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At Columbia College, a contested part-time faculty union election 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1215
Belleville's Old Homes Are Attracting New Residents: Here's Who's Moving In And Why 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 1982
Belvidere Resident Asked To Take His Trump Sign Down 9 murielm99 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 9 3391
4 yo Boy Halloween Costume Mayor Lori Lightfoot "Nailed It" Lightfoot Says: 11 mucifer Nov 2019 Nov 2019 64 6920
Chicago Teacher's Strike is Over 0 mucifer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1324
The GOP keeps up with its never ending crusade to make America cruel 0 The Polack MSgt Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1609
Chicago Public Library permanently eliminating late fees 2 mucifer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1473
Illinois Legislators Vote to End License Suspensions for Motorists With Unpaid Parking Tickets 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1413
Outcome Health Agrees to Pay $70 Million to Resolve Fraud Investigation 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1148
No deal in Chicago teachers strike; classes out for 9th day 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1353
Gov. Pritzker: "If President @realDonaldTrump wants to know what's 'embarrassing to us as a nation" 4 beachbumbob Oct 2019 Oct 2019 18 2176
Illinois State Representative Charged with Offering Bribe to Fellow Lawmaker in Return for Support 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1299
Feds accuse 3 more of embezzling from East St. Louis nonprofit 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1713
Manzullo lite, aka Kininger.. 5 raising2moredems Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2174
Feds asked for information about Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in City Club of Chicago subp 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1348
Holy Cross Hospital cutting more than half its beds, including labor and delivery, amid financial 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1347
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 1206
Pritzker calls multi-year road construction plan 'historic improvement' 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1321
Opening day set for Planned Parenthood's new Illinois clinic 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1650
Classes canceled a 3rd day amid Chicago teacher strike 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1150
This Illinois Synagogue Can Be Yours For $150,000 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1629
Chicago Teachers and Staff Walk Out for Community Needs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1189
Edwardsville Approves Shopping Bag Fee. Will Other Metro East Cities Follow Its Lead? 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1447
October 17 - Happy Birthday Rep. Cheri Bustos (D) IL-17th 1 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1365
October 17 - Happy Birthday Rep. Mike Quigley (D) IL-5th 0 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1024
Chicago teachers to strike amid no contract deal 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1304
Anyone in Chicago going to the "Drinkng Liberally" debate party tonight? 3 Peregrine Took Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1474
Chicago Trib: Illinois GOP got money from one of Rudy's henchmen: 2 mucifer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1893
Planned Parenthood Clinic 'Sign Of Desperation' For Agency, Anti-Abortion Activist Says 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 1604
McHenry County Farmer Sentenced to Three Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay $2.96 Million Restitution 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1777

Illinois Continued...

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October 7 - Happy Birthday Rep. Bill Foster (D) IL-11th 0 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1168
SIUE Students To Study Water Quality With EPA Grant 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1281
Pritzker To Decide If 'Tobacco 21' Becomes Law 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1607
Dani Brzozowski 1 murielm99 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1665
October 4 - Happy Birthday Rep. Lauren Underwood (D) IL-14th 0 FakeNoose Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1217
New Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic In Fairview Heights Was Built In Secret 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1425
Home to thousands since the '60s, largest public housing complex in East St. Louis to come down 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1423
Relief coming to Illinois farmers.... 10 murielm99 Sep 2019 Oct 2019 14 2551
East St. Louis Asked For $2.5 Million To Fix Flood Damages. It May Get Far Less. 2 Sherman A1 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1678
Deported Army veteran, pardoned by Gov. Pritzker, returns to US in bid to become citizen 2 mucifer Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1675
FBI agents raid state Sen. Martin Sandoval's Springfield office, Chicago home 0 PoliticAverse Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1815
In a highly unusual move, former Gov. Pat Quinn has been subpoenaed to testify about a commutation 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1685
Liberal Illinois colleagues so far shying away from endorsing Lipinski's opponent 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1231
Stop Sterigenics furious over Friday night IEPA news dump 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 1408
Time to start paying attention: Strike vote for Chicago Public Schools teachers begins today 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1120
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to co-host Cook County Democratic Party fundraiser with board President 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1223
Mayor Lori Lightfoot downplays how much money legal marijuana will bring Chicago, says focus is on 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1140
Ex-head of Illinois Gaming Board accused of donating illegal campaign money 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1170
Urban Equity Properties purchases former State Farm Insurance headquarters 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1169
Attracting teachers 101 -- Illinois goes to school on the teacher shortage 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1155
Execs of Chicago nursing home where patient was bilked fined 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1117
SUV drives into Woodfield Mall 8 Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 2680
Owners Of Revoked Illinois FOID Cards Must Give Up Their Guns. Fewer Than Half Do. 1 Sherman A1 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1818
Chicago City Council Approves Ticket and Debt Reforms to Help LowIncome and Minority Motorists 0 mucifer Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1329
North Suburban Chicago Psychologist Sentenced to Prison for Billing for Nonexistent Services 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1685
Family Of Miles Davis Celebrates Documentary And Restored East St. Louis Home 0 Sherman A1 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1808
September 6 - Happy Birthday Rep. Danny K. Davis (D) IL-7th 1 FakeNoose Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1211
Sears cuts 250 employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters 6 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1943
Lawsuit: Illinois secretary of state required Muslim woman to certify when she wears headscarf to 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1549
Pfleger announces anti-gun rally in nation's capital, slams 'ignorant' Ted Cruz 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1478

Illinois Continued...

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Lowering Chicago's pension contributions would be seen 'negatively': S&P 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1329
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donate $1M to Chicago non-profit that helps children separated from 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 16 1481
Charges officially dropped against ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in unusual deal with feds 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 2238
New law requires Illinois schools teach contributions of gay, transgender people 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1315
J.B. Pritzker suffers fractured leg 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 1752
University of Illinois Springfield faculty union files 'demand to bargain' with administration 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1270
Madigan deals with fallout from Mapes 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1302
U of Illinois student arrested after noose found in elevator 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1441
Status hearing set in R. Kelly's federal case in Chicago 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1312
'Tears started running down my face,'deported Army veteran says after Gov. Pritzker pardons him 3 mucifer Aug 2019 Aug 2019 19 3065
Illinois Republican John Shimkus not running for reelection in 2020 1 PoliticAverse Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1473
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Preserving the Reputations of Sexual Harassers 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1684
Owners of Suburban Youth Counseling Center Indicted on Fraud Charges for Allegedly Defrauding 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1292
Former Financial Adviser Arrested on Fraud Charge for Allegedly Swindling Millions from Clients 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1270
One Dead In Illinois From Vaping-Related Breathing Problems 2 Sherman A1 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1535
Illinois abolished its charter commission on Friday, the body reviled by school districts but valued 2 mucifer Aug 2019 Aug 2019 7 1535
Pritzker Signs Plan to Raise Minimum Teacher Salary to 40K 1 Sherman A1 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1647
Four Illinois Coal-Burning Power Plants Closing 1 Sherman A1 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 1681
August 20 - Happy Birthday Rep. Brad Schneider (D) IL-10th 0 FakeNoose Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1116
The Reason Why Hundreds Of Books Were Removed From An Illinois Prison Library 2 Sherman A1 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1875
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