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Kennedy urges Democratic leaders to not endorse in governor primary as candidates speak 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2240
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Rauner signs gun crime bill, favored by Emanuel, that cracks down on repeat offenders 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2784
Blackhawks give sneak peak of new $65 million practice center 0 blue-wave Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2476
Illinois governor calls special session to force budget deal 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3920
Tammy Duckworth on Comey's testimony: 4 murielm99 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 28 7363
Kennedy says Pritzker doesn't 'deserve' to be governor, cites FBI recordings 10 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 6519
Emanuel's latest possible tax hike: 911 phone fees 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4078
Congressman: Russian operatives hacked Illinois elections board 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 12 4629
Chicago trader gets 1 year in prison for stealing ex-employer's computer code 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2698
Mayor Rahm Emanuel defends police reform plan 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 1137
Potential Sun-Times bidder drops out, but others could challenge Tronc 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4199
Rod Blagojevich shot down again by federal appeals court 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4262
SIU Carbondale is renting out dorm rooms on eclipse weekend 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 4317
Executive Mansion restoration on schedule for 2018 completion 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4405
Despite controversy, Woodstock to honor Eugene V. Debs with Old Courthouse plaque 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 2778
A look at the damage of Illinois' 3-year budget impasse 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 7082
Illinois House approves $15 minimum wage 4 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 8 5433
Here's an opportunity to respond to the gag-inducing ads proliferating 3 Cadfael May 2017 May 2017 3 4542
Illinois passes automatic voter registration 2 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 17 5319
AT&T wants out of Illinois-wide mandate to run landline phones 2 Paula Sims May 2017 May 2017 2 6925
Start of summer brings warnings about diarrhea and brain-eating amoeba 3 NoWheyJose May 2017 May 2017 2 5554
Adopt A District Town Hall- il 6th, reinforcements are on the way. 6 mopinko May 2017 May 2017 7 5458
Illinois lawmakers pass law to make Obama's birthday a state holiday 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 4689
Rep. Rodney Davis' bill would end Jesse Jackson Jr. workers' comp pay 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 3278
Rauner accuses Madigan, House Dems of trying to derail Senate talks 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1110
After being booed at Chicago State, Rauner says he'd 'love to boo our system as well' 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 2929
Four insurers out of running for Rauner's Medicaid overhaul 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 1 1220

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Democratic group warns candidates to play nice as early Pritzker push causes friction 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1222
Emanuel looks to Springfield session for CPS money 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1101
Top Illinois auditor fined $5,000 after campaign probe 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1087
Kennedy: 'Political insiders' shouldn't pick Democrats' nominee for governor 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 1227
Rauner, Madigan start annual push to avoid blame for lack of budget 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1285
Suburban 'Bionic Wrench' maker wins $6M in patent suit against Sears, supplier 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 2 1463
Chicago Public Schools cancels presentation to pension fund 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 2 1214
Justice Department: Chicago Tribune wants to buy the Chicago Sun-Times 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1450
Absent workers force Cook County jail to go on lockdown 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 2014
Flying Pigs installation will block Trump sign in Chicago 4 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 10 5454
Mike Madigan already manipulating the 2018 Gubinatorial Primary for J B Pritzeker 5 Chasstev365 May 2017 May 2017 1 3071
Chicago Scrap, President Plead Guilty for Concealing $11.6 Million from IRS 0 nitpicker May 2017 May 2017 1 2878
Judge to sentence former head of Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4451
Schock wants campaign finance charges dropped 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 3092
Three in North Suburban Chiropractic Group Sentenced in $10.8 Million Fraud Scheme 1 nitpicker Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3804
Skokie couple, married 69 years, die minutes apart, holding hands 6 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 25 5227
House committee questions tech chief over funds transfer 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2742
Danville mayor proposes summer curfew for those under 18 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3673
Illinois Legislature heads into session's final 6 weeks 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1057
Emanuel says Rauner's word no good on abortion, budget, energy 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4497
Illinois Senate will vote on stopgap budget Rauner opposes 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2688
Bill would identify Illinois lawmakers who fail to file tax returns 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2786
Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1222
Illinois soda tax could cut health costs, raise $561 million in revenue annually 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 3056
Ex-suburban cop pleads guilty to drug charges, faces at least 10 years in prison 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4290
Blue Cross warns of higher exchange premiums if politicians change Obamacare rules 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3848
Dems turn up heat on Rauner with bill to expand taxpayer-funded abortions 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4650
Rauner Campaign Using Koch Brothers Data Mine In Re-Election Effort 2 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4883
Adam Kitzinger-R-Teaparty 4 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 5186
Does anyone know of any 420 events in Chicago suburbs? 0 Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4491

Illinois Continued...

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Many thousands gathered at Chicago's Daley Plaza 0 guillaumeb Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 3002
Show Us Your Taxes 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4572
National conspiracy under way to dictate our local politics. NewTrier H.S. - Tip of the Spear 4 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 4990
There's more! (Surprising election results) 19 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 66 12411
Former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett wants 3 1/2 years in prison; feds seek more than 7 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4191
Ex-East St. Louis Township official gets 5 years for fraud 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2618
House approves bill to protect prison nursing jobs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4181
THR & Associates founder Jeff Parsons faces civil contempt from '12 bankruptcy case 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3067
Molina's managed-care Medicaid patients to be placed in fee-for-service system 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4335
900 Chicago government buildings to switch to renewable energy 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 2894
SIU board trustee sidelines vote on allowing Carbondale campus to borrow from Edwardsville 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2621
White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1262
Democrats tout their agenda 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 5679
Rauner, AG lawyers trade jabs of hypocrisy, snark over worker pay 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1224
Feds: How we made case against ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2695
Vallas named a top administrator, not president, at Chicago State 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1073
Democrats start moving stopgap state budget despite clear hurdles 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2601
Didn't like $5M divorce deal? Then you shouldn't have spent it, Dwyane Wade's ex told 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 6129
Co-owner of companies in Chicago Public Sschools bribery scandal requests probation 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1076
J.B. Pritzker joins Illinois governor race, facing big Democratic field to take on Rauner 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5681
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