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Preckwinkle returning Burke cash, stripping his power to help get judges elected 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1188
Illinois Democrats have control - can they get work done? 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1113
Toni Preckwinkle's administration hired Ald. Edward Burke's son to nearly $100K-a-year county job 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1411
Chicago : Ald. Ed Burke charged in attempted extortion case 2 lunasun Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1518
Video Shows Mokena Cop Avoid Collision With Metra Train 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Jan 2019 2 1987
Illinois Teen Charged with Burning Down Metro East Mayor's House 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1640
Rauner Says He Sought Others To Run For Governor In His Place, Blames Trump For Loss 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1572
Preckwinkle drops challenge to Susana Mendoza's mayoral petitions 0 blue-wave Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1283
Proposed southern Illinois wind farm faces opposition 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1398
Bill Daley tops $3M raised in Chicago mayoral race, gets backing from a Kennedy 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1307
Illinois lawmakers to get new top watchdog with 'strong background in sexual harassment' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1014
Vibra Hospital of Springfield plans to close, cites loss of revenue 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1167
More controversy over Satanic Temple display in Rotunda 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1336
Quit the union and use that cash for Christmas shopping! 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1559
51-point buck bagged in Illinois may beat out Tennessee hunter's national title 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 4440
Chicago :Feds raid Ald. Burke's City Hall offices for a second time 2 lunasun Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1559
Chicago - Mayor Emanuel proposes legalizing marijuana, casino to pay for pensions 4 lunasun Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1928
Tillman claims he wants to work with Democrats on pension reform 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1594
Rock Island County courthouse demolition on hold pending state review 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1393
Transportation officials: Illinois gas tax increase is needed 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1211
Chicago Mayor's Nephew, Backer Got $9M in Fees, Most of That for Managing Deals That Tanked 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1185
Doctor Embroiled In Fraud, Sexual Abuse Scandal Falls Ill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1374
Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker shows 'deep gratitude' for Gov. Bruce Rauner at Illinois bicentennial, says 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1312
Chicago Teachers Union votes to back Toni Preckwinkle in mayor's race 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1021
Bill Daley promises property tax freeze in his first TV ad for Chicago mayor 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1165
IL-06: Peter Roskum stoops below tRump in name-calling. 5 IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 1576
Every vote counts, after a Gop was declared winner for our county sheriff, final 8 beachbum bob Nov 2018 Nov 2018 18 2262
wow, 6% reporting and Rauner already conceding! BAM! 3 consider_this Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1889
Why no celebrating African American Lauren Underwood's historic win? 21 whathehell Nov 2018 Nov 2018 17 5178
Aparently the turnout of student voters at University of Illinois-Champaign requires 1 beachbum bob Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 2016

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URGENT---Last Chance to Check Online & Make Sure Your Early Ballot Vote Has Been Counted! 0 PandoraAwakened Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 897
Amid talk of a potential blue wave, Democrats already have begun to turn the tide in GOP suburbs 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1834
Will Democrats Casten, Underwood beat Republicans Roskam, Hultgren? 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1201
Rauner blasts unfavorable polls as 'baloney' on road for GOP candidates 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1136
Obama tells rally in Chicago: 'The character of our nation is on the ballot' 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1006
Illinois' big-money politics has some worried 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1365
Rauner, Pritzker differ on some criminal justice 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1160
Far out! Illinois Democrats think they've dropped in on the big one (Bluenami!) 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1528
Preckwinkle's Democrats fund blue wave to swamp County Board Republicans 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1185
Retaliation Lawsuit Against Michael Madigan Moves Forward With Discovery 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1207
Judge, prosecutor's office exchange notes 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1655
Cook County judicial elections stir up unusual public scrutiny 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1133
New Fort Massac on the horizon with $2.8 million IDNR grant 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1173
Teachers' pension fund seeks 10 percent hike in state funds 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1038
This is why I will NOT use in person early voting in DuPage 3 Cadfael Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1451
Rauner and Trump will rally together in Southern Illinois today 9 lunasun Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 2327
Does Anyone Know What Trump Had To Say At His Illinois Rally..... 5 global1 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1794
The latest funding raising reporting, democrats out raise GOper's 2-1 and in Il-13th 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1013
Rauner-campaign-releases-new-blurred-version-of-f-bomb-ad-after-complaints 2 lunasun Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1390
Judge found not guilty of bringing gun to Chicago courthouse 1 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1340
Candidates night in Boone county... 0 pbmus Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1054
Good news so far with early voting in Il-13th 4 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1532
Unlike the title of the article, Davis did not "muddy the water" he outright LIED 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1527
Info that the democrats have available in early voting lead in the Il-13th 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1368
First debate in Il-13th between Betsy Londrigan and incumbent Rodney David and 1 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1313
Women's March to the Polls Kicks Off in Chicago 4 Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2018 Oct 2018 8 1544
Il-13th, Incumbent GOP'er Davis has 1 point lead over Betsy Londrigan. 0 beachbum bob Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1634
Indivisible Chicago's Blue Wave Rave uses improv to mobilize political action 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 5 1152
Poll: Downstate voters more likely to consider voting for candidates accused of sexual harassment 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1383
Rauner vs. Kavanaugh--who's the biggest fraud? 5 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1630

Illinois Continued...

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Statehouse Insider: It's come to this in the governor's race 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1382
Fifty years ago, 35,000 Chicago students walked out of their classrooms in protest. They changed CPS 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1167
Insurance rates on Affordable Care Act exchange for Illinois stabilizing 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1088
NAACP building in Peoria vandalized 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1285
Schock's public corruption trial set for June 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1194
Latest contracts bring Chicago hotel workers' strike down to four hotels 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1155
How Jason Van Dyke guilty verdict may affect races for Chicago mayor, aldermen 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1089
'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder 2 guillaumeb Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1740
Sen. Dick Durbin says Kavanaugh confirmation 'would shake the confidence of millions of Americans' 4 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 10 1785
Union sues Treasure Island Foods, alleges closing grocer failed to give enough notice before layoffs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1171
NEWS 2 Alternate Jurors Dismissed from Laquan McDonald Trial Say They Were Leaning Towards a Murder 4 lunasun Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1521
Republican headquarters vandalized (crosspost) 10 murielm99 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 5 2192
Belleville Lube Shop Owner's Racist Talk Led to Firing, Mass Exodus, Workers Say 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Oct 2018 16 2378
Illinois 12 is a toss up on Real clear politics now 9 The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 2081
Pregnancy Crisis Center (crosspost) 2 murielm99 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1400
Schnucks to fill 1,000 jobs as a result of Shop 'n Save purchase 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1383
There is a Democratic candidate running 5 murielm99 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 7 1645
License revoked...but in Chicago that means business as usual... 3 pbmus Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1599
No Vacancies on the Picket Line in Chicago 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1262
Ex-Illinois House leader Lang cleared of sexual harassment 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1096
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