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Illinois lawmakers sue to get paid despite state budget mess 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1848
Visitor accidentally locked in Chicago jail for 32 hours gets $600,000 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 2272
AFSCME files suit over labor contract 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2012
Illinois House fails to overturn Rauner's veto of automatic voter registration bill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1746
Madigan a no-show at meeting, Rauner's GOP launches attack website 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1880
ComEd, Rauner on board with complex plan to raise rates, bail out nuclear plants 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2055
Battle over $600M wind power superhighway heads to Illinois Supreme Court 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2045
Gov. Rauner lays out terms for temporary budget: Property tax freeze, term limits 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1614
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 guillaumeb Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1943
Investigation finds widespread abuse of adults with disabilities in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1601
SOS office to check for shoppers abusing disability parking 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1553
Parents given prison for multimillion-dollar, nationwide shoplifting scheme 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1775
Illinois will implement bereavement leave for AFSCME members 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1425
Hastert fighting to get his teacher pension back 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1432
Hundreds of O'Hare workers to strike next week as part of Fight for 15 protests 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1492
Illinois energy bill may cost consumers an additional 24 billion, opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1577
Fired UP! Mrs Snark and I will be attending our County Democratic Party meeting in 2 weeks. 5 Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 2117
Gov. Rauner pours in nearly $46 million as part of bid to cut Speaker Madigan's power 5 Stellar Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2815
Illinois blast damages more than 50 buildings 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1428
Anyone else going to an Election Returns Watch Party in Chicago Tuesday night? 2 whathehell Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2207
After decades on disability, cops are put back to work 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2472
Sorensen pleads guilty to wire fraud; sentencing in March 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1659
Mailer depicts Illinois lawmaker naked, police investigate 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1867
Sentencing delayed for man who defrauded bank 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1483
Rep. Tammy Duckworth plays it safe in U.S. Senate bid 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 1573
Illinois election judge allegedly sent dead husband's ballot (yes, he voted for Trump) 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 2306
'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1925
Do you know which propositions are supported by Dems & which by Pubs? 7 Paula Sims Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 2385
Judge Posner says quality of Supreme Court is 'awful' 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 2040
Big Soda digs in for a fight over proposed Cook County beverage tax 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 2197

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Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pension 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 2078
Texas group: Santa Anna's leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 2081
Cook County approves $13 hourly minimum wage affecting suburbs 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1585
Critics rip Rauner for funding cuts after online chat on breast cancer awareness 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1474
Cubs live stream? 3 MerryBlooms Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1989
The cost of Rauner's loose bankruptcy talk 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1743
Illinois agency: YouTube glitch behind training video porn 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 2096
1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1965
Chicago Public Schools enrollment 11,000 less than prior year 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1538
Wife of ex-US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. completes prison term 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1635
What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 7 2102
Springfield seeking to change employee health plan to cut costs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1842
Durbin likens Trump to 'banana republic' leader 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1620
FBI: Palatine man scammed out of $4.5 million helps capture suspect 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1763
Taxpayers may be out $8M on site tied to Daley nephews 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1471
Rauner says Trump tape is 'disgusting, appalling, outrageous' 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1653
Teachers union, school board still in talks as strike deadline nears in Chicago Public Schools 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1542
Kankakee, Illinois Voter Fraud - Please do your duty! (xp) 0 Panich52 Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1541
Federal judge won't reverse ruling on Illinois voter registration 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 2088
Emanuel: If teachers strike, they choose disrupting children's education over pay raises 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1508
Gov. Rauner's deficit projection $2.4B less than lawmakers' 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1416
Illinois pays past-due utility bills for state buildings 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1454
Man who spent 20 years in prison gets $15 million settlement 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1539
Clinton in Chicago, shrugs off Trump reviving Bill’s sex scandals 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1577
Obama to headline Chicago campaign fundraiser for Duckworth next month 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1573
Harken to exit Illinois Obamacare exchange 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1405
Regulators: Doctor suspended after patients given vaccinations containing cat saliva, vodka 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1688
Illinois GOP launches ad attack on Speaker Madigan 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1915
Gov. Rauner donates $100,000 to Indiana gubernatorial candidate 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1798
Lawmakers see positive signs in latest school funding reform panel 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1389

Illinois Continued...

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Man would rather get fired than watch diversity video 7 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 3102
Woman gets 90 days in jail for killing son's cat 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 4 1980
Rauner policies hit during rally held by clergy, union 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1425
Chicago passes another grim milestone: More than 3,000 shot this year 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1729
University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime 6 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 2240
7 dead, at least 5 injured in separate shootings across Chicago 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1949
IDOT to lay off 29 employees Rauner says were illegally hired 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1970
Illinois' pile of unpaid bills could hit record of $14 billion next summer 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1660
Rauner rejects National Guard as way to quell Chicago violence 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1501
Judge tosses social services lawsuit that included Diana Rauner's organization 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1417
Rauner moves to dump 29 political hires from Blagojevich, Quinn eras 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1423
Same-day voter registration at issue in Illinois lawsuit 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1478
reposting: Hillary to be in QCA Monday - Hampton, Ill 0 rurallib Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1595
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 rurallib Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1572
Thirty-year-old SNAP overpayments still being collected 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1722
School staffing doesn’t always match Chicago Public Schools enrollment 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1623
Why Rauner fears teacher pension board vote 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1424
Rauner signs life insurance bill 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1366
Rauner vetoes $15/hour wage for caregivers of developmentally disabled 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1422
Captain Kirk, losing his enterprise. 4 ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2016 Aug 2016 5 2733
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