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Former Senator Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois dies 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 15 1538
SHORT, POINTED RANT: 4 634-5789 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 1761
I know nothing about your Governor Pritzker, but he did GREAT in this interaction about COVID... 17 steve2470 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 35 3227
Mask mandates and political opportunists who are wasting taxpayers money. 6 guillaumeb Aug 2021 Sep 2021 10 1600
Texas abortion law: Here are 4 things to know about how it might affect Illinois 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1399
Illinois expands legislation to protect LGBTQ service members 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 836
Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School 1 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1101
Bill eliminating local match for walk/bike infrastructure becomes law 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1015
Muddy Waters, Cheap Trick among inductees in first class of Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 6 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1395
Pritzker signed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill! 0 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1031
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere in the U.S. 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1625
Pritzker Signs Bill For School Lunch Program 0 Jim G. Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1029
Mental health first responder, insurance coverage bills among latest signed by Pritzker 1 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1091
Illinois governor issues mandates on COVID vaccines, masks indoors 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1029
Chicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1012
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1615
Illinois to make $140 million investment in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1043
20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1846
Of three announced IL GOP candidates for Governor, none would say 2020 election was legitimate. 7 Midnight Writer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1393
U.S. Sens. Ossoff, Durbin headline Democrat rally, tout legislative wins, slam Trump 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 937
Exelon says time is fast running out for Byron nuke plant 3 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1042
Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker's mask 2 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1312
Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach agreement with CPS as start of school looms; district says 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1072
Latest price tag for Obama Presidential Center estimated to be $830 million 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1047
GOP says census data proves new maps illegal 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1784
Pritzker peppered with questions about party rift 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1229
Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax scheme 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 933
McHenry County Board rejects flag policy, adds truancy officer 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1023
State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 901
Mandating vaccines for state employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 927

Illinois Continued...

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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 1221
That coddlin' town . . . 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1334
Pritzker signs bills to aid seniors, veterans 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 919
Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 875
My neighbors are having issues. 5 The Polack MSgt Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2509
Racists are everywhere 18 Cadfael Jul 2021 Aug 2021 7 3553
Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1483
State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 2242
Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 815
518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID despite being fully vaxd Most had underlyin 11 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3967
NPR Illinois to lose university funding 7 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3061
Pritzker has 'no plans' for added mitigations; 'local control' is focus of new school guidelines 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1821
Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1966
Cook County Board of Review benches employee who allegedly took bribes for property tax breaks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 911
Moody's upgrades Illinois' credit rating 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1356
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools 4 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1675
Biden hits Illinois -- touts pre-school, Pell Grants, productivity in push for American Families Plan 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1789
Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 25 1953
State lawmaker faces renewed challenges over Calumet City mayoral election 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1183
Last Friday on I 94 north nearing Wilson 1 live love laugh Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1267
President Biden is coming to the Chicago area--to MY town--on Wednesday! 6 ShazzieB Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1374
Hotel Guest Arrested After Rifle, Ammunition Found in Room Overlooking Lake 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2164
Massive Explosion seen at Rockton, IL's Chemtool plant. 17 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2423
MWRD Virtual Tour (Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1348
Fitch shifts Illinois state government's economic outlook from negative to positive 4 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1304
Former Gov. Bruce Rauner agrees to settle robocall lawsuit for $1 million 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1514
University of Illinois campuses will require COVID-19 vaccine for students this fall 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1453
Residents In Naperville, Woodridge Waking Up To Extensive Damage After Tornado Confirmed Overnight 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 1907
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff to visit Chicago on Wednesday as part of national vaccination tour 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1469
Chicago USPS postmaster replaced following mounting calls for her resignation over mail delays 5 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1704

Illinois Continued...

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IL is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban coal-burning power plants 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1475
Dead CEO of failed Bridgeport bank worried over his safety, sister told feds 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1948
CPD suspends cop tied to Proud Boys, launches probe into sex abuse claim 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 1672
Former GOP rep. seeking back pay for himself, all other lawmakers in class action suit 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1466
LGBTQ couples would get fertility coverage under Illinois bill headed to governor's desk. 'Yes, you 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1198
Minnesota man charged in 1972 murder of 15-year-old Naperville girl 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1809
Judge orders early end to Blagojevich's supervised release 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1416
PPP aid flooded fast food outlets facing labor complaints 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1450
Suburban Man Runs Website For Far-Right Extremists 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1629
Conservative media outlet sues Lightfoot over interviews to reporters of color 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1970
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed on takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 2 1434
Illinois House passes right-to-unionize amendment 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1055
Watchdog Group Claims Ethics Violation After Would-Be Rival Said Rep. Marie Newman Scuttled Deal To 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1353
Proposed Supreme Court remap evokes previous failed GOP attempt 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1369
Bill banning 'hairstyle discrimination' in schools passes House 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1075
Lawmakers send Juneteenth bill to Gov. Pritzker, marking day as annual state holiday 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 955
Former chief of staff to House Speaker Michael Madigan charged with lying to federal grand jury 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 996
1.07% of the people who have died from Covid in IL since Jan 1 were fully vaxxed 14 mucifer May 2021 May 2021 6 3068
Chicago Police Board Rejects Firing Officer Accused of Making False Statements in Patient Beating 1 PoliticAverse May 2021 May 2021 4 1325
Naked woman found tied to 'heavy equipment' after sexual assault, Illinois police say 5 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 3 2408
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