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Founder of Suburban Tech Company Sentenced for Defrauding Investors out of More Than $9 Million 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1865
Federal Search Of Caterpillar Facilities May Relate To Tax Evasion Allegations 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 2156
Union authorizes strike, Rauner doesn't budge 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 2368
LaHood criticized for dodging constituents questions 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2035
Rauner calls his demands on Senate budget plan 'reasonable' 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1469
Madigan forms Illinois House panel to address school funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1184
House panel supports young registry for organ donation 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1384
House panel backs COLA freeze for legislators, congrats for Cubs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1596
2 plans to name Illinois highways for Obama in the works 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1347
Dennis Hastert victim again argues for rest of hush money in court filing 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1762
Rauner: OK on Obama Day, but no one gets to skip work 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1991
ABC-7 suspends sportscaster Mark Giangreco for anti-Trump tweet 6 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2874
State workers should embrace the 40-hour week 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1850
How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2225
Hundreds of protesters urge Bobby Rush, other Illinois Democrats to fight harder against Trump 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1379
Hate crimes rising since Trump's election, activists tell AG Lisa Madigan 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1422
Roskam won't be meeting constituents this recess... 7 Cadfael Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2719
16th Congressional District - Adam Kinzinger town halls 0 murielm99 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 5 2100
Peter Roskam (IL 6) is holding a phone town hall tonight 4 Cadfael Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2055
Illinois lawmakers designate October 'Zombie Preparedness Month' 10 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2541
Illinois County Official Shares, Deletes Anti-Muslim Meme 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1858
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 984
Hold the pumpkin pie? Bill would abolish Illinois state symbols 5 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2216
Time capsule found sealed in Springfield YWCA's 1912 cornerstone 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1475
$4.25 million settlement reached in coal-mine hiring case 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1487
Illinois secretary of state wants to sell ads on vehicle registration notices to bring in money 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1535
Lawmakers draft plans to keep Illinois paychecks flowing 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1442
Fitch lowers Illinois' credit rating due to budget 'failure' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1428
Democratic legislators call for Obama state holiday 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1345
Peoria woman must repay $170,000 she stole from elderly mother 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1372

Illinois Continued...

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Redflex to pay $20 million to Chicago to settle lawsuit over red-light camera bribery 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1430
Jesse Jackson Jr. ordered to pay temporary child support 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1504
Rauners schools chief tells parents CPS created its own mess 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1359
Archdiocese of Chicago to pay $2.3M settlement to alleged McCormack victim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1280
CPS shortfall of $500 million from last year hangs over current budget woes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1313
Lawsuit accuses Illinois Lottery manager of fraud in instant games 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1366
Dueling letters draw CPS parents into battle over funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1373
Trump again calls out Chicago on violence and repeats debunked murder rate claim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1440
Illinois Senate looking at higher sales tax on food, drugs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1544
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Attends Koch Brothers Donor Summit in California 1 Stellar Jan 2017 Feb 2017 4 1852
Protect access to reproductive health care in Illinois. ACLU Action Alert 0 Snarkoleptic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1656
Illinois Senate considering gambling expansion 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1364
Emanuel rolls out plans for $14.7 million in unspent tax rebate funds 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1723
Background-checks policy leads Univ. of Illinois to withdraw 11 job offers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1686
Schock case reassigned to Urbana's Judge Colin Bruce 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1483
Illinois Senate 'bargain' includes hike in minimum wage 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1345
Illinois Senate to try again on pension reform 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1526
New sales, employer taxes in state budget deal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1363
Police: Man had more than 50 guns in Crystal Lake home 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1688
SNAP announces director named in lawsuit has resigned 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1400
Co-owner of medical transport company gets 5 years for fraud 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1626
Ammons introduces bill to improve conditions for temp workers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1736
Parents pack meeting to protest school board member's misogynistic tweets 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2153
Chicago cat suffered with 5 pounds of matted fur; now he's an internet star 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2145
Zion's nuclear fallout; still reeling from 1998 closing 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1734
Buckley woman charged in theft of $144,500 from employer 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1532
Villa Park woman accused of stealing thousands from uncle 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1636
Illinois Senate skips planned budget vote, will return Thursday 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1470
As Trump signs immigration order, Emanuel vows Chicago will stay sanctuary city 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1760
Shorter school year an option as CPS faces filling budget gap 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1330

Illinois Continued...

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Chicago politicians get crash course on how Trump will govern 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1744
Rauner and Democrats clash over State of the State 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1809
Public schools dean charged with sexually assaulting eighth-grader over 8 months 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2006
Trump tweets about Chicago 'carnage,' says he may 'send in the Feds!' if not fixed 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1585
Investment Manager Arrested On Fraud And Misappropriation Charges In Swindle 0 nitpicker Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2125
WMC Chicago march list of speakers and other info 1/21/2016 2 lunasun Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 1980
Slight drop in state worker giving; charities expected bigger decline 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2056
State legislature adjourns without passing budget 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1664
Judge strikes down northern Illinois city's right-to-work ordinance 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1665
Johnnie Lee Savory, pardoned for murder, sues Peoria for 'malicious prosecution' 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1757
Judge asked to rule on spending of Schock campaign money 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1360
Emanuel wins approval of pension bill, but Rauner may veto 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1645
Emanuel asks credit ratings agency to back off ahead of latest round of borrowing 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2093
Madigan re-elected speaker for 17th time, lays out Democratic economic agenda 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1373
Central Illinois man files lawsuit over flag burning arrest 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1672
Glitch in health insurance leaves some Chicago employees without coverage for now 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1778
Illinois law enlists hairstylists to help prevent domestic abuse 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 1587
Crooked pols pension take was $2M; now widow collects 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2833
Plenty of Illinois Dems in the mix to challenge Rauner 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1865
2016 ends with 762 homicides in Chicago; 2017 doesn't look like it will get better 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2501
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