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Lawmaker advances bill to repeal state ban on rent control 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1108

First Reparations Program for Black residents started in Evanston, Il. 1 whathehell Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1390

Democrats pass resolution condemning Republican lawmaker for attending Jan. 6 rally 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 11 2134

Alexi Giannoulias is running for Secretary of the State. 1 DinahMoeHum Mar 2021 Mar 2021 4 1595

What's The Latest ETA On More Vaccine For Illinois?.... 5 global1 Feb 2021 Mar 2021 3 1516

IL launches $10 million campaign aimed at fighting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Black, Latino 0 mucifer Mar 2021 Mar 2021 4 1952

How Rep. Robin Kelly won the Democratic Party of Illinois chair 0 murielm99 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1497

Chicago bars and restaurants can stay open until 1 a.m., boost capacity to 50%, Lightfoot announces 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1985

'Inclusive' or 'impractical?' Limits on Kelly's role in fundraising at issue in race to lead state 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1192

Lightfoot says she was 'sexually harassed in a workplace,' sympathizes with Cuomo accusers 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1099

A hidden secret over a century ago, the Underground Railroad ran through Central Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 8 1529

'Safety Net' Hospitals That Often Treat Chicago's Most Vulnerable Communities Face Dire Financial 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1054

5 state corrections officers face charges in Lexington bar fight 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1268

University of Illinois sued over sexual misconduct 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1038

Springfield officer on leave after barroom incident 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1000

Simms pleads guilty to fraud 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1008

Springfield Ward 3 nominee Williams voted down on 6-3 city council vote 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1012

Democrats push resolution 'condemning' GOP lawmaker for attendance at Jan. 6 rally 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1166

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois criminal justice overhaul including eliminating cash bail 9 JimGinPA Feb 2021 Feb 2021 9 1924

Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan resigns seat 7 JimGinPA Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1755

The United Center to become a new vaccination site for Chicago 6 luckone Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1364

UIS Innocence Project gets pardon for client from Pritzker 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 6 1105

Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson got secret deal from Bridgeport bank shut down for 'massive fraud' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1331

I'm snowed into my garage 11 live love laugh Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1939

I'm sitting in line to get my 2nd vaccination 12 AwakeAtLast Feb 2021 Feb 2021 10 2169

I got a Covid Shot appointment finally! Here's the link: 4 Peregrine Took Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1908

Chicago wins $30 million-a-year competition for right to sell Lake Michigan water to Joliet 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1954

Embattled Madigan to make his case before supportive House Black caucus on Saturday 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Feb 2021 0 1459

Any Chicago residents over 75 having a hard time getting their Covid shots? 17 Peregrine Took Jan 2021 Feb 2021 2 1677

Chicago area gun dealers say record sales since Jan. 6 driven by 'fear, plain and simple' 5 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1649

Illinois Continued...

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Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1130

Former Illinois (R) Senator/Gubernatorial Candidate Sam McCann Indicted for Fraud 4 live love laugh Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 1507

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's City Council floor leader resigns from leadership post 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1246

Tax business cited for violating COVID-19 restrictions with illegal club, River North restaurant 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1449

State buys building, plans to move out of Thompson Center 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1022

Senate cancels in-person February session days, will hold committee hearings online 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1042

Rev. Jesse Jackson recovering in the hospital after 'successful' surgery 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1569

Heavy snow topples Aragon Ballroom wall, but it can't bury nearly a century of memories at Chicago 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1225

GOP Rep. Kinzinger wages a lonely fight against Trump's falsehoods and right-wing disinformation 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Jan 2021 7 2128

Chicago Teachers Say Some Progress Made on In-Person Return 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1072

Illinois mayor who attended Trump's DC rally apologizes after claiming the media lied about riot 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 2147

Lightfoot's MLK celebration honors community leaders propelling civil rights legacy, racial justice 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1156

Union: CPD suspended 17 officers, supervisors who lounged in congressman's burglarized office 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1466

Illinois police reform bill clears House, heads to governor 5 sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1391

Chicago school system locks out some teachers, withholds pay for not returning to in-person 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 1173

Illinois man arrested after alleged voicemail threatening to kill Biden & Dems at inauguration fete 5 634-5789 Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1554

Freshman Congresswoman caught on tape at a rally in the Nation's Capitol saying "Hitler was right" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1927

Illinois State Sen. Manar resigns to become senior advisor to Pritzker 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1079

Pandemic response, budget, Black Caucus agenda on table for Illinois 'lame duck' session 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1083

Illinois weed sales on pace to top $1 billion in year one of recreational sales, with plenty of room 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 1 1323

Prosecutors say Minnesota mosque bombers planned attack on Champaign abortion clinic 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 5 1586

CPS denies COVID-19 accommodations to hundreds of teachers and staff who are due to return to school 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 2 1161

For the Chicago area : Making Sense of 2020 from WTTW (also a quiz I got 11 right) 2 lunasun Dec 2020 Jan 2021 0 1260

Illinois State Officials: Nearly 500,000 Marijuana Arrest Records Have Been Expunged 3 mucifer Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 990

Obama Presidential Center supporters 'see a light at the end of the tunnel,' while opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1042

30 public schools in Chicago are named for slaveholders; surprised CPS promises changes 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1013

New year brings new laws, including insulin price limit, while minimum wage goes up another dollar 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 897

Peoria homeless advocates try to empty under-the-bridge camp to move residents into warm housing 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1127

Downstate judge tosses decision voiding Pritzker's executive COVID orders 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 14 1929

Calling all Illinois DU members, especially in the Chicago area 8 guillaumeb Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 2178

Illinois Continued...

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Republican Illinois congressman says to President Trump in tweet: 'Time to delete your account' 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1348

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Covid and The Stimulus on Face the Nation: 0 mucifer Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1064

University of Illinois system has now conducted over 1 million COVID tests on 1 beachbumbob Dec 2020 Dec 2020 6 1155

Maskless Springfield alderman scolds reporter, unsuccessfully seeks his removal from council chamber 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1187

Illinois schools are not COVID-19 superspreaders, data shows 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1138

Corporate culture at Chicago's top evictor is 'an absolute caste system' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1064

State acquires former Sears space in White Oaks Mall 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1146

Lightfoot plans $450M in short-term borrowing to buy time for Congress to ride to the rescue 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 801

Illinois reports 10,959 new coronavirus cases; 192 deaths 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 760

Proposed Chicago casino should be downtown, industry insiders say 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 846

Caucus fracas? Opposition to Madigan's speaker bid reaches his own leadership team 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1035

Illinois records single-day record of 238 coronavirus deaths 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1099

Under the radar, City of Decatur water supply under drought stress 0 beachbumbob Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1221

A. Sad day in Chicago history 5 snowybirdie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 8 1832

Election judges!! 3 murielm99 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 27 2221

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1749

DuPage County Board 6 murielm99 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 14 2140

Illinois COVID-19 death rate in rural counties is now twice as high as metro areas. 6 beachbumbob Nov 2020 Nov 2020 5 1322

Key Madigan Ally, ComEd Lobbyists And Official Indicted In Federal Bribery Scheme 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 991

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Announces Statewide COVID-19 Restrictions On Retailers 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 973

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