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Illinois Senate Democrats decry lack of help on budget cuts 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1589
Rauner: Illinois 'won't do very well' under Republican health insurance plan. 4 elleng Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2529
Rep. Shimkus trying to out douche nozzle Iowa's Steve King. 1 47of74 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2208
Peter Roskam is having another tele town hall tonight Tuesday March 7 0 Cadfael Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1523
Founder of Suburban Tech Company Sentenced for Defrauding Investors out of More Than $9 Million 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1999
Federal Search Of Caterpillar Facilities May Relate To Tax Evasion Allegations 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 2397
Union authorizes strike, Rauner doesn't budge 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 2553
LaHood criticized for dodging constituents questions 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2215
Rauner calls his demands on Senate budget plan 'reasonable' 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1644
Madigan forms Illinois House panel to address school funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1318
House panel supports young registry for organ donation 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1555
House panel backs COLA freeze for legislators, congrats for Cubs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1743
2 plans to name Illinois highways for Obama in the works 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1535
Dennis Hastert victim again argues for rest of hush money in court filing 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1988
Rauner: OK on Obama Day, but no one gets to skip work 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2231
ABC-7 suspends sportscaster Mark Giangreco for anti-Trump tweet 6 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 3208
State workers should embrace the 40-hour week 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2021
How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2380
Hundreds of protesters urge Bobby Rush, other Illinois Democrats to fight harder against Trump 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1528
Hate crimes rising since Trump's election, activists tell AG Lisa Madigan 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1582
Roskam won't be meeting constituents this recess... 7 Cadfael Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 3066
16th Congressional District - Adam Kinzinger town halls 0 murielm99 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 5 2289
Peter Roskam (IL 6) is holding a phone town hall tonight 4 Cadfael Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2290
Illinois lawmakers designate October 'Zombie Preparedness Month' 10 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 3045
Illinois County Official Shares, Deletes Anti-Muslim Meme 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2065
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1085
Hold the pumpkin pie? Bill would abolish Illinois state symbols 5 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2475
Time capsule found sealed in Springfield YWCA's 1912 cornerstone 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1629
$4.25 million settlement reached in coal-mine hiring case 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1671
Illinois secretary of state wants to sell ads on vehicle registration notices to bring in money 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1699

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Lawmakers draft plans to keep Illinois paychecks flowing 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1677
Fitch lowers Illinois' credit rating due to budget 'failure' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1600
Democratic legislators call for Obama state holiday 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1475
Peoria woman must repay $170,000 she stole from elderly mother 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1594
Redflex to pay $20 million to Chicago to settle lawsuit over red-light camera bribery 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1582
Jesse Jackson Jr. ordered to pay temporary child support 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1669
Rauners schools chief tells parents CPS created its own mess 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1507
Archdiocese of Chicago to pay $2.3M settlement to alleged McCormack victim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1458
CPS shortfall of $500 million from last year hangs over current budget woes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1466
Lawsuit accuses Illinois Lottery manager of fraud in instant games 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1537
Dueling letters draw CPS parents into battle over funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1516
Trump again calls out Chicago on violence and repeats debunked murder rate claim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1637
Illinois Senate looking at higher sales tax on food, drugs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1714
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Attends Koch Brothers Donor Summit in California 1 Stellar Jan 2017 Feb 2017 4 2020
Protect access to reproductive health care in Illinois. ACLU Action Alert 0 Snarkoleptic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1819
Illinois Senate considering gambling expansion 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1533
Emanuel rolls out plans for $14.7 million in unspent tax rebate funds 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1922
Background-checks policy leads Univ. of Illinois to withdraw 11 job offers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1840
Schock case reassigned to Urbana's Judge Colin Bruce 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1683
Illinois Senate 'bargain' includes hike in minimum wage 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1518
Illinois Senate to try again on pension reform 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1660
New sales, employer taxes in state budget deal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1500
Police: Man had more than 50 guns in Crystal Lake home 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1888
SNAP announces director named in lawsuit has resigned 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1534
Co-owner of medical transport company gets 5 years for fraud 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1756
Ammons introduces bill to improve conditions for temp workers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1885
Parents pack meeting to protest school board member's misogynistic tweets 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2476
Chicago cat suffered with 5 pounds of matted fur; now he's an internet star 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2381
Zion's nuclear fallout; still reeling from 1998 closing 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1918
Buckley woman charged in theft of $144,500 from employer 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1673

Illinois Continued...

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Villa Park woman accused of stealing thousands from uncle 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1819
Illinois Senate skips planned budget vote, will return Thursday 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1624
As Trump signs immigration order, Emanuel vows Chicago will stay sanctuary city 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1998
Shorter school year an option as CPS faces filling budget gap 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1463
Chicago politicians get crash course on how Trump will govern 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1909
Rauner and Democrats clash over State of the State 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1988
Public schools dean charged with sexually assaulting eighth-grader over 8 months 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2154
Trump tweets about Chicago 'carnage,' says he may 'send in the Feds!' if not fixed 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1756
Investment Manager Arrested On Fraud And Misappropriation Charges In Swindle 0 nitpicker Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2283
WMC Chicago march list of speakers and other info 1/21/2016 2 lunasun Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 2211
Slight drop in state worker giving; charities expected bigger decline 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2212
State legislature adjourns without passing budget 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1816
Judge strikes down northern Illinois city's right-to-work ordinance 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1863
Johnnie Lee Savory, pardoned for murder, sues Peoria for 'malicious prosecution' 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1920
Judge asked to rule on spending of Schock campaign money 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1503
Emanuel wins approval of pension bill, but Rauner may veto 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1783
Emanuel asks credit ratings agency to back off ahead of latest round of borrowing 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2281
Madigan re-elected speaker for 17th time, lays out Democratic economic agenda 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1514
Central Illinois man files lawsuit over flag burning arrest 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1852
Glitch in health insurance leaves some Chicago employees without coverage for now 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1957
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