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Op-Ed: Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week: Time to protect Illinois jobs, family businesses
This week is Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, a time dedicated to bringing attention to how Illinois’s unfair legal system drains…
Fiscal Fallout: Illinois diversity commission’s budget ballooning but results lag
(The Center Square) – Despite federal pushback for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Illinois has spent millions of dollars in…
Illinois quick hits: Trump deploys Illinois Nartional Guard; Madigan to report to prison
Trump deploys Illinois Nartional Guard …
U of I scrutinized over perceived preference for international students
(The Center Square) – The University of Illinois faces scrutiny over its Spring 2026 Master’s in Accounting program, with the…
ICE agents shoot armed woman in suburban Chicago during attack
(The Center Square) – Border Patrol agents near Chicago shot an armed woman Saturday who was part of a group…
Pritzker: Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump will federalize 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a…
City taxpayer burden swells, as Chicago pension debt rises
(The Center Square) – Chicago taxpayers now face unfunded debt from its municipal, laborers, police, fire and teachers’ pensions that…
USDOT puts $2.1 billion of taxpayer funds for CTA under review
(The Center Square) – More than $2 billion in federal taxpayer infrastructure funding granted by the Biden administration for Chicago…
WATCH: State police prepares ICE protest zones; energy policy debate continues
(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares the…
Illinois quick hits: Transit cliff revision criticized; Pike County shooting investigation
Transit cliff revision criticized With…
Pritzker open to spending on Bears infrastructure, concerns remain about debt
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is open to state funding of infrastructure for a proposed Chicago…
IL legislators weigh energy policy some say will increase costs
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ energy landscape continues to evolve as the state works to usher in industries that draw…