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Illinois housing crunch sees prices rising, units dwindling
(The Center Square) – With Illinois facing a housing shortage fueled by dwindling availability and rising prices, Illinois Policy Institute…
Illinois Quick Hits: Violent Crime down, arrest rates up in Chicago
(The Center Square) – New research from the Illinois Policy Institute shows that violent crime declined in nearly 90% of…
Palatine teacher fired over anti-BLM posts turns to SCOTUS
A former Palatine High School teacher who was fired for posting anti-Black Lives Matter content to her personal Facebook page…
Illinois Quick Hits: Illinois to join WHO’s alert network
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois is joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response…
GOP candidates for Illinois governor challenge Pritzker on state finances
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed ways for Illinois to better fund pensions, but one of the…
Miller: Illinois ‘dragging its feet’ on voter rolls as election nears
(The Center Square) – Congresswoman Mary Miller, R-Oakland, slammed the Illinois State Board of Elections on Monday for what she…
Illinois Quick Hits: Pritzker wants to extend pension buyout program
(The Center Square) – With Illinois’ unfunded public sector pension liability hovering around $140 billion, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed…
Dems fail in first try to use ‘state sovereignty’ to ‘veto’ ICE
As a federal judge in Chicago prepares to hear Illinois' and Chicago's lawsuit seeking to all but halt ICE and…
Illinois Quick Hits: McIntyre back as inspector general for DCFS
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has reappointed Ann McIntyre to continue serving as inspector general for the Illinois…
Lawmakers discuss budget, spending, tax credits as Illinois Senate returns
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee chair says greater federal scrutiny of state government spending will not…
Chicago downtown office space vacancy rate ends year at record high levels
(The Center Square) – Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon warns Chicago’s dwindling business community could be riding into high-gear after…
Ex-Illinois candidate sides with Vance after Duckworth–Rubio clash
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, is facing fresh criticism after Vice President J.D. Vance likened her…