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Gov. Rauner pours in nearly $46 million as part of bid to cut Speaker Madigan's power 5 Stellar Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2003
Illinois blast damages more than 50 buildings 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1122
Anyone else going to an Election Returns Watch Party in Chicago Tuesday night? 2 whathehell Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1708
After decades on disability, cops are put back to work 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2054
Sorensen pleads guilty to wire fraud; sentencing in March 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1283
Mailer depicts Illinois lawmaker naked, police investigate 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1489
Sentencing delayed for man who defrauded bank 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1118
Rep. Tammy Duckworth plays it safe in U.S. Senate bid 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1229
Illinois election judge allegedly sent dead husband's ballot (yes, he voted for Trump) 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1635
'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1473
Do you know which propositions are supported by Dems & which by Pubs? 7 Paula Sims Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 1555
Judge Posner says quality of Supreme Court is 'awful' 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1538
Big Soda digs in for a fight over proposed Cook County beverage tax 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1619
Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pension 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1617
Texas group: Santa Anna's leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1688
Cook County approves $13 hourly minimum wage affecting suburbs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1250
Critics rip Rauner for funding cuts after online chat on breast cancer awareness 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1150
Cubs live stream? 3 MerryBlooms Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1426
The cost of Rauner's loose bankruptcy talk 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1279
Illinois agency: YouTube glitch behind training video porn 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1698
1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1422
Chicago Public Schools enrollment 11,000 less than prior year 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1097
Wife of ex-US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. completes prison term 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1246
What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 7 1426
Springfield seeking to change employee health plan to cut costs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1376
Durbin likens Trump to 'banana republic' leader 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1153
FBI: Palatine man scammed out of $4.5 million helps capture suspect 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1353
Taxpayers may be out $8M on site tied to Daley nephews 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1075
Rauner says Trump tape is 'disgusting, appalling, outrageous' 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1318
Teachers union, school board still in talks as strike deadline nears in Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1157

Illinois Continued...

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Kankakee, Illinois Voter Fraud - Please do your duty! (xp) 0 Panich52 Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1296
Federal judge won't reverse ruling on Illinois voter registration 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1691
Emanuel: If teachers strike, they choose disrupting children's education over pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1096
Gov. Rauner's deficit projection $2.4B less than lawmakers' 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1071
Illinois pays past-due utility bills for state buildings 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1117
Man who spent 20 years in prison gets $15 million settlement 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1092
Clinton in Chicago, shrugs off Trump reviving Bill’s sex scandals 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1221
Obama to headline Chicago campaign fundraiser for Duckworth next month 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1030
Harken to exit Illinois Obamacare exchange 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1083
Regulators: Doctor suspended after patients given vaccinations containing cat saliva, vodka 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1323
Illinois GOP launches ad attack on Speaker Madigan 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1517
Gov. Rauner donates $100,000 to Indiana gubernatorial candidate 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1494
Lawmakers see positive signs in latest school funding reform panel 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1101
Man would rather get fired than watch diversity video 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2091
Woman gets 90 days in jail for killing son's cat 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 4 1386
Rauner policies hit during rally held by clergy, union 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1073
Chicago passes another grim milestone: More than 3,000 shot this year 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1373
University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime 6 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1504
7 dead, at least 5 injured in separate shootings across Chicago 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1525
IDOT to lay off 29 employees Rauner says were illegally hired 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1569
Illinois' pile of unpaid bills could hit record of $14 billion next summer 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1251
Rauner rejects National Guard as way to quell Chicago violence 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1169
Judge tosses social services lawsuit that included Diana Rauner's organization 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1080
Rauner moves to dump 29 political hires from Blagojevich, Quinn eras 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1054
Same-day voter registration at issue in Illinois lawsuit 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1178
reposting: Hillary to be in QCA Monday - Hampton, Ill 0 rurallib Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1206
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 rurallib Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1223
Thirty-year-old SNAP overpayments still being collected 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1386
School staffing doesn’t always match Chicago Public Schools enrollment 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1224
Why Rauner fears teacher pension board vote 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1110

Illinois Continued...

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Rauner signs life insurance bill 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1075
Rauner vetoes $15/hour wage for caregivers of developmentally disabled 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1072
Captain Kirk, losing his enterprise. 4 ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2016 Aug 2016 5 2103
Gay rights setback seen in Illinois Supreme Court ruling 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1515
Feds in terror case want max term for ex-Illinois guardsman 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1113
Illinois latest state to expand domestic workers' rights 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1070
Rauner signs bill creating human trafficking task force 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1008
Rauner reboots state fair after nearly a year of unpaid bills from last one 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1042
Rauner makes record bid of $104,000 for steer at state fair 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1421
Judge removed after allegedly allowing lawyer to hear cases, wear robe 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1356
Madigan, Democrats try to tie Trump to Rauner 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1182
Rauner approves repeal of sales tax on tampons 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1288
Dems vow to stand up to ‘extreme agenda’ of Rauner, Trump 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1231
Chicago Teachers Pension Fund overpays retirees nearly $2.8 million 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1288
Cambridge radium solution may cost $555K 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1247
Pastors sue Illinois over gay conversion therapy ban 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1474
Illinois budget crisis drains savings 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1371
Judge gives Blagojevich same 14-year prison term despite pleas for mercy 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1384
Rauner signs bill that requires teaching teens how to handle being stopped by police 4 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1409
Anti-abortion centers, doctor sue Rauner over ‘conscience’ law 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 6 1432
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