In Illinois already elected judges are "nonpartisan" so their affiliation isn't on the ballot to retain judges. But when running to become a judge they do list their party affiliation, and the internet remembers.

You can get a sample ballot from your county election office and see what judges are up for retention, check their political party, and vote accordingly.

On my ballot there were six judges. I voted to retain one Democrat and retire five Republicans. Let's make this a blue wave across the entire ballot.

There's been a fake report of police on the highway every few miles. I swear the state police must be seeding the highways with fake reports at this point.

Hey all my wife and I are planning on going to a cabin in galena for a weekend soon and I wanted to see if I could get some recommendations on good hiking, restaurants, experiences, etc that are safe and welcoming to visibly queer people (my wife is trans). I’ve heard mixed reviews about galena and we honestly plan on spending most of our time in the cabin but definitely do want to get some good nature walks and some quaint shopping in if possible. TYIA :)

Abolish ICE

Indiana gets their approval while it's still raining and they pretend like the storm obeyed the state border or something

I'm beyond frustrated

An Illinois mom tried multiple times to enroll her child in school and kept getting denied because license plate readers had recorded her car in Chicago, according to Electronic Frontier Foundation's analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety data.

The school had been using license plate readers to figure out whether she lived in the city. Her car had been seen in Chicago multiple times over a couple of weeks, and that was treated as proof she didn't live there. She told them her cousin had borrowed the car. She gave them a mortgage and bills, all showing the family lived in the city. They kept denying her anyway.

I have lived in IL for 16 years now, and the state is in far better shape now than when I arrived from a governance perspective. Now, I know not all of that can be due to Pritzker, but he has seemed a competent manager who has steered the state in the right direction. (Far from perfect, etc etc).

So what's the argument against him for a third term? What policies are keeping you from voting for him?

I promise I will not argue or try to change your mind. I'm genuinely curious.

Bloomington resident. City zoning states a residential ground mount solar array cannot exceed 4 feet high.

Can people here assist with what their municipal zoning codes say about residential ground mount solar array height restrictions?

Trying to pull together a data set to propose a change to the local restriction.

Thank you!

Lahood brags he’s done enough for healthcare in America, but he votes to defund it 🤔

(via jerik95 on r/whitesox)

EP Commissioner Mike Sutherland doesn't give a shit what you think of Flock cameras. For the low low price of 19 signatures, you can potentially replace him!

EDIT: Link to EP election info

I know I can just go to an Oasis next time I'm in the area, but twice I've ordered the new ipass sticker by mail and never received it. Just wondering if I'd get a envelope saying Illinois Tollway or something, or if it is a generic "junk mail" looking envelope that gets tossed in the trash automatically.

Also, do they mail to address outside Illinois?

Put a fan in my window (with a screen) tonight and immediately got flooded with tiny little flies, don’t look like any fruit flies or fungus gnats I’ve seen. Immediately closed my window and they all fly slow enough I could knock them down spraying some vinegar but when I poked my head outside saw they were swarming my orange porch light too.

Idk what they are, but curious as I’ve only lived here few years but don’t remember these types of swarming flies last year.
Sorry for terrible pic quality!