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Chicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 974
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1562
Illinois to make $140 million investment in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1006
20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1715
Of three announced IL GOP candidates for Governor, none would say 2020 election was legitimate. 7 Midnight Writer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1324
U.S. Sens. Ossoff, Durbin headline Democrat rally, tout legislative wins, slam Trump 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 891
Exelon says time is fast running out for Byron nuke plant 3 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 980
Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker's mask 2 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1259
Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach agreement with CPS as start of school looms; district says 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1027
Latest price tag for Obama Presidential Center estimated to be $830 million 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 985
GOP says census data proves new maps illegal 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1639
Pritzker peppered with questions about party rift 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1148
Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax scheme 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 894
McHenry County Board rejects flag policy, adds truancy officer 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 995
State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandate 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 870
Mandating vaccines for state employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 888
Illinois court sides with transgender woman in her 10-year battle with Hobby Lobby over the right to 0 mucifer Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1178
That coddlin' town . . . 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1290
Pritzker signs bills to aid seniors, veterans 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 868
Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 827
My neighbors are having issues. 5 The Polack MSgt Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2431
Racists are everywhere 18 Cadfael Jul 2021 Aug 2021 7 3272
Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1436
State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 2186
Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 774
518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID despite being fully vaxd Most had underlyin 11 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3804
NPR Illinois to lose university funding 7 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 2987
Pritzker has 'no plans' for added mitigations; 'local control' is focus of new school guidelines 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1774
Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1925
Cook County Board of Review benches employee who allegedly took bribes for property tax breaks 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 852

Illinois Continued...

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Moody's upgrades Illinois' credit rating 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1275
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools 4 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1618
Biden hits Illinois -- touts pre-school, Pell Grants, productivity in push for American Families Plan 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1725
Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 25 1882
State lawmaker faces renewed challenges over Calumet City mayoral election 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1144
Last Friday on I 94 north nearing Wilson 1 live love laugh Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1224
President Biden is coming to the Chicago area--to MY town--on Wednesday! 6 ShazzieB Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1296
Hotel Guest Arrested After Rifle, Ammunition Found in Room Overlooking Lake 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2073
Massive Explosion seen at Rockton, IL's Chemtool plant. 17 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2223
MWRD Virtual Tour (Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1317
Fitch shifts Illinois state government's economic outlook from negative to positive 4 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1245
Former Gov. Bruce Rauner agrees to settle robocall lawsuit for $1 million 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1461
University of Illinois campuses will require COVID-19 vaccine for students this fall 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1407
Residents In Naperville, Woodridge Waking Up To Extensive Damage After Tornado Confirmed Overnight 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 1839
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff to visit Chicago on Wednesday as part of national vaccination tour 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1443
Chicago USPS postmaster replaced following mounting calls for her resignation over mail delays 5 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1622
IL is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban coal-burning power plants 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1431
Dead CEO of failed Bridgeport bank worried over his safety, sister told feds 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1909
CPD suspends cop tied to Proud Boys, launches probe into sex abuse claim 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 1637
Former GOP rep. seeking back pay for himself, all other lawmakers in class action suit 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1394
LGBTQ couples would get fertility coverage under Illinois bill headed to governor's desk. 'Yes, you 0 mucifer Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1154
Minnesota man charged in 1972 murder of 15-year-old Naperville girl 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1764
Judge orders early end to Blagojevich's supervised release 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1368
PPP aid flooded fast food outlets facing labor complaints 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1418
Suburban Man Runs Website For Far-Right Extremists 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 7 1557
Conservative media outlet sues Lightfoot over interviews to reporters of color 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1918
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed on takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 2 1379
Illinois House passes right-to-unionize amendment 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 991
Watchdog Group Claims Ethics Violation After Would-Be Rival Said Rep. Marie Newman Scuttled Deal To 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1325
Proposed Supreme Court remap evokes previous failed GOP attempt 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1315

Illinois Continued...

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Bill banning 'hairstyle discrimination' in schools passes House 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1011
Lawmakers send Juneteenth bill to Gov. Pritzker, marking day as annual state holiday 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 923
Former chief of staff to House Speaker Michael Madigan charged with lying to federal grand jury 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 966
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 2854
Chicago Police Board Rejects Firing Officer Accused of Making False Statements in Patient Beating 1 PoliticAverse May 2021 May 2021 4 1287
Naked woman found tied to 'heavy equipment' after sexual assault, Illinois police say 5 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 3 2307
Illinois House passes leadership term limits, protections for renters 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 May 2021 3 1523
Police investigating drive-thru fight between employee, customer at Oswego-area Portillo's 1 Cadfael May 2021 May 2021 0 1466
chicago's wbbm am radio aired a lengthy commercial for fox "news" today 1 orleans May 2021 May 2021 7 2040
Senate passes Medicare, tax zone legislation 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 6 1297
Riding around Oak Lawn this morning, I traveled back in time so completely that I thought ... 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 7 2366
Lawmakers question Exelon audit 5 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1249
Illinois House OKs bill to license professional midwives 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1691
The Failures Before the Fires -42 fires, 61 deaths: A failed system in Chicago puts ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1550
Obama Foundation Releases New Details About Presidential Center, Responds To Critics 5 mucifer Apr 2021 Apr 2021 18 2600
Olive-Harvey College breaks ground on hemp greenhouse for cannabis education program 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1309
Bills creating liaisons for homeless college students, addressing dental care in schools advance 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 5 1296
Trump appointees obstructed investigation of Sterigenics, cancer-causing emissions, EPA says 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1748
Chicago Seeks Developer to Open City's First Casino by 2025 4 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1227
Some Illinois hospitals running out of beds due to COVID-19 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 985
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