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The black cowboys of Chicago's South Side 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 2265
Dickishness Raised One Level 7 ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 Sep 2021 11 2312
Two marathon frontrunners took the wrong path. Another runner sprinted to the finish and won. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1812
Maybe the next generation will redeem us 4 The Polack MSgt Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1776
Southern Illinois reported zero available ICU beds this week, amid COVID-19 surge 2 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1521
Check out Chicago and suburbs vs the rest of the state 3 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 12 2125
East St. Louis manhunt underway after 'multiple people' shot 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1579
Illinois Democrats Expected to Eliminate GOP-Held District on Redistricting Map 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 2377
Former Senator Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois dies 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 15 1845
SHORT, POINTED RANT: 4 634-5789 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 7 2163
I know nothing about your Governor Pritzker, but he did GREAT in this interaction about COVID... 17 steve2470 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 35 4143
Mask mandates and political opportunists who are wasting taxpayers money. 6 guillaumeb Aug 2021 Sep 2021 10 2106
Texas abortion law: Here are 4 things to know about how it might affect Illinois 1 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1612
Illinois expands legislation to protect LGBTQ service members 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1011
Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School 1 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1326
Bill eliminating local match for walk/bike infrastructure becomes law 0 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1178
Muddy Waters, Cheap Trick among inductees in first class of Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 6 Jim G. Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1790
Pritzker signed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill! 0 mucifer Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1211
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere in the U.S. 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1829
Pritzker Signs Bill For School Lunch Program 0 Jim G. Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1207
Mental health first responder, insurance coverage bills among latest signed by Pritzker 1 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1402
Illinois governor issues mandates on COVID vaccines, masks indoors 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1241
Chicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1206
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1919
Illinois to make $140 million investment in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1244
20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 2480
Of three announced IL GOP candidates for Governor, none would say 2020 election was legitimate. 7 Midnight Writer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1880
U.S. Sens. Ossoff, Durbin headline Democrat rally, tout legislative wins, slam Trump 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1192
Exelon says time is fast running out for Byron nuke plant 3 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1332
Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker's mask 2 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1625

Illinois Continued...

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Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach agreement with CPS as start of school looms; district says 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1277
Latest price tag for Obama Presidential Center estimated to be $830 million 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1348
GOP says census data proves new maps illegal 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 2346
Pritzker peppered with questions about party rift 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1591
Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax scheme 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1134
McHenry County Board rejects flag policy, adds truancy officer 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1180
State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 1073
Mandating vaccines for state employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1118
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 1444
That coddlin' town . . . 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1564
Pritzker signs bills to aid seniors, veterans 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1185
Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1145
My neighbors are having issues. 5 The Polack MSgt Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2895
Racists are everywhere 18 Cadfael Jul 2021 Aug 2021 7 4563
Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1751
State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 2491
Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1064
518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID despite being fully vaxd Most had underlyin 11 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 4638
NPR Illinois to lose university funding 7 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3496
Pritzker has 'no plans' for added mitigations; 'local control' is focus of new school guidelines 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 2159
Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 2203
Cook County Board of Review benches employee who allegedly took bribes for property tax breaks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1143
Moody's upgrades Illinois' credit rating 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1747
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools 4 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 2046
Biden hits Illinois -- touts pre-school, Pell Grants, productivity in push for American Families Plan 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 2100
Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 25 2413
State lawmaker faces renewed challenges over Calumet City mayoral election 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1453
Last Friday on I 94 north nearing Wilson 1 live love laugh Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1474
President Biden is coming to the Chicago area--to MY town--on Wednesday! 6 ShazzieB Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1752
Hotel Guest Arrested After Rifle, Ammunition Found in Room Overlooking Lake 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2520

Illinois Continued...

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Massive Explosion seen at Rockton, IL's Chemtool plant. 17 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 3578
MWRD Virtual Tour (Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1544
Fitch shifts Illinois state government's economic outlook from negative to positive 4 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1631
Former Gov. Bruce Rauner agrees to settle robocall lawsuit for $1 million 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1840
University of Illinois campuses will require COVID-19 vaccine for students this fall 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1670
Residents In Naperville, Woodridge Waking Up To Extensive Damage After Tornado Confirmed Overnight 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 2204
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff to visit Chicago on Wednesday as part of national vaccination tour 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1676
Chicago USPS postmaster replaced following mounting calls for her resignation over mail delays 5 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 2083
IL is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban coal-burning power plants 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1694
Dead CEO of failed Bridgeport bank worried over his safety, sister told feds 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 2209
CPD suspends cop tied to Proud Boys, launches probe into sex abuse claim 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 1922
Former GOP rep. seeking back pay for himself, all other lawmakers in class action suit 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1843
LGBTQ couples would get fertility coverage under Illinois bill headed to governor's desk. 'Yes, you 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1463
Minnesota man charged in 1972 murder of 15-year-old Naperville girl 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 2024
Judge orders early end to Blagojevich's supervised release 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1635
PPP aid flooded fast food outlets facing labor complaints 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1615
Suburban Man Runs Website For Far-Right Extremists 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1972
Conservative media outlet sues Lightfoot over interviews to reporters of color 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 2227
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed on takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 2 1730
Illinois House passes right-to-unionize amendment 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1377
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