Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares reaction from across the political spectrum to the passing of former Illinois Gov. Jim ...

Flags to fly half-staff to honor Edgar Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has died at the age of 79, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Edgar was governor from 1991 to 1999 after previously servin...

(The Center Square) - Illinois political leaders are mourning the passing of former Gov. Jim Edgar. Edgar died Sunday at the age of 79. He served as Illinois governor from 1991 to 1999, and before tha...

(The Center Square) - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar died Sunday at the age of 79. Edgar, a Republican, served as governor from 1991 to 1999. He also served as Illinois secretary of state from 1981 to...

Migrant dead after incident with ICE A man is dead and a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is injured after the ICE officer attempted to arrest the foreign national during a vehicle sto...

(The Center Square) - An Illinois lawmaker warns that, according to the latest Nation's Report Card, Illinois students are still behind in reading and math post-pandemic, while homeschool advocates ca...

(The Center Square) - A man is dead and a U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officer is injured after the ICE officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop in a Chicago suburb. The U.S. Department ...

(The Center Square) - Former Wirepoints president and banker Ted Dabrowski has launched his campaign for Illinois governor. The Wilmette Republican addressed supporters from the front steps of his hom...

(The Center Square) - A gun rights advocate says that the U.S. Department of Justice coming to argue in front of an appeals court against Illinois' gun ban is significant. Oral arguments are scheduled...

(The Center Square) - An Illinois lawmaker and law enforcement officer reacts to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's enacting a law requiring schools to report firearms or threats to principals, a move supporters sa...