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$4.25 million settlement reached in coal-mine hiring case 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1612
Illinois secretary of state wants to sell ads on vehicle registration notices to bring in money 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1646
Lawmakers draft plans to keep Illinois paychecks flowing 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1602
Fitch lowers Illinois' credit rating due to budget 'failure' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1539
Democratic legislators call for Obama state holiday 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1429
Peoria woman must repay $170,000 she stole from elderly mother 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1519
Redflex to pay $20 million to Chicago to settle lawsuit over red-light camera bribery 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1536
Jesse Jackson Jr. ordered to pay temporary child support 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1621
Rauners schools chief tells parents CPS created its own mess 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1457
Archdiocese of Chicago to pay $2.3M settlement to alleged McCormack victim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1394
CPS shortfall of $500 million from last year hangs over current budget woes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1410
Lawsuit accuses Illinois Lottery manager of fraud in instant games 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1476
Dueling letters draw CPS parents into battle over funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1468
Trump again calls out Chicago on violence and repeats debunked murder rate claim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1571
Illinois Senate looking at higher sales tax on food, drugs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1656
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Attends Koch Brothers Donor Summit in California 1 Stellar Jan 2017 Feb 2017 4 1959
Protect access to reproductive health care in Illinois. ACLU Action Alert 0 Snarkoleptic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1760
Illinois Senate considering gambling expansion 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1477
Emanuel rolls out plans for $14.7 million in unspent tax rebate funds 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1847
Background-checks policy leads Univ. of Illinois to withdraw 11 job offers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1784
Schock case reassigned to Urbana's Judge Colin Bruce 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1612
Illinois Senate 'bargain' includes hike in minimum wage 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1456
Illinois Senate to try again on pension reform 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1610
New sales, employer taxes in state budget deal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1451
Police: Man had more than 50 guns in Crystal Lake home 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1821
SNAP announces director named in lawsuit has resigned 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1490
Co-owner of medical transport company gets 5 years for fraud 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1711
Ammons introduces bill to improve conditions for temp workers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1827
Parents pack meeting to protest school board member's misogynistic tweets 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2339
Chicago cat suffered with 5 pounds of matted fur; now he's an internet star 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2311

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Zion's nuclear fallout; still reeling from 1998 closing 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1860
Buckley woman charged in theft of $144,500 from employer 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1631
Villa Park woman accused of stealing thousands from uncle 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1750
Illinois Senate skips planned budget vote, will return Thursday 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1570
As Trump signs immigration order, Emanuel vows Chicago will stay sanctuary city 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1918
Shorter school year an option as CPS faces filling budget gap 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1419
Chicago politicians get crash course on how Trump will govern 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1850
Rauner and Democrats clash over State of the State 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1926
Public schools dean charged with sexually assaulting eighth-grader over 8 months 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2102
Trump tweets about Chicago 'carnage,' says he may 'send in the Feds!' if not fixed 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1696
Investment Manager Arrested On Fraud And Misappropriation Charges In Swindle 0 nitpicker Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2227
WMC Chicago march list of speakers and other info 1/21/2016 2 lunasun Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 2127
Slight drop in state worker giving; charities expected bigger decline 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2156
State legislature adjourns without passing budget 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1764
Judge strikes down northern Illinois city's right-to-work ordinance 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1799
Johnnie Lee Savory, pardoned for murder, sues Peoria for 'malicious prosecution' 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1864
Judge asked to rule on spending of Schock campaign money 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1455
Emanuel wins approval of pension bill, but Rauner may veto 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1735
Emanuel asks credit ratings agency to back off ahead of latest round of borrowing 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2222
Madigan re-elected speaker for 17th time, lays out Democratic economic agenda 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1472
Central Illinois man files lawsuit over flag burning arrest 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1793
Glitch in health insurance leaves some Chicago employees without coverage for now 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1899
Illinois law enlists hairstylists to help prevent domestic abuse 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 1724
Crooked pols pension take was $2M; now widow collects 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2948
Plenty of Illinois Dems in the mix to challenge Rauner 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1980
2016 ends with 762 homicides in Chicago; 2017 doesn't look like it will get better 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2648
Chicago Transit Authority announces deal with unions to extend jobs program for felons 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2050
Former lawmaker fired from corrections job after harassing woman at party 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2697
Despite budget inaction, about 190 new state laws take effect Jan. 1 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2619
In the rush to close institutions, Illinois ignored serious problems in group homes 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2111

Illinois Continued...

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Illinois nearly 6 months behind in education funding for transportation, special ed, other expenses 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 3190
Rauner files unfair labor charge against AFSCME; asks for $2M/day penalty 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2506
Rauner gives his campaign $50 million almost 2 years before election 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2529
Blagojevich seeks presidential commutation of prison term 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2773
Rauner 'out west,' Madigan's whereabouts unknown as budget fight continues 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2644
Former Gov. Blagojevich again appeals prison term 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2314
In Emanuel emails, players ask favors big and small 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2589
Any thoughts of who might run agains Ruiner? 5 Paula Sims Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2230
Owner of Two Recycling Businesses Arrested in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Involving Landfill 0 nitpicker Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2676
Belleville men burned on the job get $18.5 million settlement, lawyers say 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2250
FBI told state GOP in June its emails had been hacked 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 1938
Prosecutors: Don't move Aaron Schock trial out of Springfield 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1914
Rauner signs Exelon subsidy to spare 2 nuclear plants 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1791
Rauner asks Democrats for budget proposal, cancels meeting 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1579
Comptroller: State employee bonuses on hold during impasse 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1502
Anti-abortion medical providers argue against Illinois law 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1848
Statehouse bill would put repeat gun offenders in prison longer 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1717
Emanuel rules out DNC chair run, flips off guy in bar 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2340
Gang member loses $6M of legal windfall to shooting victim 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1984
Peoria County Board, treasurer on collision course 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1867
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