r/illinois Oct 12 '25

From the Mod Team We're changing our policies on specificity of locations

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TLDR: The mod team is changing course on this issue. We encourage users to specify locations of current events that happen in public spaces, including any and all law enforcement action.

After several days of discussion among the mod team, we've come to the conclusion that our policies against reporting specific locations are unnecessarily restrictive. Most recently, we've guided users to avoid being specific about the location of any current events, out of concern that it could reveal private or personal information about the persons involved, which is a violation of site-wide Reddit policies We are, of course, bound to moderate this space in a way that adheres to all of Reddit's site-wide policies, and if we fail to do so, the subreddit will be shut down.

That being said, we've come to a consensus that private and personal information means more than just location of where people are at in a given moment, and the context of people's presence at specific locations matters. It remains prohibited to reveal the home address or workplace of any private individual, or to offer overly specific information about that sort of personal information: for example, if a user were to post that u/jamey1138 lives near the corner of Pulaski and Belmont in Chicago, that would be considered too specific. Other forms of contact information, including phone numbers, email addresses, etc, shared without the individual's consent are also violations of private and personal information.

On the other hand, if a user says that there's law enforcement activity, including ICE and CBP activity, at a particular corner, that does not reveal anyone's personal or private information. We want to encourage community members to share information about any current events happening in any public space in Illinois, and to include specific locations with that information.

Thank you for your participation in r/Illinois. We will continue to evolve our policies, and try to meet the moment as best we are able. Stay safe everyone.


r/illinois Nov 08 '24

Politics is hard - Be honest, be kind, and watch out for the ban hammer.

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It's been a crazy few days and politics is hard.

We're a pretty small Mod team and keeping up on the trash coming in takes a lot of time and effort . We will be throwing around the ban hammer quite a bit for a while here. We will be locking posts as they spiral out of control. Have patience.

Remember to be kind and civil. Have a little grace. Allow people to be mad, to use hyperbole, and to exaggerate. This isn't a space to rage away at the other side. There are plenty of other spaces on the internet for that. Come here to understand the other side, even if you disagree. Tell them they're wrong and why they're wrong, but also remember they are a person who probably truly believes what they are saying. You wont convince them, but you can be understood and you can understand them.

Sometimes a simple downvote is all that's needed.

Anyway. Give us a break and chill out, k?


r/illinois 8h ago

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r/illinois 1h ago

US Politics Florida to remove all Flock cameras from state highway roads

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Not Illinois but if Florida can do it why cant we?


r/illinois 1h ago

US Politics Vote!

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r/illinois 5h ago

Illinois Facts Illinois, in just the last two years, has collected over a *billion* dollars in revenue (expenditures) thanks to increasing movie production in the state, particularly Chicago.

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2025: $703 million (record high), with an estimated $401 million in wages and about 18,100 industry hires (excluding extras)

2024: $653 million (second-highest on record), with an estimated $351 million in wages and about 18,200 hires.

https://dceo.illinois.gov/whyillinois/film/filminginillinois.html


r/illinois 1d ago

ICE Posts Chicago Resident Gives ICE Agent A Chicago Greeting

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r/illinois 12h ago

Illinois News U.S. farmers lost conservation experts in Trump's federal cuts. Now they're hurting for help

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r/illinois 7h ago

US Politics We Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in America

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Before getting involved in the FL-24 race, Brown lost a different Republican House primary this year—not in Florida, but in Illinois. Oh, and there’s this: Back in Illinois, she appears to be under indictment for felony wire fraud. Per publicly available court documents, her trial is set to begin just weeks after Election Day.


r/illinois 1d ago

Illinois News Illinois’ high vaccination rate has stemmed measles tide amid nationwide spike

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r/illinois 1d ago

Illinois Facts The Change in Fall Enrollment at Illinois Public Universities, 2005-2024

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There are a dozen public universities in the state of Illinois.

Just two of them have recorded any significant growth.

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (+41%)
The University of Illinois - Chicago (+37%)

8 of the 12 have recorded double digit enrollment losses.


r/illinois 1d ago

it's a joke, laugh Not all downstaters hate Chicago over politics; some of us hate them for the right reasons.

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r/illinois 5h ago

Question What are the best events for October (spooky season) in Illinois? Also what events are there on October 31st

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What are the best events for October (spooky season) in Illinois? Also what events are there on October 31st any and all events can be included. Want to do an event everyday of October.


r/illinois 1d ago

Question How fucked is Illinois specifically thanks to Trump letting farmers process their own beef?

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With the whole Argentina beef debacle and now this shit, how fucked are we specifically? Like in terms of stores like harvest market, county market, Walmart, restaurants?


r/illinois 1d ago

West Central IL news & issues 3 former law enforcement officials plead guilty in Staunton bar beating

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r/illinois 1d ago

Illinois News Dolly Parton-themed corn maze honors late country music singer's legacy

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r/illinois 23h ago

Illinois Politics Daniel Biss, John Elleson to debate in Skokie on Sept. 24

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r/illinois 1d ago

Illinois Politics Sexual harassment claims, while deemed unfounded, may linger in downstate legislative race

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Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel’s former deputy chief of staff Laura Jackson claims that, among other things, Briel, D-Ottawa, sexually harassed her, supplied her and the campaign staff with “unlimited” amounts of Adderall and gave “bonuses in marijuana.”


r/illinois 1d ago

Question Got a letter in the mail notifying new about the new medicaid requirements, hoping I can get an exemption for being "medically frail" as I have numerous mental health issues, how do I go about doing this?

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So I finally got that letter in the mail telling my that the new medicaid requirements will go into effect next year, the letter did have a page saying you could be exempt from the work requirements under certain conditions, one of them being if you were "medically frail"(Their words not mine)which entails things like drug/alcohol addiction, blindness or the one relevant to me-severe mental health issues. Late last year I got pretty bad OCD and it's never really truly gone away, i'm paranoid about germs and contamination quite a bit, so the idea of spending hours away from home someplace else that could be contaminated is definitely not appealing to me and I don't think I could do it without going nuts. I'm just wondering how to go about getting declared exempt? Do I see a psychiatrist and get officially diagnosed in order to qualify? I already took a test earlier this year that got me an official diagnosis of autism. If all else fails apparently the 80 hours also counts if you're self-employed and I have been selling stuff on Ebay for years and do taxes for that so hopefully that'll be enough, if not I guess i'll do volunteer or work stuff online.


r/illinois 2d ago

Illinois News Lawmaker says Grayslake mega data center 'should not proceed' without answers on power, water and noise

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r/illinois 1d ago

Trip Planning & Tourist Help/ Guidance Chicago trip route planning help?

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Hi all,

I'm making my first trip up to Chicago where I'm the one actually doing the driving soon.

We're driving up via I-55

What route into downtown Chicago would those experienced with driving there recommend for getting into downtown with relatively little chance of dying due to traffic?

(I jest about the dying)

We're going to try to successfully get to the Auditorium Theatre downtown.

- Thanks in advance!


r/illinois 2d ago

Chicago news & issues Parkgoers flee in terror as mass shooting leaves one dead and 13 wounded

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r/illinois 1d ago

Trip Planning & Tourist Help/ Guidance Rosie's Tavern, Danville, IL.

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r/illinois 2d ago

ICE Posts ICE's car graveyard in the Chicago Suburb of Broadview. ICE continues to cause major crashes on busy roads across the Chicagoland area.

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r/illinois 2d ago

Question So does anybody know of a store that sells this in Illinois?

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I used to see them everywhere last year and now I cant find this anywhere. Does anybody know of a pacific store that sells these?