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Political posturing: Some Statehouse statues don't stand the test of time 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1714
With two weeks until veto session and interest accruing, state's unemployment fix still not decided 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1088
Illinois is still not back to work a month after federal unemployment benefits expire 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1112
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 643
Illinois Childhood COVID-19 cases fall for second week, 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Oct 2021 5 1342
Mayor Lightfoot wants to crack down on moonlighting cops 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1699
The black cowboys of Chicago's South Side 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1917
Dickishness Raised One Level 7 ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 Sep 2021 11 1904
Two marathon frontrunners took the wrong path. Another runner sprinted to the finish and won. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1539
Maybe the next generation will redeem us 4 The Polack MSgt Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1457
Southern Illinois reported zero available ICU beds this week, amid COVID-19 surge 2 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1281
Check out Chicago and suburbs vs the rest of the state 3 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 12 1877
East St. Louis manhunt underway after 'multiple people' shot 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1399
Illinois Democrats Expected to Eliminate GOP-Held District on Redistricting Map 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 1965
Former Senator Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois dies 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 15 1590
SHORT, POINTED RANT: 4 634-5789 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 1830
I know nothing about your Governor Pritzker, but he did GREAT in this interaction about COVID... 17 steve2470 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 35 3369
Mask mandates and political opportunists who are wasting taxpayers money. 6 guillaumeb Aug 2021 Sep 2021 10 1755
Texas abortion law: Here are 4 things to know about how it might affect Illinois 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1438
Illinois expands legislation to protect LGBTQ service members 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 860
Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School 1 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1135
Bill eliminating local match for walk/bike infrastructure becomes law 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1035
Muddy Waters, Cheap Trick among inductees in first class of Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 6 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1451
Pritzker signed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill! 0 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1053
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere in the U.S. 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1655
Pritzker Signs Bill For School Lunch Program 0 Jim G. Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1050
Mental health first responder, insurance coverage bills among latest signed by Pritzker 1 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1149
Illinois governor issues mandates on COVID vaccines, masks indoors 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1060
Chicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1043
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1665

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Illinois to make $140 million investment in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1075
20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1979
Of three announced IL GOP candidates for Governor, none would say 2020 election was legitimate. 7 Midnight Writer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1470
U.S. Sens. Ossoff, Durbin headline Democrat rally, tout legislative wins, slam Trump 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 970
Exelon says time is fast running out for Byron nuke plant 3 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1080
Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker's mask 2 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1358
Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach agreement with CPS as start of school looms; district says 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1117
Latest price tag for Obama Presidential Center estimated to be $830 million 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1071
GOP says census data proves new maps illegal 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1882
Pritzker peppered with questions about party rift 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1283
Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax scheme 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 953
McHenry County Board rejects flag policy, adds truancy officer 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1052
State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 932
Mandating vaccines for state employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 956
Illinois court sides with transgender woman in her 10-year battle with Hobby Lobby over the right to 0 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1245
That coddlin' town . . . 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1372
Pritzker signs bills to aid seniors, veterans 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 964
Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 923
My neighbors are having issues. 5 The Polack MSgt Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2566
Racists are everywhere 18 Cadfael Jul 2021 Aug 2021 7 3741
Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1516
State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 2277
Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 855
518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID despite being fully vaxd Most had underlyin 11 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 4086
NPR Illinois to lose university funding 7 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3126
Pritzker has 'no plans' for added mitigations; 'local control' is focus of new school guidelines 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1880
Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 2001
Cook County Board of Review benches employee who allegedly took bribes for property tax breaks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 959
Moody's upgrades Illinois' credit rating 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1418
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools 4 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1731

Illinois Continued...

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Biden hits Illinois -- touts pre-school, Pell Grants, productivity in push for American Families Plan 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1843
Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 25 2026
State lawmaker faces renewed challenges over Calumet City mayoral election 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1226
Last Friday on I 94 north nearing Wilson 1 live love laugh Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1304
President Biden is coming to the Chicago area--to MY town--on Wednesday! 6 ShazzieB Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1437
Hotel Guest Arrested After Rifle, Ammunition Found in Room Overlooking Lake 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2225
Massive Explosion seen at Rockton, IL's Chemtool plant. 17 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2623
MWRD Virtual Tour (Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1370
Fitch shifts Illinois state government's economic outlook from negative to positive 4 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1350
Former Gov. Bruce Rauner agrees to settle robocall lawsuit for $1 million 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1564
University of Illinois campuses will require COVID-19 vaccine for students this fall 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1483
Residents In Naperville, Woodridge Waking Up To Extensive Damage After Tornado Confirmed Overnight 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 1963
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff to visit Chicago on Wednesday as part of national vaccination tour 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1509
Chicago USPS postmaster replaced following mounting calls for her resignation over mail delays 5 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1774
IL is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban coal-burning power plants 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1497
Dead CEO of failed Bridgeport bank worried over his safety, sister told feds 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1998
CPD suspends cop tied to Proud Boys, launches probe into sex abuse claim 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 1709
Former GOP rep. seeking back pay for himself, all other lawmakers in class action suit 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1537
LGBTQ couples would get fertility coverage under Illinois bill headed to governor's desk. 'Yes, you 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1230
Minnesota man charged in 1972 murder of 15-year-old Naperville girl 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1850
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