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There was a Fried Chicken thread in the lounge. I recommended a couple places - 14 The Polack MSgt Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2214
3 stabbed, 16 injured during fireworks at Chicago's Navy Pier 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1329
Federal Legislation Expected Soon To Make Cahokia Mounds A National Park 3 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1363
Quincy Catholics To Honor The Life Of The Nation's First Black Priest 0 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1012
Billionaire U.S. Coal Baron Chris Cline Dies in Helicopter Crash 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1829
Nancy Pelosi!!! 2 murielm99 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 9 1614
Chicago Can't Hold Impounded Vehicles After Drivers File for Bankruptcy, Court Says 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1265
State Police Ramping Up Training, Drug Testing Efforts Ahead of New Cannabis Law 1 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1076
Public unions in Illinois continue on a year after Janus decision 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1535
Latest attempt to cut state pensions is no guaranteed fix 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1044
Illinois pharmacies support bill for oversight of pharmacy benefit managers 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 907
Sunday is your last chance to buy gas before stations add 19-cent tax 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1331
Chicago cop's Obama N-word slur ends up going unpunished 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1101
Obama Foundation fundraising down in 2018, pay for top staffers went up 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1099
Weed cafes in Illinois? People could be allowed to smoke marijuana (not tobacco) at bars, restaurant 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1089
Pritzker, Lightfoot silent on whether city's pension fund discussed at 'productive' meeting 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 840
Illinois governor signs $45 billion state construction bill 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 849
The Fred Show 0 murielm99 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 992
Belleville Diocese Waiting To See If Pope Accepts Resignation Of Controversial Bishop 1 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1227
Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 987
Former City of Chicago Alderman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Charitable Funds to Pay 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 888
One Town's Hope Rests On Money and The Mighty Mississippi 2 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1080
Found in a High School Restroom: Cache of 1940s Wallets and Their Contents 4 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 37 3697
Ill. Gov. signs 3 immigrant protection bills 0 Cadfael Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 986
Mick Jagger Shouts Out Lori Lightfoot, Jabs at Ed Burke During Rolling Stones Show 2 mucifer Jun 2019 Jun 2019 10 1491
Illinois governor could soon consider watered-down corporate diversity bill 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 872
Lightfoot won't rule out broadening sales tax umbrella to include professional services 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 993
Proposed state worker contract includes 11.5% in raises over four years 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 779
Two suburban men guilty of providing support to Islamic State 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 891
Pritzker: No conflict between progressive policies, private sector 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 795

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Pritzker praises pension buyout program, backs public safety pension consolidation 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 778
Aaron Schock Federal Election Filing Raises Speculation He's Planning New Run for Congress 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1136
Property tax relief is next 'think big' idea for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers to face 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1041
Chicago-Area Physical Therapy Center and 4 Nursing Facilities to Pay $9.7M to Resolve False Claims 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 886
Fate of Obama Presidential Center could be determined by outcome of Tuesday hearing 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1146
$122M in capital plan to make state Armory usable again 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1324
Lawmakers seeking to separate Chicago from Illinois ask Chicago mayor to fight corruption 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1113
Businessman Willie Wilson forms PAC, criticizes Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax proposal 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1071
Sangamon County health department workers to picket after strike-authorization vote 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 780
Somebody isn't telling the truth 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1203
'Medicare for All'? American Medical Association says no, drawing protest in Chicago. 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1159
Top Chicago business leader opposes $15 minimum wage, demands changes to 'fair workweek' ordinance 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1024
Cook County judge, ripped for 'insensitive' racial comments, dumped from bench 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1319
'It's Heartbreaking' Authors Criticize The Removal Of 200 Books From An Illinois Prison Library 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1362
Ode to Joe Crain 0 icymist Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 951
Illinois will hike fee for Teslas, Bolts and other EVs -- but to $248, not $1,000: 2 PoliticAverse Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1051
Rahm Emanuel is headed to Wall St. 5 lunasun Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1339
From the governor's office...Historic actions not seen in Illinois in decades 5 beachbum bob Jun 2019 Jun 2019 14 1575
I Understand That The People In Springfield Raised The IL Gas Tax $0.19/gal Which Doubles..... 10 global1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1641
Illinois legalized marijuana today. Pritzger says he'll sign! 7 davsand May 2019 Jun 2019 9 1362
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls on Ald. Edward Burke to resign following federal indictment 3 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 4 1317
Illinois lawmakers close to requiring $40,000 teacher minimum pay 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 855
Illinois Democrats introduce vote-by-mail enhancements, legitimize GOP spoiler party 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 962
Senate approves bill to combat teacher shortages 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 943
$160 million O'Hare Airport design contract awarded to joint venture led by renowned Chicago 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 1035
Illinois lawmakers' final day: Budget, marijuana, gambling 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 857
Illinois House OKs tax rates for proposed graduated scale 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 935
City of Chicago Alderman Indicted on Federal Racketeering and Bribery Charges in Connection with 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 883
Singer R. Kelly charged with 11 new counts of sexual abuse 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 912
Chicago mayor Lightfoot begins dismantling corrupt system Day 1 0 lunasun May 2019 May 2019 10 1246

Illinois Continued...

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Missouri, Illinois Step Up Seat Belt Enforcement 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 0 950
Alton teacher arrested, accused of having a relationship with a student from 1998 to 2000 1 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 0 1464
In her first official act as Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot signs order aimed at limiting aldermen's 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 1223
Lori Lightfoot sworn in as Chicago's first black woman mayor 2 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 876
DuPage Medical Group CEO died by suicide, police say 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 1540
Bill suspending teacher basic skills test heads to governor 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 902
Priztker's Infrastructure Plan Includes Higher Alcohol Taxes, Tax On Streaming Media 2 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 881
Ex-escort convicted in Chicago of $5.8M fraud with boyfriend 2 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 951
Former professor sold SIU equipment to escape 'bad financial situation', records show 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 891
Robert Morris University to end Springfield campus 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 977
Statehouse Insider: That's no little capital plan on the table 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 758
Area towns far friendlier to liquor sales than they used to be 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 812
Pritzker considering bill to halt immigrant detention center 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 746
'Shocked By Turn Of Events': Belleville Mayor On Partial Closure Of Lindenwood's Illinois Campus 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 2 1093
Indiana Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Posting Online Threats of Violence at Women's 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 8 1023
Illinois might start charging $1,000 per year to own an electric vehicle: 'It's outrageous' 6 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 3 1739
Illinois Farmers Delay Planting Crops Amid Wet Weather, Low Crop Prices, And Trade Uncertainty 4 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 3 1304
Lawmakers at odds over surprise $1.5 billion surplus 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 1141
GOP lawmaker from Woodstock arrested in Springfield on DUI charge 2 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 1015
Executive Ethics Commission imposes largest fine in its history 1 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 2 895
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