r/illinois 1h ago

Illinois News [WQAD] Federal funding extended again for Chicago-Quad Cities passenger rail project - There is still no timeline for when the long-delayed project would begin.

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r/illinois 2h 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 3h ago

US Politics Vote!

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r/illinois 6h 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 7h 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 8h 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 9h ago

US Politics Speaking to Madison County Democrats, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he is "genuinely frightened" about the country’s future

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r/illinois 13h 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 21h ago

Chicago news & issues WTF is with O’Hare?

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Every time I have tried to fly in or out of O’Hare this year at least one leg of my flight gets completely f!!ked because of flights being either grounded or prevented from landing at O’Hare. They say it’s weather, but we always have weather. Why aren’t we addressing the issues of not having enough people doing the ATC jobs? Why aren’t we hearing about this from Johnson and Pritzker? I’m missing critical events because I either can’t get out of the city or I can’t get back.

Sure, the airport has always had some issues. But nothing to this scale.


r/illinois 1d ago

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

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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

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

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r/illinois 1d ago

ICE Posts Chicago Resident Gives ICE Agent A Chicago Greeting

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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 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

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 1d ago

I Hate Illinois Nazis I bought a Tesla and Illinois randomly assigned me a Nazi dog-whistle license plate, then told me it costs $29 to replace because objecting to it is a personal preference.

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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

Illinois Facts JB Pritzker was Master of Ceremonies for the Friends of the lDF, Central Region Annual Dinner in 2013, at the Hilton Chicago.

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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 2d ago

Sports! Former Score Host Mike North says that if Trump owned the Bears, they would have a stadium deal done in Chicago.

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r/illinois 2d ago

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

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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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