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Fifty years ago, 35,000 Chicago students walked out of their classrooms in protest. They changed CPS 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1033
Insurance rates on Affordable Care Act exchange for Illinois stabilizing 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 936
NAACP building in Peoria vandalized 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1078
Schock's public corruption trial set for June 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1025
Latest contracts bring Chicago hotel workers' strike down to four hotels 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1015
How Jason Van Dyke guilty verdict may affect races for Chicago mayor, aldermen 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 941
'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder 2 guillaumeb Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1309
Sen. Dick Durbin says Kavanaugh confirmation 'would shake the confidence of millions of Americans' 4 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 10 1518
Union sues Treasure Island Foods, alleges closing grocer failed to give enough notice before layoffs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 965
NEWS 2 Alternate Jurors Dismissed from Laquan McDonald Trial Say They Were Leaning Towards a Murder 4 lunasun Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1242
Republican headquarters vandalized (crosspost) 10 murielm99 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 5 1697
Belleville Lube Shop Owner's Racist Talk Led to Firing, Mass Exodus, Workers Say 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Oct 2018 16 2079
Illinois 12 is a toss up on Real clear politics now 9 The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1589
Pregnancy Crisis Center (crosspost) 2 murielm99 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1209
Schnucks to fill 1,000 jobs as a result of Shop 'n Save purchase 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1213
There is a Democratic candidate running 5 murielm99 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 7 1375
License revoked...but in Chicago that means business as usual... 3 pbmus Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1373
No Vacancies on the Picket Line in Chicago 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1117
Ex-Illinois House leader Lang cleared of sexual harassment 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 918
Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she won't run for Chicago mayor 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 976
Dirty rooms, check-in delays, managers changing the sheets: Downtown strike puts hotels in a bind 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 7 1304
3 teens shot near Chatham Academy High School 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 5 1274
Payment to Nick Provenzano from Rep. Hultgren's office was for work before firing 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 872
Governor declares 2018 harvest emergency 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1493
Happier days at Eastern Illinois University 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 926
Brendan Kelly up with 4th TV ad 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 850
Lauren Underwood, R.N. goes up with first TV ad 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1026
Join Blue Beginning as it sends the Democratic troops into the collar counties 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 937
State Farm reaches $250M deal in conspiracy lawsuit funneling money to former Ill. SC Chief Justice 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 7 1172
PhD student fatally shot by stray bullet in Chicago within four hours of being in the city 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 1466

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illinois GOP eating their own, wonderful to see 2 beachbum bob Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1917
Rauner says AG should prosecute Madigan 21 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 3443
Your gerrymandered district is part of the reason....those thanksgiving dinners torn apart 6 pbmus Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1799
An ad I wish Pritzker would run 2 Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1298
Rauner Pulled A Silly Publicity Stunt In My Town Sunday 0 ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 1000
A fun encounter while shopping at Aldis this morning. 4 beachbum bob Aug 2018 Aug 2018 58 3769
The top search spot returns a "hit" site for Sean Casten 1 Cadfael Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1285
'Nut Cases' on the Ballot 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 1 1443
Rep Rodney Davis' Field Director Charged With Assault After Crashing Londrigans campaign event 5 beachbum bob Aug 2018 Aug 2018 8 3143
The JB-Juliana Bus tour stopped in Decatur yesterday 2 beachbum bob Aug 2018 Aug 2018 4 1724
Rauner again calls Pritzker, Madigan corrupt 6 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1274
Rauner signs law requiring Illinois hospitals have nurses trained to treat rape victims 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1194
The Democratic Party of Illinois has its work cut out for it 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1051
Rauner signs bill aiming to bring state jobs back to Springfield 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 938
Pritzker op-ed: Gun control, stronger communities and ending the violence epidemic 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 848
Simon Institute research shows state funding disparities benefit downstate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 808
Alec Klein, Northwestern professor accused of sexual misconduct, resigns 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1043
Who else is getting telephone polls daily? 11 Cadfael Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1445
Rauner And His Friends 5 blue-wave Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1470
Honors, at Last, for Ida B. Wells, 'a Sword Among Lions' 1 elleng Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 1102
Illinois lawmaker quits amid claim of posting nude photos 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 1102
Sara Dady 0 murielm99 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 1204
Illinois Democratic County Chair's Association 2 murielm99 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1134
Chicago Hiked the Cost of Vehicle City Sticker Violations to Boost Revenue. But It's Driven More ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Jul 2018 8 1218
Democrats try to rebuild the state party from the ground up 13 blue-wave Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1706
Illinois Among Most Vulnerable To Election Hacking: Dems 5 blue-wave Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 1171
my sister is running. come on out and play!! 0 mopinko Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1175
New GUN Law is signed by Rauner, HB2354. That's the 'red flag' bill. 2 beachbum bob Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 1571
Gay Republican CVS Manager Calls Police on Black Woman for Using Wrong Coupon (With Video) 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1345
Elgin woman who had 'Impeach Trump' signs in her yard dies 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 38 2749

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Hate crime charges filed against man caught on video confronting woman over Puerto Rico shirt 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 1125
Chicago lawmaker picked to run Democratic Party of Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1023
Southern Illinois University president is out amid swirling controversy 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1106
Judge orders ex-CBOT chief to stay in jail -- rejecting 'debtor's' prison' gripe 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 1220
Commuter punches man who allegedly used the N-word in Blue Line spat 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1242
University of Illinois professor files lawsuit claiming gender-based wage discrimination 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 985
Governor's Mansion reopens to public on Saturday 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 951
State lawmaker wants to repeal fireworks ban 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 968
Board to state: Figure out how to pay step increases 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1127
Pritzker takes over Democrat Day 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1073
Can Democrats win back the Obama-Trump voter? This race is the test. 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 1523
Schock's lawyers to press Supreme Court to take up his case 1 blue-wave Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1315
U.S. Supreme Court gives IL Rauner major victory over labor, in ruling that could undercut public 6 lunasun Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1453
Illinois' Population Is Falling, but the Sky Isn't 0 mucifer Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1366
Today I canvassed my precinct and a couple other areas with 8 murielm99 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 12 2112
New JB Ad Says Thank You Rauner! 1 blue-wave Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1307
Teamsters: Desperate To Prevent Employees From Exercising Free Speech, American Bottling Resorts To 2 Sherman A1 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1605
Multi-state salmonella outbreak tracked to Honey Smacks cereal 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1406
Disgraced ex-Speaker Hastert to be deposed this summer in sexual abuse lawsuit 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1104
Rahm sends message to mayoral rivals -- adding another $850,000-plus to war chest 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 975
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