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Rauner asks Democrats for budget proposal, cancels meeting 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1775
Comptroller: State employee bonuses on hold during impasse 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1729
Anti-abortion medical providers argue against Illinois law 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 2067
Statehouse bill would put repeat gun offenders in prison longer 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1907
Emanuel rules out DNC chair run, flips off guy in bar 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2680
Gang member loses $6M of legal windfall to shooting victim 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2282
Peoria County Board, treasurer on collision course 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2093
2 suits over fatal Chicago police shootings being settled for about $3M each 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1878
Parthenon restaurant founder, daughter withdrew $870K before closure: suit 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2565
Pro-Trump, pro-white banner found hanging outside Libertyville building 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2283
Anybody have any dope on Brunell Donald-Kyei? 3 Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2106
Chicago: Last remaining Trump street signs removed 2 lunasun Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2195
Trump calls Emanuel, seeks counsel on presidential transitions 3 Stellar Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2815
Illinois lawmakers sue to get paid despite state budget mess 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1906
Visitor accidentally locked in Chicago jail for 32 hours gets $600,000 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 2341
AFSCME files suit over labor contract 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2081
Illinois House fails to overturn Rauner's veto of automatic voter registration bill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1808
Madigan a no-show at meeting, Rauner's GOP launches attack website 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1926
ComEd, Rauner on board with complex plan to raise rates, bail out nuclear plants 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2114
Battle over $600M wind power superhighway heads to Illinois Supreme Court 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2098
Gov. Rauner lays out terms for temporary budget: Property tax freeze, term limits 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1661
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 guillaumeb Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1977
Investigation finds widespread abuse of adults with disabilities in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1641
SOS office to check for shoppers abusing disability parking 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1606
Parents given prison for multimillion-dollar, nationwide shoplifting scheme 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1821
Illinois will implement bereavement leave for AFSCME members 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1472
Hastert fighting to get his teacher pension back 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1488
Hundreds of O'Hare workers to strike next week as part of Fight for 15 protests 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1539
Illinois energy bill may cost consumers an additional 24 billion, opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1646
Fired UP! Mrs Snark and I will be attending our County Democratic Party meeting in 2 weeks. 5 Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 2204

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Gov. Rauner pours in nearly $46 million as part of bid to cut Speaker Madigan's power 5 Stellar Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2916
Illinois blast damages more than 50 buildings 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1486
Anyone else going to an Election Returns Watch Party in Chicago Tuesday night? 2 whathehell Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2258
After decades on disability, cops are put back to work 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2522
Sorensen pleads guilty to wire fraud; sentencing in March 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1709
Mailer depicts Illinois lawmaker naked, police investigate 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1926
Sentencing delayed for man who defrauded bank 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1538
Rep. Tammy Duckworth plays it safe in U.S. Senate bid 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1614
Illinois election judge allegedly sent dead husband's ballot (yes, he voted for Trump) 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 2370
'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1985
Do you know which propositions are supported by Dems & which by Pubs? 7 Paula Sims Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2468
Judge Posner says quality of Supreme Court is 'awful' 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 2082
Big Soda digs in for a fight over proposed Cook County beverage tax 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 2264
Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pension 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 2133
Texas group: Santa Anna's leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 2136
Cook County approves $13 hourly minimum wage affecting suburbs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1628
Critics rip Rauner for funding cuts after online chat on breast cancer awareness 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1516
Cubs live stream? 3 MerryBlooms Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 2046
The cost of Rauner's loose bankruptcy talk 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1788
Illinois agency: YouTube glitch behind training video porn 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 2142
1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 2024
Chicago Public Schools enrollment 11,000 less than prior year 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1585
Wife of ex-US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. completes prison term 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1681
What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 7 2152
Springfield seeking to change employee health plan to cut costs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1903
Durbin likens Trump to 'banana republic' leader 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1677
FBI: Palatine man scammed out of $4.5 million helps capture suspect 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1805
Taxpayers may be out $8M on site tied to Daley nephews 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1525
Rauner says Trump tape is 'disgusting, appalling, outrageous' 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1686
Teachers union, school board still in talks as strike deadline nears in Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1583

Illinois Continued...

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Kankakee, Illinois Voter Fraud - Please do your duty! (xp) 0 Panich52 Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1588
Federal judge won't reverse ruling on Illinois voter registration 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 2135
Emanuel: If teachers strike, they choose disrupting children's education over pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1552
Gov. Rauner's deficit projection $2.4B less than lawmakers' 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1463
Illinois pays past-due utility bills for state buildings 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1498
Man who spent 20 years in prison gets $15 million settlement 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1588
Clinton in Chicago, shrugs off Trump reviving Bill’s sex scandals 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1613
Obama to headline Chicago campaign fundraiser for Duckworth next month 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1613
Harken to exit Illinois Obamacare exchange 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1438
Regulators: Doctor suspended after patients given vaccinations containing cat saliva, vodka 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1747
Illinois GOP launches ad attack on Speaker Madigan 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1965
Gov. Rauner donates $100,000 to Indiana gubernatorial candidate 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1841
Lawmakers see positive signs in latest school funding reform panel 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1446
Man would rather get fired than watch diversity video 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 3169
Woman gets 90 days in jail for killing son's cat 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 4 2027
Rauner policies hit during rally held by clergy, union 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1465
Chicago passes another grim milestone: More than 3,000 shot this year 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1779
University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime 6 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 2295
7 dead, at least 5 injured in separate shootings across Chicago 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2001
IDOT to lay off 29 employees Rauner says were illegally hired 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2012
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