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A hidden secret over a century ago, the Underground Railroad ran through Central Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 8 1358
'Safety Net' Hospitals That Often Treat Chicago's Most Vulnerable Communities Face Dire Financial 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 850
5 state corrections officers face charges in Lexington bar fight 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1045
University of Illinois sued over sexual misconduct 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 875
Springfield officer on leave after barroom incident 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 835
Simms pleads guilty to fraud 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 850
Springfield Ward 3 nominee Williams voted down on 6-3 city council vote 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 851
Democrats push resolution 'condemning' GOP lawmaker for attendance at Jan. 6 rally 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1008
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois criminal justice overhaul including eliminating cash bail 9 JimGinPA Feb 2021 Feb 2021 9 1612
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan resigns seat 7 JimGinPA Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1525
The United Center to become a new vaccination site for Chicago 6 luckone Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1118
UIS Innocence Project gets pardon for client from Pritzker 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 6 957
Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson got secret deal from Bridgeport bank shut down for 'massive fraud' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1177
I'm snowed into my garage 11 live love laugh Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1693
I'm sitting in line to get my 2nd vaccination 12 AwakeAtLast Feb 2021 Feb 2021 10 1766
I got a Covid Shot appointment finally! Here's the link: 4 Peregrine Took Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1686
Chicago wins $30 million-a-year competition for right to sell Lake Michigan water to Joliet 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1745
Embattled Madigan to make his case before supportive House Black caucus on Saturday 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Feb 2021 0 1212
Any Chicago residents over 75 having a hard time getting their Covid shots? 17 Peregrine Took Jan 2021 Feb 2021 2 1368
Chicago area gun dealers say record sales since Jan. 6 driven by 'fear, plain and simple' 5 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1390
Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 932
Former Illinois (R) Senator/Gubernatorial Candidate Sam McCann Indicted for Fraud 4 live love laugh Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 1262
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's City Council floor leader resigns from leadership post 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1087
Tax business cited for violating COVID-19 restrictions with illegal club, River North restaurant 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1291
State buys building, plans to move out of Thompson Center 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 862
Senate cancels in-person February session days, will hold committee hearings online 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 855
Rev. Jesse Jackson recovering in the hospital after 'successful' surgery 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1384
Heavy snow topples Aragon Ballroom wall, but it can't bury nearly a century of memories at Chicago 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1063
GOP Rep. Kinzinger wages a lonely fight against Trump's falsehoods and right-wing disinformation 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Jan 2021 7 1801
Chicago Teachers Say Some Progress Made on In-Person Return 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 921

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Illinois mayor who attended Trump's DC rally apologizes after claiming the media lied about riot 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 1940
Lightfoot's MLK celebration honors community leaders propelling civil rights legacy, racial justice 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 957
Union: CPD suspended 17 officers, supervisors who lounged in congressman's burglarized office 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1274
Illinois police reform bill clears House, heads to governor 5 sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1141
Chicago school system locks out some teachers, withholds pay for not returning to in-person 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 1018
Illinois man arrested after alleged voicemail threatening to kill Biden & Dems at inauguration fete 5 634-5789 Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1267
Freshman Congresswoman caught on tape at a rally in the Nation's Capitol saying "Hitler was right" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1694
Illinois State Sen. Manar resigns to become senior advisor to Pritzker 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 871
Pandemic response, budget, Black Caucus agenda on table for Illinois 'lame duck' session 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 937
Illinois weed sales on pace to top $1 billion in year one of recreational sales, with plenty of room 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 1 1066
Prosecutors say Minnesota mosque bombers planned attack on Champaign abortion clinic 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 5 1360
CPS denies COVID-19 accommodations to hundreds of teachers and staff who are due to return to school 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Jan 2021 2 950
For the Chicago area : Making Sense of 2020 from WTTW (also a quiz I got 11 right) 2 lunasun Dec 2020 Jan 2021 0 1089
Illinois State Officials: Nearly 500,000 Marijuana Arrest Records Have Been Expunged 3 mucifer Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 794
Obama Presidential Center supporters 'see a light at the end of the tunnel,' while opponents say 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 886
30 public schools in Chicago are named for slaveholders; surprised CPS promises changes 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 832
New year brings new laws, including insulin price limit, while minimum wage goes up another dollar 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 760
Peoria homeless advocates try to empty under-the-bridge camp to move residents into warm housing 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 960
Downstate judge tosses decision voiding Pritzker's executive COVID orders 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 14 1691
Calling all Illinois DU members, especially in the Chicago area 8 guillaumeb Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 1873
Republican Illinois congressman says to President Trump in tweet: 'Time to delete your account' 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1186
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Covid and The Stimulus on Face the Nation: 0 mucifer Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 915
University of Illinois system has now conducted over 1 million COVID tests on 1 beachbumbob Dec 2020 Dec 2020 6 972
Maskless Springfield alderman scolds reporter, unsuccessfully seeks his removal from council chamber 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1023
Illinois schools are not COVID-19 superspreaders, data shows 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 929
Corporate culture at Chicago's top evictor is 'an absolute caste system' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 913
State acquires former Sears space in White Oaks Mall 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 946
Lightfoot plans $450M in short-term borrowing to buy time for Congress to ride to the rescue 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 668
Illinois reports 10,959 new coronavirus cases; 192 deaths 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 620
Proposed Chicago casino should be downtown, industry insiders say 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 706

Illinois Continued...

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Caucus fracas? Opposition to Madigan's speaker bid reaches his own leadership team 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 851
Illinois records single-day record of 238 coronavirus deaths 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 933
Under the radar, City of Decatur water supply under drought stress 0 beachbumbob Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1053
A. Sad day in Chicago history 5 snowybirdie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 8 1525
Election judges!! 3 murielm99 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 27 2003
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1503
DuPage County Board 6 murielm99 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 14 1748
Illinois COVID-19 death rate in rural counties is now twice as high as metro areas. 6 beachbumbob Nov 2020 Nov 2020 5 1065
Key Madigan Ally, ComEd Lobbyists And Official Indicted In Federal Bribery Scheme 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 806
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Announces Statewide COVID-19 Restrictions On Retailers 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 836
Study Shows Hybrid Learning Is Effective At Slowing COVID-19 Spread In Illinois Schools 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 957
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 918
AP declares Democrat U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood winner in Illinois 14th District over Republican Jim 5 Cadfael Nov 2020 Nov 2020 15 1281
Underwood update 17 Cadfael Nov 2020 Nov 2020 17 1915
Lauren Underwood is in a BATTLE 4 Cadfael Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1143
Kim Foxx won! YES!! 3 live love laugh Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 1419
The Fair Tax referendum failed. 6 634-5789 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1215
For those who moved away from Illinois 5 BunnyMcGee Oct 2020 Nov 2020 2 1902
Illinois doing a great job so far Bending the curve: 11 mucifer Jun 2020 Oct 2020 12 1764
Surprised to find Illinois fee and tax structures to be so 10 sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1917
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