerns; administration 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 1459
Nexstar shutting down Chicago cable news channel CLTV 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1440

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Anyone going to a Tuesday Chicago impeachment protest? 1 Peregrine Took Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1379
Applaud Illinois, Cook County DA motions to vacate more than 1,000 low-level cannabis convictions. 2 beachbumbob Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 1571
Former Executives and Employees of Health Technology Company Outcome Health Charged in $1 Billion 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1543
November 23 - Happy Birthday Rep. Sean Casten (D) IL-6th 0 FakeNoose Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1235
November 23 - Happy Birthday Rep. Bobby Rush (D) IL-1st 0 FakeNoose Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1146
The World's Columbian Exposition Travel tips for Chicago from 1893 3 mucifer Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 1646
November 21 - Happy Birthday Senator Dick Durbin (D) IL 0 FakeNoose Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1061
Chicago holds lottery for chance to sell legal weed in the city: 'African American participation at 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1512
Lightfoot's minimum wage compromise advances, to cheers from restaurant owners 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1250
Battle lines drawn: Madigan 'stands by' his 'thoughts' about Arroyo successor selection 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1086
If Uber will guarantee that $50 million, Lightfoot might want to get on board 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1067
Red-light camera companies can hire public officials as sales agents without disclosing it. That's 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1158
Cullerton's complicated exit: disgruntled aide muzzled after money went missing 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1138
Senate President Cullerton to retire 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1152
Illinois Senate gives final approval to insulin price bill 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 1083
Illinois House approves pension consolidation bill 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1096
32,000 Illinoisans save $8.5 million 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1238
At Columbia College, a contested part-time faculty union election 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1131
Belleville's Old Homes Are Attracting New Residents: Here's Who's Moving In And Why 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 1868
Belvidere Resident Asked To Take His Trump Sign Down 9 murielm99 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 9 3151
4 yo Boy Halloween Costume Mayor Lori Lightfoot "Nailed It" Lightfoot Says: 11 mucifer Nov 2019 Nov 2019 64 6543
Chicago Teacher's Strike is Over 0 mucifer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1241
The GOP keeps up with its never ending crusade to make America cruel 0 The Polack MSgt Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1496
Chicago Public Library permanently eliminating late fees 2 mucifer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1359
Illinois Legislators Vote to End License Suspensions for Motorists With Unpaid Parking Tickets 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1333
Outcome Health Agrees to Pay $70 Million to Resolve Fraud Investigation 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1061
No deal in Chicago teachers strike; classes out for 9th day 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1243
Gov. Pritzker: "If President @realDonaldTrump wants to know what's 'embarrassing to us as a nation" 4 beachbumbob Oct 2019 Oct 2019 18 1978
Illinois State Representative Charged with Offering Bribe to Fellow Lawmaker in Return for Support 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1229
Feds accuse 3 more of embezzling from East St. Louis nonprofit 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1581

Illinois Continued...

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Manzullo lite, aka Kininger.. 5 raising2moredems Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1996
Feds asked for information about Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in City Club of Chicago subp 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1259
Holy Cross Hospital cutting more than half its beds, including labor and delivery, amid financial 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1247
CTU says hopes 'dashed' for quick end to strike after letter from mayor, bad day at bargaining table 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1091
Pritzker calls multi-year road construction plan 'historic improvement' 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1206
Opening day set for Planned Parenthood's new Illinois clinic 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1497
Classes canceled a 3rd day amid Chicago teacher strike 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1057
This Illinois Synagogue Can Be Yours For $150,000 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1519
Chicago Teachers and Staff Walk Out for Community Needs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1084
Edwardsville Approves Shopping Bag Fee. Will Other Metro East Cities Follow Its Lead? 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1337
October 17 - Happy Birthday Rep. Cheri Bustos (D) IL-17th 1 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1223
October 17 - Happy Birthday Rep. Mike Quigley (D) IL-5th 0 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 956
Chicago teachers to strike amid no contract deal 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1200
Anyone in Chicago going to the "Drinkng Liberally" debate party tonight? 3 Peregrine Took Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1350
Chicago Trib: Illinois GOP got money from one of Rudy's henchmen: 2 mucifer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1790
Planned Parenthood Clinic 'Sign Of Desperation' For Agency, Anti-Abortion Activist Says 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 1484
McHenry County Farmer Sentenced to Three Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay $2.96 Million Restitution 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1538
October 7 - Happy Birthday Rep. Bill Foster (D) IL-11th 0 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1068
SIUE Students To Study Water Quality With EPA Grant 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1194
Pritzker To Decide If 'Tobacco 21' Becomes Law 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1474
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