Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop provides highlights from the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals oral arguments in the chall...

(The Center Square) - Discretionary spending by Illinois state leaders has increased more than $16 billion since J.B. Pritzker became governor nearly seven years ago. That is a total increase of about...

(The Center Square) - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she doesn't expect mayors or governors of sanctuary jurisdictions like Illinois being arrested unless they commit crimes. At a p...

(The Center Square) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons has contacted the attorneys general of California, Illinois and New York about their states' noncompliance wit...

(The Center Square) - A three judge panel in a federal appeals took the challenge to Illinois' gun and magazine ban under advisement after hearing arguments Monday. Southern District of Illinois Judge...

(The Center Square) - Starting next year, Illinois public libraries must stock opioid overdose antidotes and train staff, a move supporters say saves lives, though critics worry it adds new burdens. H...

Driver's blood alcohol over legal limit The Stephenson County Sheriff's Office says toxicology results show that a Guatemalan national's blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit w...

To commemorate Child Passenger Safety Week (September 21-27), a free drive-up car seat safety check event will be held on Saturday, September 27, from 9am-1pm in the parking lot of OSF Healthcare St. ...

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal house fire in Saybrook as 72-year-old Carol D. Purcell. The McLean County Sheriff's Department responded around 4:12 p.m. on Sept. 19 to a fire at 301...

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump says Charlie Kirk asked him to save Chicago. The president addressed tens of thousands of people at the Turning Point USA's memorial service in Glendale, A...