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Advocate calls for stronger IDOC oversight after payroll fraud guilty plea
(The Center Square) – Calls for stronger oversight of the Illinois Department of Corrections are growing after a former department…
Illinois Quick Hits: FAFSA applications rise with increase in state taxpayer funding
(The Center Square) – According to the National College Attainment Network’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid Tracker for the…
Appeals court: Chicago’s ‘climate disinformation’ case belongs in Cook County
(Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court says a lawsuit brought by the city of Chicago, seeking to extract a…
Court OKs $45M verdict in talc asbestos case, including $30M for ‘reduced lifespan’
(Legal Newsline) - An Illinois appeals court has thrown open a new avenue for personal injury lawyers and others to…
Taxpayers to fund $424.9M soccer stadium infrastructure
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Fire may be building their own soccer stadium, but city taxpayers will be on…
Illinois Quick Hits: Benton pulls name from ballot after resignation
(The Center Square) – Former state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, who resigned from his seat in the Illinois House of…
Income tax cut on Missouri ballot; Illinois may see more outmigration
(The Center Square) – A ballot measure in front of Missouri voters next month could give some Illinois residents in…
Feds: Chicago is key in trade fraud fight
(The Center Square) – Federal officials came to Illinois this week to announce the results of a major crackdown on…
Illinois Quick Hits: State officials launch court user survey
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Judicial Conference announced on Tuesday a statewide circuit court…
$424.9M considered for projects at Fire stadium questioned
(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council may vote Wednesday on deals to spend $424.9 million of tax increment…
Illinois congressman pushes to repeal federal tax cuts
(The Center Square) – A Democrat Illinois congressman sparked pushback after urging fellow Democrats to repeal all aspects of President…
Illinois state diversity leader resigns amid criticism
(The Center Square) – The head of the embattled Illinois diversity commission has moved to a different state job after…