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Former Edwardsville cop gets 40 years in prison for burglaries, other crimes 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2272
Naperville deli owner thanks supporters with party after anti-Israel graffiti 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 7 3241
Illinois ecosystems threatened by increasing isolation 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3389
House looks at school funding, but not budget 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2326
What shoppers need to know about the Cook County pop tax 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3226
Elgin U-46 officials say schools may close without state budget 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3470
Rahm says Trump is keeping his base on 'amphetamines highly charged' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 3748
Kennedy urges Democratic leaders to not endorse in governor primary as candidates speak 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2364
Chicago City Council poised to approve $1.3 million settlement in fatal police chase 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 1787
Rauner signs gun crime bill, favored by Emanuel, that cracks down on repeat offenders 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2934
Blackhawks give sneak peak of new $65 million practice center 0 blue-wave Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2704
Illinois governor calls special session to force budget deal 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4114
Tammy Duckworth on Comey's testimony: 4 murielm99 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 28 7627
Kennedy says Pritzker doesn't 'deserve' to be governor, cites FBI recordings 10 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 6995
Emanuel's latest possible tax hike: 911 phone fees 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4233
Congressman: Russian operatives hacked Illinois elections board 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 12 4927
Chicago trader gets 1 year in prison for stealing ex-employer's computer code 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2888
Mayor Rahm Emanuel defends police reform plan 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 1285
Potential Sun-Times bidder drops out, but others could challenge Tronc 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4325
Rod Blagojevich shot down again by federal appeals court 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4422
SIU Carbondale is renting out dorm rooms on eclipse weekend 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 4503
Executive Mansion restoration on schedule for 2018 completion 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4574
Despite controversy, Woodstock to honor Eugene V. Debs with Old Courthouse plaque 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 2961
A look at the damage of Illinois' 3-year budget impasse 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 7297
Illinois House approves $15 minimum wage 4 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 8 5707
Here's an opportunity to respond to the gag-inducing ads proliferating 3 Cadfael May 2017 May 2017 3 4759
Illinois passes automatic voter registration 2 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 17 5531
AT&T wants out of Illinois-wide mandate to run landline phones 2 Paula Sims May 2017 May 2017 2 7201
Start of summer brings warnings about diarrhea and brain-eating amoeba 3 NoWheyJose May 2017 May 2017 2 5788
Adopt A District Town Hall- il 6th, reinforcements are on the way. 6 mopinko May 2017 May 2017 7 5783

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Illinois lawmakers pass law to make Obama's birthday a state holiday 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 4840
Rep. Rodney Davis' bill would end Jesse Jackson Jr. workers' comp pay 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 3424
Rauner accuses Madigan, House Dems of trying to derail Senate talks 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1284
After being booed at Chicago State, Rauner says he'd 'love to boo our system as well' 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 3118
Four insurers out of running for Rauner's Medicaid overhaul 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 1 1376
Democratic group warns candidates to play nice as early Pritzker push causes friction 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1361
Emanuel looks to Springfield session for CPS money 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1259
Top Illinois auditor fined $5,000 after campaign probe 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1250
Kennedy: 'Political insiders' shouldn't pick Democrats' nominee for governor 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 1377
Rauner, Madigan start annual push to avoid blame for lack of budget 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1489
Suburban 'Bionic Wrench' maker wins $6M in patent suit against Sears, supplier 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 2 1607
Chicago Public Schools cancels presentation to pension fund 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 2 1345
Justice Department: Chicago Tribune wants to buy the Chicago Sun-Times 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1587
Absent workers force Cook County jail to go on lockdown 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 2153
Flying Pigs installation will block Trump sign in Chicago 4 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 10 5698
Mike Madigan already manipulating the 2018 Gubinatorial Primary for J B Pritzeker 5 Chasstev365 May 2017 May 2017 1 3319
Chicago Scrap, President Plead Guilty for Concealing $11.6 Million from IRS 0 nitpicker May 2017 May 2017 1 3052
Judge to sentence former head of Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4653
Schock wants campaign finance charges dropped 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 3261
Three in North Suburban Chiropractic Group Sentenced in $10.8 Million Fraud Scheme 1 nitpicker Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3970
Skokie couple, married 69 years, die minutes apart, holding hands 6 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 25 5586
House committee questions tech chief over funds transfer 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2901
Danville mayor proposes summer curfew for those under 18 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3837
Illinois Legislature heads into session's final 6 weeks 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1219
Emanuel says Rauner's word no good on abortion, budget, energy 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4679
Illinois Senate will vote on stopgap budget Rauner opposes 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2862
Bill would identify Illinois lawmakers who fail to file tax returns 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2950
Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1400
Illinois soda tax could cut health costs, raise $561 million in revenue annually 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 3227
Ex-suburban cop pleads guilty to drug charges, faces at least 10 years in prison 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4469

Illinois Continued...

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Blue Cross warns of higher exchange premiums if politicians change Obamacare rules 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3991
Dems turn up heat on Rauner with bill to expand taxpayer-funded abortions 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4837
Rauner Campaign Using Koch Brothers Data Mine In Re-Election Effort 2 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5108
Adam Kitzinger-R-Teaparty 4 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 5427
Does anyone know of any 420 events in Chicago suburbs? 0 Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4628
Many thousands gathered at Chicago's Daley Plaza 0 guillaumeb Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 3139
Show Us Your Taxes 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4763
National conspiracy under way to dictate our local politics. NewTrier H.S. - Tip of the Spear 4 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 5337
There's more! (Surprising election results) 19 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 66 13326
Former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett wants 3 1/2 years in prison; feds seek more than 7 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4388
Ex-East St. Louis Township official gets 5 years for fraud 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2817
House approves bill to protect prison nursing jobs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4371
THR & Associates founder Jeff Parsons faces civil contempt from '12 bankruptcy case 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3251
Molina's managed-care Medicaid patients to be placed in fee-for-service system 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4499
900 Chicago government buildings to switch to renewable energy 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 3164
SIU board trustee sidelines vote on allowing Carbondale campus to borrow from Edwardsville 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2778
White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1446
Democrats tout their agenda 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 5844
Rauner, AG lawyers trade jabs of hypocrisy, snark over worker pay 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1383
Feds: How we made case against ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2876
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