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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
A look at the damage of Illinois' 3-year budget impasse 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 7023
Illinois House approves $15 minimum wage 4 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 8 5242
Here's an opportunity to respond to the gag-inducing ads proliferating 3 Cadfael May 2017 May 2017 3 4413
Illinois passes automatic voter registration 2 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 17 5221
AT&T wants out of Illinois-wide mandate to run landline phones 2 Paula Sims May 2017 May 2017 2 6845
Start of summer brings warnings about diarrhea and brain-eating amoeba 3 NoWheyJose May 2017 May 2017 2 5367
Adopt A District Town Hall- il 6th, reinforcements are on the way. 6 mopinko May 2017 May 2017 7 5264
Illinois lawmakers pass law to make Obama's birthday a state holiday 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 4635
Rep. Rodney Davis' bill would end Jesse Jackson Jr. workers' comp pay 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 3166
Rauner accuses Madigan, House Dems of trying to derail Senate talks 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1056
After being booed at Chicago State, Rauner says he'd 'love to boo our system as well' 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 2883
Four insurers out of running for Rauner's Medicaid overhaul 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 1 1168
Democratic group warns candidates to play nice as early Pritzker push causes friction 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1161
Emanuel looks to Springfield session for CPS money 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1048
Top Illinois auditor fined $5,000 after campaign probe 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1048
Kennedy: 'Political insiders' shouldn't pick Democrats' nominee for governor 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 3 1166
Rauner, Madigan start annual push to avoid blame for lack of budget 1 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1164
Suburban 'Bionic Wrench' maker wins $6M in patent suit against Sears, supplier 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 2 1345
Chicago Public Schools cancels presentation to pension fund 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 2 1147
Justice Department: Chicago Tribune wants to buy the Chicago Sun-Times 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1343
Absent workers force Cook County jail to go on lockdown 0 TexasTowelie May 2017 May 2017 0 1962
Flying Pigs installation will block Trump sign in Chicago 4 Snarkoleptic May 2017 May 2017 10 5320
Mike Madigan already manipulating the 2018 Gubinatorial Primary for J B Pritzeker 5 Chasstev365 May 2017 May 2017 1 2960
Chicago Scrap, President Plead Guilty for Concealing $11.6 Million from IRS 0 nitpicker May 2017 May 2017 1 2803
Judge to sentence former head of Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4397
Schock wants campaign finance charges dropped 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2996
Three in North Suburban Chiropractic Group Sentenced in $10.8 Million Fraud Scheme 1 nitpicker Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3759
Skokie couple, married 69 years, die minutes apart, holding hands 6 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 25 5056
House committee questions tech chief over funds transfer 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2692
Danville mayor proposes summer curfew for those under 18 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3600

Illinois Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Illinois Legislature heads into session's final 6 weeks 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1000
Emanuel says Rauner's word no good on abortion, budget, energy 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4413
Illinois Senate will vote on stopgap budget Rauner opposes 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2603
Bill would identify Illinois lawmakers who fail to file tax returns 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2721
Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1125
Illinois soda tax could cut health costs, raise $561 million in revenue annually 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 2980
Ex-suburban cop pleads guilty to drug charges, faces at least 10 years in prison 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4229
Blue Cross warns of higher exchange premiums if politicians change Obamacare rules 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3784
Dems turn up heat on Rauner with bill to expand taxpayer-funded abortions 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4573
Rauner Campaign Using Koch Brothers Data Mine In Re-Election Effort 2 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4778
Adam Kitzinger-R-Teaparty 4 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 5103
Does anyone know of any 420 events in Chicago suburbs? 0 Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4447
Many thousands gathered at Chicago's Daley Plaza 0 guillaumeb Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 2938
Show Us Your Taxes 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4521
National conspiracy under way to dictate our local politics. NewTrier H.S. - Tip of the Spear 4 Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 4839
There's more! (Surprising election results) 19 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 66 12026
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 4088
Ex-East St. Louis Township official gets 5 years for fraud 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2549
House approves bill to protect prison nursing jobs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4084
THR & Associates founder Jeff Parsons faces civil contempt from '12 bankruptcy case 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2991
Molina's managed-care Medicaid patients to be placed in fee-for-service system 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4276
900 Chicago government buildings to switch to renewable energy 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 2764
SIU board trustee sidelines vote on allowing Carbondale campus to borrow from Edwardsville 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2555
White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1182
Democrats tout their agenda 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 5616
Rauner, AG lawyers trade jabs of hypocrisy, snark over worker pay 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1174
Feds: How we made case against ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2644
Vallas named a top administrator, not president, at Chicago State 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1014
Democrats start moving stopgap state budget despite clear hurdles 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2545
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 6043

Illinois Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Co-owner of companies in Chicago Public Sschools bribery scandal requests probation 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1027
J.B. Pritzker joins Illinois governor race, facing big Democratic field to take on Rauner 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5624
Emanuel declines to pick sides in Democratic race for Illinois governor 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2459
Kids poisoned by lead in CHA housing; landlords still got paid 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 1080
Man gets probation for attempting to defraud DuPage probation office 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1063
Surprising DuPage County election results 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 5393
Why is the entire DuPage County website "unavailable"??? (Poll) 6 Cadfael Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4416
It looks like we have a viable candidate for the IL 16th! 3 murielm99 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 7 3456
Sure, He's Guilty But Is Aaron Schock Being Railroaded? 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1685
Aaron Schock staffer was FBI informant, court filings reveal 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 3370
1.4M Illinois job seekers may have had personal data hacked 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1287
Gov. Rauner vetoes overhaul of Chicago city pension system 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1776
Proposed law would require headlights on while driving 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 5071
State agencies told to evaluate if vacant jobs can be moved to Springfield 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2028
House panel approves bill to reduce patient dumping, understaffing 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1505
Former Eddyville treasurer claiming amnesia in theft case, ordered to inpatient mental health treat- 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1914
Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1137
Chicago Chiropractor Indicted for Allegedly Billing $10 Million to Medicare and Private Insurers 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2046
Biss diss--kisses off Madigan ('there too long'), launches gov bid 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1964
Jesse Jackson Jr. says couple owes $1.8M: Something has to give 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2150
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