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Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign bill to require state licensing of Illinois gun dealers on Thursday 0 beachbum bob Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1690
New Illinois governor uses own money to double salaries of top staffers 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1670
Water Tower Place cracks down on teens with 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday curfew 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 2266
Rahm on ending federal shutdown: 'Chisel away at the will of the Republicans' 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1783
Preckwinkle returning Burke cash, stripping his power to help get judges elected 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1368
Illinois Democrats have control - can they get work done? 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1315
Toni Preckwinkle's administration hired Ald. Edward Burke's son to nearly $100K-a-year county job 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1566
Chicago : Ald. Ed Burke charged in attempted extortion case 2 lunasun Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1726
Video Shows Mokena Cop Avoid Collision With Metra Train 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Jan 2019 2 2262
Illinois Teen Charged with Burning Down Metro East Mayor's House 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1790
Rauner Says He Sought Others To Run For Governor In His Place, Blames Trump For Loss 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1796
Preckwinkle drops challenge to Susana Mendoza's mayoral petitions 0 blue-wave Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1427
Proposed southern Illinois wind farm faces opposition 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1591
Bill Daley tops $3M raised in Chicago mayoral race, gets backing from a Kennedy 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1504
Illinois lawmakers to get new top watchdog with 'strong background in sexual harassment' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1169
Vibra Hospital of Springfield plans to close, cites loss of revenue 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1347
More controversy over Satanic Temple display in Rotunda 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1541
Quit the union and use that cash for Christmas shopping! 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1740
51-point buck bagged in Illinois may beat out Tennessee hunter's national title 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 5312
Chicago :Feds raid Ald. Burke's City Hall offices for a second time 2 lunasun Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1835
Chicago - Mayor Emanuel proposes legalizing marijuana, casino to pay for pensions 4 lunasun Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 2207
Tillman claims he wants to work with Democrats on pension reform 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1751
Rock Island County courthouse demolition on hold pending state review 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1619
Transportation officials: Illinois gas tax increase is needed 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1430
Chicago Mayor's Nephew, Backer Got $9M in Fees, Most of That for Managing Deals That Tanked 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1354
Doctor Embroiled In Fraud, Sexual Abuse Scandal Falls Ill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1550
Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker shows 'deep gratitude' for Gov. Bruce Rauner at Illinois bicentennial, says 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1494
Chicago Teachers Union votes to back Toni Preckwinkle in mayor's race 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1247
Bill Daley promises property tax freeze in his first TV ad for Chicago mayor 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1336
IL-06: Peter Roskum stoops below tRump in name-calling. 5 IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 1830

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Every vote counts, after a Gop was declared winner for our county sheriff, final 8 beachbum bob Nov 2018 Nov 2018 18 2714
wow, 6% reporting and Rauner already conceding! BAM! 3 consider_this Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 2079
Why no celebrating African American Lauren Underwood's historic win? 21 whathehell Nov 2018 Nov 2018 17 6155
Aparently the turnout of student voters at University of Illinois-Champaign requires 1 beachbum bob Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 2212
URGENT---Last Chance to Check Online & Make Sure Your Early Ballot Vote Has Been Counted! 0 PandoraAwakened Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1056
Amid talk of a potential blue wave, Democrats already have begun to turn the tide in GOP suburbs 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 2069
Will Democrats Casten, Underwood beat Republicans Roskam, Hultgren? 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1407
Rauner blasts unfavorable polls as 'baloney' on road for GOP candidates 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1379
Obama tells rally in Chicago: 'The character of our nation is on the ballot' 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1159
Illinois' big-money politics has some worried 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1612
Rauner, Pritzker differ on some criminal justice 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1344
Far out! Illinois Democrats think they've dropped in on the big one (Bluenami!) 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1772
Preckwinkle's Democrats fund blue wave to swamp County Board Republicans 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1363
Retaliation Lawsuit Against Michael Madigan Moves Forward With Discovery 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1359
Judge, prosecutor's office exchange notes 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1806
Cook County judicial elections stir up unusual public scrutiny 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1259
New Fort Massac on the horizon with $2.8 million IDNR grant 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1344
Teachers' pension fund seeks 10 percent hike in state funds 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1216
This is why I will NOT use in person early voting in DuPage 3 Cadfael Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1636
Rauner and Trump will rally together in Southern Illinois today 9 lunasun Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 2717
Does Anyone Know What Trump Had To Say At His Illinois Rally..... 5 global1 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2092
The latest funding raising reporting, democrats out raise GOper's 2-1 and in Il-13th 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1187
Rauner-campaign-releases-new-blurred-version-of-f-bomb-ad-after-complaints 2 lunasun Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1585
Judge found not guilty of bringing gun to Chicago courthouse 1 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1568
Candidates night in Boone county... 0 pbmus Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1175
Good news so far with early voting in Il-13th 4 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1841
Unlike the title of the article, Davis did not "muddy the water" he outright LIED 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1706
Info that the democrats have available in early voting lead in the Il-13th 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1594
First debate in Il-13th between Betsy Londrigan and incumbent Rodney David and 1 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1513
Women's March to the Polls Kicks Off in Chicago 4 Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2018 Oct 2018 8 1784

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Il-13th, Incumbent GOP'er Davis has 1 point lead over Betsy Londrigan. 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1835
Indivisible Chicago's Blue Wave Rave uses improv to mobilize political action 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 5 1289
Poll: Downstate voters more likely to consider voting for candidates accused of sexual harassment 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1579
Rauner vs. Kavanaugh--who's the biggest fraud? 5 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1846
Statehouse Insider: It's come to this in the governor's race 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1578
Fifty years ago, 35,000 Chicago students walked out of their classrooms in protest. They changed CPS 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1289
Insurance rates on Affordable Care Act exchange for Illinois stabilizing 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1242
NAACP building in Peoria vandalized 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1435
Schock's public corruption trial set for June 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1376
Latest contracts bring Chicago hotel workers' strike down to four hotels 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1287
How Jason Van Dyke guilty verdict may affect races for Chicago mayor, aldermen 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1246
'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder 2 guillaumeb Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 2054
Sen. Dick Durbin says Kavanaugh confirmation 'would shake the confidence of millions of Americans' 4 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 10 2041
Union sues Treasure Island Foods, alleges closing grocer failed to give enough notice before layoffs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1399
NEWS 2 Alternate Jurors Dismissed from Laquan McDonald Trial Say They Were Leaning Towards a Murder 4 lunasun Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1774
Republican headquarters vandalized (crosspost) 10 murielm99 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 5 2680
Belleville Lube Shop Owner's Racist Talk Led to Firing, Mass Exodus, Workers Say 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Oct 2018 16 2607
Illinois 12 is a toss up on Real clear politics now 9 The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 2482
Pregnancy Crisis Center (crosspost) 2 murielm99 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1587
Schnucks to fill 1,000 jobs as a result of Shop 'n Save purchase 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1549
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