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Emanuel rules out DNC chair run, flips off guy in bar 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2369
Gang member loses $6M of legal windfall to shooting victim 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2013
Peoria County Board, treasurer on collision course 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1894
2 suits over fatal Chicago police shootings being settled for about $3M each 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1612
Parthenon restaurant founder, daughter withdrew $870K before closure: suit 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2359
Pro-Trump, pro-white banner found hanging outside Libertyville building 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2087
Anybody have any dope on Brunell Donald-Kyei? 3 Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1807
Chicago: Last remaining Trump street signs removed 2 lunasun Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 1950
Trump calls Emanuel, seeks counsel on presidential transitions 3 Stellar Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2531
Illinois lawmakers sue to get paid despite state budget mess 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1677
Visitor accidentally locked in Chicago jail for 32 hours gets $600,000 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 2005
AFSCME files suit over labor contract 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1857
Illinois House fails to overturn Rauner's veto of automatic voter registration bill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1636
Madigan a no-show at meeting, Rauner's GOP launches attack website 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1739
ComEd, Rauner on board with complex plan to raise rates, bail out nuclear plants 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1875
Battle over $600M wind power superhighway heads to Illinois Supreme Court 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1901
Gov. Rauner lays out terms for temporary budget: Property tax freeze, term limits 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1515
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 guillaumeb Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1841
Investigation finds widespread abuse of adults with disabilities in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1468
SOS office to check for shoppers abusing disability parking 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1393
Parents given prison for multimillion-dollar, nationwide shoplifting scheme 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1641
Illinois will implement bereavement leave for AFSCME members 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1318
Hastert fighting to get his teacher pension back 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1331
Hundreds of O'Hare workers to strike next week as part of Fight for 15 protests 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1346
Illinois energy bill may cost consumers an additional 24 billion, opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1420
Fired UP! Mrs Snark and I will be attending our County Democratic Party meeting in 2 weeks. 5 Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1831
Gov. Rauner pours in nearly $46 million as part of bid to cut Speaker Madigan's power 5 Stellar Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2516
Illinois blast damages more than 50 buildings 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1315
Anyone else going to an Election Returns Watch Party in Chicago Tuesday night? 2 whathehell Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2030
After decades on disability, cops are put back to work 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2312

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Sorensen pleads guilty to wire fraud; sentencing in March 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1521
Mailer depicts Illinois lawmaker naked, police investigate 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1733
Sentencing delayed for man who defrauded bank 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1349
Rep. Tammy Duckworth plays it safe in U.S. Senate bid 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1448
Illinois election judge allegedly sent dead husband's ballot (yes, he voted for Trump) 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 2060
'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1787
Do you know which propositions are supported by Dems & which by Pubs? 7 Paula Sims Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2110
Judge Posner says quality of Supreme Court is 'awful' 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1867
Big Soda digs in for a fight over proposed Cook County beverage tax 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1975
Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pension 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1903
Texas group: Santa Anna's leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1957
Cook County approves $13 hourly minimum wage affecting suburbs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1470
Critics rip Rauner for funding cuts after online chat on breast cancer awareness 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1360
Cubs live stream? 3 MerryBlooms Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1767
The cost of Rauner's loose bankruptcy talk 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1581
Illinois agency: YouTube glitch behind training video porn 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1965
1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1809
Chicago Public Schools enrollment 11,000 less than prior year 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1406
Wife of ex-US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. completes prison term 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1496
What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 7 1866
Springfield seeking to change employee health plan to cut costs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1687
Durbin likens Trump to 'banana republic' leader 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1457
FBI: Palatine man scammed out of $4.5 million helps capture suspect 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1640
Taxpayers may be out $8M on site tied to Daley nephews 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1345
Rauner says Trump tape is 'disgusting, appalling, outrageous' 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1556
Teachers union, school board still in talks as strike deadline nears in Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1403
Kankakee, Illinois Voter Fraud - Please do your duty! (xp) 0 Panich52 Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1450
Federal judge won't reverse ruling on Illinois voter registration 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1953
Emanuel: If teachers strike, they choose disrupting children's education over pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1379
Gov. Rauner's deficit projection $2.4B less than lawmakers' 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1291

Illinois Continued...

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Illinois pays past-due utility bills for state buildings 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1350
Man who spent 20 years in prison gets $15 million settlement 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1397
Clinton in Chicago, shrugs off Trump reviving Bill’s sex scandals 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1448
Obama to headline Chicago campaign fundraiser for Duckworth next month 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1400
Harken to exit Illinois Obamacare exchange 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1303
Regulators: Doctor suspended after patients given vaccinations containing cat saliva, vodka 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1558
Illinois GOP launches ad attack on Speaker Madigan 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1804
Gov. Rauner donates $100,000 to Indiana gubernatorial candidate 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1695
Lawmakers see positive signs in latest school funding reform panel 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1287
Man would rather get fired than watch diversity video 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2780
Woman gets 90 days in jail for killing son's cat 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 4 1769
Rauner policies hit during rally held by clergy, union 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1323
Chicago passes another grim milestone: More than 3,000 shot this year 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1626
University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime 6 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1983
7 dead, at least 5 injured in separate shootings across Chicago 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1801
IDOT to lay off 29 employees Rauner says were illegally hired 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1830
Illinois' pile of unpaid bills could hit record of $14 billion next summer 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1530
Rauner rejects National Guard as way to quell Chicago violence 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1387
Judge tosses social services lawsuit that included Diana Rauner's organization 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1312
Rauner moves to dump 29 political hires from Blagojevich, Quinn eras 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1305
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