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State Police, IDOT break ground on $14M training facility
(The Center Square) – The Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department of Transportation broke ground on a joint venture…
Illinois Quick Hits: Johnson says comptroller running is ‘no breaking news’
(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says it’s no breaking news that Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is running…
Debt burden, pensions burden Chicago Public Schools
(The Center Square) – The author of a new Civic Federation report says taking on more debt would be a…
Nearly 100,000 Illinois Uber, Lyft drivers may soon be able to unionize
(The Center Square) – A proposal that would allow many Uber and Lyft drivers to form a sector-wide union and…
GOP rep: New budget shows ‘addiction’ to taxes
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois’ new budget for fiscal year 2027 protects working families from new…
Illinois Quick Hits: Comptroller Mendoza announces run for Chicago mayor
(The Center Square) – Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is running for mayor of Chicago. …
Illinois slaps limits on non-lawyer investor power in law firms
Illinois has become the latest state to restrict the involvement of private equity and other non-lawyer interests in owning or…
Bill loosens in-state tuition requirements
(The Center Square) – Some students from outside the Land of Lincoln may soon pay in-state tuition at Illinois public…
Illinois Quick Hits: Nine arrested during Naperville teen gathering
(The Center Square) – Naperville Police say they arrested nine people and issued almost three dozen citations after large groups…
Pritzker housing proposal partly stalls amid overreach concerns from localities
(The Center Square) – Though the entire affordable housing initiative from Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn’t make it through the General…
Swipe fee battle continues after delay, court ruling
(The Center Square) – Illinois is still waiting to benefit from a law promised to generate hundreds of millions of…
$45M included in budget for previously unfunded property tax relief
(The Center Square) – Included in the recently passed state budget, the Illinois State Board of Education will get money…