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House approves bill to protect prison nursing jobs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4200
THR & Associates founder Jeff Parsons faces civil contempt from '12 bankruptcy case 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 3097
Molina's managed-care Medicaid patients to be placed in fee-for-service system 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4363
900 Chicago government buildings to switch to renewable energy 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 2938
SIU board trustee sidelines vote on allowing Carbondale campus to borrow from Edwardsville 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2645
White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1295
Democrats tout their agenda 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 5697
Rauner, AG lawyers trade jabs of hypocrisy, snark over worker pay 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1246
Feds: How we made case against ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2715
Vallas named a top administrator, not president, at Chicago State 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1094
Democrats start moving stopgap state budget despite clear hurdles 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2622
Didn't like $5M divorce deal? Then you shouldn't have spent it, Dwyane Wade's ex told 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 6161
Co-owner of companies in Chicago Public Sschools bribery scandal requests probation 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1096
J.B. Pritzker joins Illinois governor race, facing big Democratic field to take on Rauner 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5710
Emanuel declines to pick sides in Democratic race for Illinois governor 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2531
Kids poisoned by lead in CHA housing; landlords still got paid 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 1159
Man gets probation for attempting to defraud DuPage probation office 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1137
Surprising DuPage County election results 2 murielm99 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 5512
Why is the entire DuPage County website "unavailable"??? (Poll) 6 Cadfael Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4627
It looks like we have a viable candidate for the IL 16th! 3 murielm99 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 7 3580
Sure, He's Guilty But Is Aaron Schock Being Railroaded? 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 1792
Aaron Schock staffer was FBI informant, court filings reveal 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 3497
1.4M Illinois job seekers may have had personal data hacked 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1417
Gov. Rauner vetoes overhaul of Chicago city pension system 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1853
Proposed law would require headlights on while driving 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 5273
State agencies told to evaluate if vacant jobs can be moved to Springfield 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2196
House panel approves bill to reduce patient dumping, understaffing 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1568
Former Eddyville treasurer claiming amnesia in theft case, ordered to inpatient mental health treat- 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1978
Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1272
Chicago Chiropractor Indicted for Allegedly Billing $10 Million to Medicare and Private Insurers 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2116

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Biss diss--kisses off Madigan ('there too long'), launches gov bid 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2073
Jesse Jackson Jr. says couple owes $1.8M: Something has to give 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2241
Obama's home state of Illinois rejects a holiday in his honor for now 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 2549
Minors cleared to serve alcohol at Chicago restaurants, grocery stores 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1348
Chicago city worker yanked out of NW Side after writing thousands of tickets 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 2145
124 Illinois prison nurses get layoff notices 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2387
Rauner says Emanuel causing a CPS 'crisis' 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2127
Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1589
Rauner wants to save $4 million by replacing prison guards with tower cameras 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1937
Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1259
Chicago area leads U.S. in population loss, sees drop for 2nd year in a row 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1251
Railroads take steps to stop criminals from stealing guns, copper 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1967
Baby born with 2 spines, 4 legs has successful removal surgery 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 2606
Rockford Public Schools strike: What parents need to know 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1314
Emanuel calls governor emperor without clothes; Rauner aide suggests mayor has 'Napoleon complex' 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1547
Southern Illinois University Carbondale's University Museum loses national accreditation 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 14 4566
Rep. John Shimkus questions why men should pay for prenatal care 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1659
Kankakee County Sheriff confronts questions of online etiquette with Trump/Obama meme 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1798
Labor experts unsure of future if Illinois state government workers strike 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1341
McHenry County residents protest Gov. Bruce Rauner at Crystal Lake appearance 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1427
Chicago State University to pay off $4.3M owed to whistleblower 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1300
Illinois Supreme Court asked to decide if workers can be paid 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1335
Madigan proposes making ALPLM stand-alone operation 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1190
Munger's salary listing removed from health fund 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1313
Bourne calls on House to take up her state employee pay bill 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1203
Neil deGrasse Tyson draws crowd of 1,000 to presidential museum 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1198
Bill would allow municipalities to give taxpayer info to third parties 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1189
Rauner: Democrats leading a 'coordinated activity' to 'create a crisis' in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1364
Rauner 'generally supportive' of gun crimes plan but has questions 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1133
D.C. judge slashes Jesse Jackson Jr.'s child support payments 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1659

Illinois Continued...

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Man who returned to crime after $25M award sentenced 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1595
Illinois Senate Democrats decry lack of help on budget cuts 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1389
Rauner: Illinois 'won't do very well' under Republican health insurance plan. 4 elleng Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2241
Rep. Shimkus trying to out douche nozzle Iowa's Steve King. 1 47of74 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1945
Peter Roskam is having another tele town hall tonight Tuesday March 7 0 Cadfael Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1350
Founder of Suburban Tech Company Sentenced for Defrauding Investors out of More Than $9 Million 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1832
Federal Search Of Caterpillar Facilities May Relate To Tax Evasion Allegations 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 2108
Union authorizes strike, Rauner doesn't budge 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 2325
LaHood criticized for dodging constituents questions 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1990
Rauner calls his demands on Senate budget plan 'reasonable' 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1429
Madigan forms Illinois House panel to address school funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1151
House panel supports young registry for organ donation 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1342
House panel backs COLA freeze for legislators, congrats for Cubs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1562
2 plans to name Illinois highways for Obama in the works 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1299
Dennis Hastert victim again argues for rest of hush money in court filing 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1711
Rauner: OK on Obama Day, but no one gets to skip work 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1938
ABC-7 suspends sportscaster Mark Giangreco for anti-Trump tweet 6 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2797
State workers should embrace the 40-hour week 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1805
How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2190
Hundreds of protesters urge Bobby Rush, other Illinois Democrats to fight harder against Trump 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1349
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