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Prosecutors reject charges against 5 suspects in deadly gang-related gunfight in Austin. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1588
The effort to change the name of "Negro" Creek in Bureau County, IL 0 ShazzieB Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1166
Political shrugs replace scramble for funding as Bears eye move to suburbs. 'Cities are smarter now. 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1327
Federal trial begins for ex-DePaul student accused of writing computer code to help spread ISIS 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 941
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge hits Chicago on Tuesday to promote President Biden housing agenda 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 931
Prosecutors reject charges against 5 suspects in deadly gang-related gunfight in Austin: 'It's just 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1396
Biden's Chicago-area trip is back on; will be here Thursday to boost business COVID-19 vaccine 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 899
$5M PepsiCo program to create job pathways for 3K young people on South, West Sides 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1093
Hundreds attend rally at the Old State Capitol calling for eased access to abortions 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 930
Naperville firefighters sue Gov. Pritzker, city over vaccine and testing mandate 5 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1721
Cairo pins hopes on river port development 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1072
Political posturing: Some Statehouse statues don't stand the test of time 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1749
With two weeks until veto session and interest accruing, state's unemployment fix still not decided 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1136
Illinois is still not back to work a month after federal unemployment benefits expire 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1136
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 662
Illinois Childhood COVID-19 cases fall for second week, 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Oct 2021 5 1369
Mayor Lightfoot wants to crack down on moonlighting cops 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1737
The black cowboys of Chicago's South Side 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1975
Dickishness Raised One Level 7 ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 Sep 2021 11 1983
Two marathon frontrunners took the wrong path. Another runner sprinted to the finish and won. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1589
Maybe the next generation will redeem us 4 The Polack MSgt Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1508
Southern Illinois reported zero available ICU beds this week, amid COVID-19 surge 2 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1315
Check out Chicago and suburbs vs the rest of the state 3 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 12 1923
East St. Louis manhunt underway after 'multiple people' shot 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1428
Illinois Democrats Expected to Eliminate GOP-Held District on Redistricting Map 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 2058
Former Senator Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois dies 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 15 1638
SHORT, POINTED RANT: 4 634-5789 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 1898
I know nothing about your Governor Pritzker, but he did GREAT in this interaction about COVID... 17 steve2470 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 35 3530
Mask mandates and political opportunists who are wasting taxpayers money. 6 guillaumeb Aug 2021 Sep 2021 10 1849
Texas abortion law: Here are 4 things to know about how it might affect Illinois 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1463

Illinois Continued...

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Illinois expands legislation to protect LGBTQ service members 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 883
Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School 1 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1163
Bill eliminating local match for walk/bike infrastructure becomes law 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1058
Muddy Waters, Cheap Trick among inductees in first class of Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 6 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1509
Pritzker signed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill! 0 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1078
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere in the U.S. 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1680
Pritzker Signs Bill For School Lunch Program 0 Jim G. Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1073
Mental health first responder, insurance coverage bills among latest signed by Pritzker 1 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1200
Illinois governor issues mandates on COVID vaccines, masks indoors 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1082
Chicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1070
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1719
Illinois to make $140 million investment in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1105
20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 2099
Of three announced IL GOP candidates for Governor, none would say 2020 election was legitimate. 7 Midnight Writer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1550
U.S. Sens. Ossoff, Durbin headline Democrat rally, tout legislative wins, slam Trump 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1005
Exelon says time is fast running out for Byron nuke plant 3 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1118
Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker's mask 2 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1396
Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach agreement with CPS as start of school looms; district says 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1145
Latest price tag for Obama Presidential Center estimated to be $830 million 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1119
GOP says census data proves new maps illegal 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1988
Pritzker peppered with questions about party rift 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1341
Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax scheme 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 979
McHenry County Board rejects flag policy, adds truancy officer 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1068
State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 950
Mandating vaccines for state employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 978
Illinois court sides with transgender woman in her 10-year battle with Hobby Lobby over the right to 0 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1270
That coddlin' town . . . 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1402
Pritzker signs bills to aid seniors, veterans 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1006
Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 967
My neighbors are having issues. 5 The Polack MSgt Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2624

Illinois Continued...

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Racists are everywhere 18 Cadfael Jul 2021 Aug 2021 7 3930
Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1563
State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 2314
Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 889
518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID despite being fully vaxd Most had underlyin 11 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 4200
NPR Illinois to lose university funding 7 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3214
Pritzker has 'no plans' for added mitigations; 'local control' is focus of new school guidelines 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1926
Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 2029
Cook County Board of Review benches employee who allegedly took bribes for property tax breaks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1001
Moody's upgrades Illinois' credit rating 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1485
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools 4 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1786
Biden hits Illinois -- touts pre-school, Pell Grants, productivity in push for American Families Plan 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1890
Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 25 2076
State lawmaker faces renewed challenges over Calumet City mayoral election 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1262
Last Friday on I 94 north nearing Wilson 1 live love laugh Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1327
President Biden is coming to the Chicago area--to MY town--on Wednesday! 6 ShazzieB Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1498
Hotel Guest Arrested After Rifle, Ammunition Found in Room Overlooking Lake 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2286
Massive Explosion seen at Rockton, IL's Chemtool plant. 17 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2809
MWRD Virtual Tour (Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1395
Fitch shifts Illinois state government's economic outlook from negative to positive 4 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1391
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