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!!! Duckworth v Walsh Debate !!! Tuesday October 9th !!! 11 MerryBlooms Sep 2012 Sep 2012 4 5050

"Metra Comes Clean" on Gates That Failed To Come Down 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1403

"Pritzker Sucks!" 5 Midnight Writer May 2020 May 2020 4 5966

"Shady Paul" Vallas is wayyy worse than I thought ... Share, spread and GOTV! 4 live love laugh Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 2732

"When is a conservative leader too conservative...?" 2 ffr Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1258

#%$@!& Republicans! 2 ShazzieB Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 2146

#metoo springfield. an email from my rep, kelly cassidy. 0 mopinko May 2018 May 2018 1 1378

$122M in capital plan to make state Armory usable again 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1156

$148M verdict for airport shelter collapse 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2535

$160 million O'Hare Airport design contract awarded to joint venture led by renowned Chicago 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 869

$3.25M settlement for woman sexually assaulted at Markham courthouse 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1250

$3.85M granted in lawsuit against ex-Cook County forest preserve worker charged in fatal OTJ crash 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 977

$4.25 million settlement reached in coal-mine hiring case 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1120

$5M PepsiCo program to create job pathways for 3K young people on South, West Sides 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 680

"Fire all state employees" says VP of communications, Ill Policy Institute 4 Peregrine Took May 2015 Jun 2015 2 3262

"Flip the House" Seminar "Real Estate". coming to Chicago. .Saw commercial on Chicago TV station. 6 Stuart G Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3163

"Sorry, Rahm. The city limits of Chicago do not extend to Minnesota" 3 friendly_iconoclast May 2012 May 2012 3 2695

"Where's Bobby?" Debate Reception in Rockford 1 OneAngryDemocrat Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1987

'Bullets just came from nowhere': Fourth of July weekend gun violence kills at least 17 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1956

'Chuy' Garcia vows to keep fighting Chicago machine from Congress 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1039

'Day of reckoning' as Champaign man pleads guilty in '85 murder case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1151

'Feeding Cahokia' Outlines New Findings About Agriculture, Women And Life In Ancient Civilization 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1066

'Gov, this is petty': Chicago mayor's texts with Pritzker, state leaders show tension 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 921

'Inclusive' or 'impractical?' Limits on Kelly's role in fundraising at issue in race to lead state 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 971

'It's Heartbreaking' Authors Criticize The Removal Of 200 Books From An Illinois Prison Library 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1226

'Johnny Appleseed' trees to mark Illinois bicentennial 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 1290

'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder 2 guillaumeb Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1155

'Medicare for All'? American Medical Association says no, drawing protest in Chicago. 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 973

'None of the Muslim kids can eat': Illinois to provide halal and kosher meals to schoolkids 9 Jilly_in_VA Jun 2023 Jun 2023 17 2783

'Nut Cases' on the Ballot 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2018 Aug 2018 1 1333

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'Practical abortion fund' sees surge of patients traveling to Illinois 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1014

'Predator' Gets 60 Years For Twice Raping 6-Year-Old Alton Girl 8 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 1469

'Rahmemail.com': WikiLeaks shows Emanuel's use of personal domain 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1335

'Safety Net' Hospitals That Often Treat Chicago's Most Vulnerable Communities Face Dire Financial 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 850

'Scott Darling Day', Stanley Cup Arrival Set for June 29 1 MerryBlooms Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1495

'Shocked By Turn Of Events': Belleville Mayor On Partial Closure Of Lindenwood's Illinois Campus 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 2 969

'Suicide bomber': Muslim town official hit by racist comments at Illinois meeting 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 May 2023 3 3609

'Tears started running down my face,'deported Army veteran says after Gov. Pritzker pardons him 3 mucifer Aug 2019 Aug 2019 19 2247

'Unmasked' rally defies school virus rule, Pritzker critique 8 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Aug 2020 2 1539

. i'm trying to post two links for cook county voters for judges & pro choice 0 orleans Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1401

1,000 People Attend House Party -- What Us Worry??? 9 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 5 2481

1,100 non-union state workers getting $3,016 bonuses 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1266

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 2315

1.4M Illinois job seekers may have had personal data hacked 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1151

124 Illinois prison nurses get layoff notices 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2085

14 students hurt in Gresham Elementary pepper spray discharge 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 1 1002

14-year-old among 7 fatally shot in Chicago this weekend 1 sl8 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 852

16th Congressional District - Adam Kinzinger town halls 0 murielm99 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 5 1790

16th Congressional District candidate: 3 murielm99 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2020

1919 Chicago Race Riots 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 886

2 plans to name Illinois highways for Obama in the works 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1039

2 suits over fatal Chicago police shootings being settled for about $3M each 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1033

20% ICU bed availability in IL per NBC just now 8 live love laugh Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1319

2014 NEW LAWS 1 orleans Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2133

2016 ends with 762 homicides in Chicago; 2017 doesn't look like it will get better 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2107

24 Illinois Counties Now at 'Warning Level' for Coronavirus, Health Officials Say 2 Cadfael Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 968

25 years later, Fox River Grove Metra-school bus crash still haunts engineer, other survivors 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1190

27 people arrested, 234 hospitalized over 4 days of Lollapalooza 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3038

3 big natural gas plants would wipe out climate gains from recent shutdowns of coal-fired plants in 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 773

3 Chicago officers indicted in Laquan McDonald case 1 lunasun Jun 2017 Jun 2017 7 2331

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3 dead, 14 seriously injured after Greyhound bus crashes into vehicles on I-70 in Illinois 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 3679

3 stabbed, 16 injured during fireworks at Chicago's Navy Pier 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1174

3 teens shot near Chatham Academy High School 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2018 Sep 2018 5 1164

3,700 support staff join nurses on strike at University of Illinois Hospital 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 1200

30 million migrating birds are predicted to fly over Illinois tonight. 2 elleng Sep 2020 Sep 2020 10 1085

30 public schools in Chicago are named for slaveholders; surprised CPS promises changes 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 833

32,000 Illinoisans save $8.5 million 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 838

4 former New Trier HS students presumed dead in Wisconsin canoe accident 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1515

4 yo Boy Halloween Costume Mayor Lori Lightfoot "Nailed It" Lightfoot Says: 11 mucifer Nov 2019 Nov 2019 64 5345

43 more die in Illinois from coronavirus as state case tally surpasses 20,000 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1076

45 has commuted Blago's sentence. 19 murielm99 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 2471

4th of July events canceled following shooting 3 blue-wave Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1600

5 state corrections officers face charges in Lexington bar fight 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1046

50 Wards : A Film about Chicago from The Looking Glass Theater 0 mucifer Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 855

51-point buck bagged in Illinois may beat out Tennessee hunter's national title 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 2929

518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID despite being fully vaxd Most had underlyin 11 mucifer Jul 2021 Jul 2021 18 3384

6 CPS workers fired, 33 removed as hundreds of sex misconduct complaints roll in 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1124

6 months after end of Roe, Illinois abortion providers treat a 'historic' number of out-of-state 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 3078

7 dead, at least 5 injured in separate shootings across Chicago 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1402

7 facing charges in 'chaotic situation' at Centennial that sent 1 to hospital 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1080

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