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Mayor Lori Lightfoot's City Council floor leader resigns from leadership post 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1347
Tax business cited for violating COVID-19 restrictions with illegal club, River North restaurant 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1530
State buys building, plans to move out of Thompson Center 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1108
Senate cancels in-person February session days, will hold committee hearings online 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1183
Rev. Jesse Jackson recovering in the hospital after 'successful' surgery 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1667
Heavy snow topples Aragon Ballroom wall, but it can't bury nearly a century of memories at Chicago 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1332
GOP Rep. Kinzinger wages a lonely fight against Trump's falsehoods and right-wing disinformation 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Jan 2021 7 2407
Chicago Teachers Say Some Progress Made on In-Person Return 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1157
Illinois mayor who attended Trump's DC rally apologizes after claiming the media lied about riot 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 2300
Lightfoot's MLK celebration honors community leaders propelling civil rights legacy, racial justice 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1289
Union: CPD suspended 17 officers, supervisors who lounged in congressman's burglarized office 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1564
Illinois police reform bill clears House, heads to governor 5 sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1577
Chicago school system locks out some teachers, withholds pay for not returning to in-person 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 1256
Illinois man arrested after alleged voicemail threatening to kill Biden & Dems at inauguration fete 5 634-5789 Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1795
Freshman Congresswoman caught on tape at a rally in the Nation's Capitol saying "Hitler was right" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 2083
Illinois State Sen. Manar resigns to become senior advisor to Pritzker 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1230
Pandemic response, budget, Black Caucus agenda on table for Illinois 'lame duck' session 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1166
Illinois weed sales on pace to top $1 billion in year one of recreational sales, with plenty of room 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 1 1532
Prosecutors say Minnesota mosque bombers planned attack on Champaign abortion clinic 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 5 1724
CPS denies COVID-19 accommodations to hundreds of teachers and staff who are due to return to school 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 2 1303
For the Chicago area : Making Sense of 2020 from WTTW (also a quiz I got 11 right) 2 lunasun Dec 2020 Jan 2021 0 1374
Illinois State Officials: Nearly 500,000 Marijuana Arrest Records Have Been Expunged 3 mucifer Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 1113
Obama Presidential Center supporters 'see a light at the end of the tunnel,' while opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1139
30 public schools in Chicago are named for slaveholders; surprised CPS promises changes 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1153
New year brings new laws, including insulin price limit, while minimum wage goes up another dollar 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 975
Peoria homeless advocates try to empty under-the-bridge camp to move residents into warm housing 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1214
Downstate judge tosses decision voiding Pritzker's executive COVID orders 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 14 2066
Calling all Illinois DU members, especially in the Chicago area 8 guillaumeb Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 2522
Republican Illinois congressman says to President Trump in tweet: 'Time to delete your account' 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1459
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Covid and The Stimulus on Face the Nation: 0 mucifer Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1133

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University of Illinois system has now conducted over 1 million COVID tests on 1 beachbumbob Dec 2020 Dec 2020 6 1299
Maskless Springfield alderman scolds reporter, unsuccessfully seeks his removal from council chamber 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1294
Illinois schools are not COVID-19 superspreaders, data shows 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1236
Corporate culture at Chicago's top evictor is 'an absolute caste system' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1170
State acquires former Sears space in White Oaks Mall 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1277
Lightfoot plans $450M in short-term borrowing to buy time for Congress to ride to the rescue 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 881
Illinois reports 10,959 new coronavirus cases; 192 deaths 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 846
Proposed Chicago casino should be downtown, industry insiders say 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 934
Caucus fracas? Opposition to Madigan's speaker bid reaches his own leadership team 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1191
Illinois records single-day record of 238 coronavirus deaths 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1208
Under the radar, City of Decatur water supply under drought stress 0 beachbumbob Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1349
A. Sad day in Chicago history 5 snowybirdie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 8 2053
Election judges!! 3 murielm99 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 27 2451
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1910
DuPage County Board 6 murielm99 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 14 2521
Illinois COVID-19 death rate in rural counties is now twice as high as metro areas. 6 beachbumbob Nov 2020 Nov 2020 5 1612
Key Madigan Ally, ComEd Lobbyists And Official Indicted In Federal Bribery Scheme 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1204
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Announces Statewide COVID-19 Restrictions On Retailers 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 1044
Study Shows Hybrid Learning Is Effective At Slowing COVID-19 Spread In Illinois Schools 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1161
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1168
AP declares Democrat U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood winner in Illinois 14th District over Republican Jim 5 Cadfael Nov 2020 Nov 2020 15 1658
Underwood update 17 Cadfael Nov 2020 Nov 2020 17 3013
Lauren Underwood is in a BATTLE 4 Cadfael Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1469
Kim Foxx won! YES!! 3 live love laugh Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 1765
The Fair Tax referendum failed. 6 634-5789 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1778
For those who moved away from Illinois 5 BunnyMcGee Oct 2020 Nov 2020 2 2394
Illinois doing a great job so far Bending the curve: 11 mucifer Jun 2020 Oct 2020 12 2348
Surprised to find Illinois fee and tax structures to be so 10 sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 2495
My brother called me from DuPage County 8 murielm99 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 28 2797
Who Can You Trust With Your Health Care? Here's What Downstate Illinois Candidates Promise 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1102

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Rep. Underwood is working for Illinois 11 The Polack MSgt Oct 2020 Oct 2020 10 1651
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 sl8 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1338
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1019
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 sl8 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 8 1911
Illinois' 13th District Congressional Race Is Nearly Identical To 2018 6 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1325
Fair tax on the ballot 6 live love laugh Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1710
25 years later, Fox River Grove Metra-school bus crash still haunts engineer, other survivors 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1555
Kane County Early Voting Was A Breeze. 2 Progressive Jones Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1300
Quincy Made Major Changes To Water Treatment Prior to Legionnaires' Outbreak 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1065
14-year-old among 7 fatally shot in Chicago this weekend 1 sl8 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1213
Lake County, IL: Early Voting Experience 3 IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2020 Oct 2020 14 1419
Illinois gov says Trump partly to blame for COVID-19 spike 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1403
Systemic racism in Illinois home loan and banking industries 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 1145
Amid 'second surge' of pandemic, state and city officials warn of further restrictions in public 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1237
Cook County tosses 'lifeline' to needy residents, opening housing voucher waiting list for first 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1123
Chicago FOP offices closed due to COVID-19 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 1027
Lightfoot's 'pandemic' budget: 500 layoffs, $94 million property tax hike 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1099
It's not just Illinois billionaires in 'fair' tax fight. Here's who wants to sway your vote. 7 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1603
Frank investment: Couple gives $7.5M to help UI College of Media foster good journalism 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1128
Cook County Amazing Judge Voter Guide: 3 mucifer Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1606
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