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"All our future money is gone": The impossible task of providing child care in rural Illinois 1 Emile Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 2080

"I Lost Everything": Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime 3 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1741

"Metra Comes Clean" on Gates That Failed To Come Down 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 2048

"Pritzker Sucks!" 5 Midnight Writer May 2020 May 2020 4 7142

"Shady Paul" Vallas is wayyy worse than I thought ... Share, spread and GOTV! 4 live love laugh Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 4464

"This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds." 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 21 2417

"When is a conservative leader too conservative...?" 2 ffr Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2049

#%$@!& Republicans! 2 ShazzieB Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 3093

#metoo springfield. an email from my rep, kelly cassidy. 0 mopinko May 2018 May 2018 1 1884

$122M in capital plan to make state Armory usable again 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1965

$148M verdict for airport shelter collapse 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3125

$160 million O'Hare Airport design contract awarded to joint venture led by renowned Chicago 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 1530

$3.25M settlement for woman sexually assaulted at Markham courthouse 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1928

$3.85M granted in lawsuit against ex-Cook County forest preserve worker charged in fatal OTJ crash 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1624

$4.25 million settlement reached in coal-mine hiring case 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1783

$5M PepsiCo program to create job pathways for 3K young people on South, West Sides 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1471

"Fire all state employees" says VP of communications, Ill Policy Institute 4 Peregrine Took May 2015 Jun 2015 2 4412

"Flip the House" Seminar "Real Estate". coming to Chicago. .Saw commercial on Chicago TV station. 6 Stuart G Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 4282

'Bullets just came from nowhere': Fourth of July weekend gun violence kills at least 17 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 2962

'Chuy' Garcia vows to keep fighting Chicago machine from Congress 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1681

'Day of reckoning' as Champaign man pleads guilty in '85 murder case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1817

'Feeding Cahokia' Outlines New Findings About Agriculture, Women And Life In Ancient Civilization 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1675

'Fell the enemies:' Illini Republicans support ICE amid Minnesota killings 9 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 17 1978

'Gov, this is petty': Chicago mayor's texts with Pritzker, state leaders show tension 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1698

'Inclusive' or 'impractical?' Limits on Kelly's role in fundraising at issue in race to lead state 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1648

'It's Heartbreaking' Authors Criticize The Removal Of 200 Books From An Illinois Prison Library 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1813

'Johnny Appleseed' trees to mark Illinois bicentennial 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 2099

'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder 2 guillaumeb Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 2208

'Medicare for All'? American Medical Association says no, drawing protest in Chicago. 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1868

'None of the Muslim kids can eat': Illinois to provide halal and kosher meals to schoolkids 9 Jilly_in_VA Jun 2023 Jun 2023 17 5200

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'Nut Cases' on the Ballot 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 1 2172

'Pattern of Extreme Brutality': Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Protesters in Illinois 2 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1192

'Practical abortion fund' sees surge of patients traveling to Illinois 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1676

'Predator' Gets 60 Years For Twice Raping 6-Year-Old Alton Girl 8 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 2902

'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1915

'Safety Net' Hospitals That Often Treat Chicago's Most Vulnerable Communities Face Dire Financial 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1544

'Scott Darling Day', Stanley Cup Arrival Set for June 29 1 MerryBlooms Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 2364

'Shocked By Turn Of Events': Belleville Mayor On Partial Closure Of Lindenwood's Illinois Campus 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 2 1536

'Stroll to the Polls': Sorority encourages Chicago community to vote early 0 RandySF Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 1128

'Suicide bomber': Muslim town official hit by racist comments at Illinois meeting 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 May 2023 3 5098

'Tears started running down my face,'deported Army veteran says after Gov. Pritzker pardons him 3 mucifer Aug 2019 Aug 2019 19 3251

'Unmasked' rally defies school virus rule, Pritzker critique 8 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Aug 2020 2 3191

. i'm trying to post two links for cook county voters for judges & pro choice 0 orleans Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1956

1 in 4 women crossing state lines for abortions traveled to Illinois in 2025 6 mucifer Apr 25 Apr 25 10 593

1 PM Protest today downtown Chicago: 0 mucifer Jan 2026 Jan 2026 15 963

1,000 People Attend House Party -- What Us Worry??? 9 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 5 4025

1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1955

1.07% of the people who have died from Covid in IL since Jan 1 were fully vaxxed 14 mucifer May 2021 May 2021 6 4823

1.4M Illinois job seekers may have had personal data hacked 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1775

10th Judicial Circuit race: Cusack (R), Vespa (D) face off in 2026 general election 0 RandySF Mar 12 Mar 12 0 529

124 Illinois prison nurses get layoff notices 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2832

14 students hurt in Gresham Elementary pepper spray discharge 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 1619

14-year-old among 7 fatally shot in Chicago this weekend 1 sl8 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1591

16th Congressional District - Adam Kinzinger town halls 0 murielm99 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 5 2394

16th Congressional District candidate: 3 murielm99 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2888

17th Judicial Circuit Race: Meet Democratic candidate Paul Carpenter 0 RandySF Mar 12 Mar 12 0 461

1919 Chicago Race Riots 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1573

2 plans to name Illinois highways for Obama in the works 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1633

2 suits over fatal Chicago police shootings being settled for about $3M each 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1798

20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 2935

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2014 NEW LAWS 1 orleans Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2983

2016 ends with 762 homicides in Chicago; 2017 doesn't look like it will get better 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2837

24 Illinois Counties Now at 'Warning Level' for Coronavirus, Health Officials Say 2 Cadfael Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 1916

25 years later, Fox River Grove Metra-school bus crash still haunts engineer, other survivors 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1903

27 people arrested, 234 hospitalized over 4 days of Lollapalooza 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3568

2nd bomb threat in 1 week reported at St. Charles hotel, where Texas Democrats had been staying 0 orleans Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1276

3 big natural gas plants would wipe out climate gains from recent shutdowns of coal-fired plants in 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1510

3 Chicago officers indicted in Laquan McDonald case 1 lunasun Jun 2017 Jun 2017 7 3074

3 dead, 14 seriously injured after Greyhound bus crashes into vehicles on I-70 in Illinois 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 6200

3 stabbed, 16 injured during fireworks at Chicago's Navy Pier 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2137

3 teens shot near Chatham Academy High School 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 5 1990

3,700 support staff join nurses on strike at University of Illinois Hospital 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 2087

3-way race set for Arlington Hts. mayor, as candidate filing opens in Northwest suburbs 0 RandySF Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 2116

30 million migrating birds are predicted to fly over Illinois tonight. 2 elleng Sep 2020 Sep 2020 10 1939

30 public schools in Chicago are named for slaveholders; surprised CPS promises changes 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1460

32,000 Illinoisans save $8.5 million 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1442

4 former New Trier HS students presumed dead in Wisconsin canoe accident 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2211

4 yo Boy Halloween Costume Mayor Lori Lightfoot "Nailed It" Lightfoot Says: 11 mucifer Nov 2019 Nov 2019 64 7353

43 more die in Illinois from coronavirus as state case tally surpasses 20,000 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1732

45 has commuted Blago's sentence. 19 murielm99 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 5817

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