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DHS announces new facility U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has returned to Illinois to discuss expanding detention facilities for what she calls "the worst of the worst criminal illegal a...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop covers the latest in the fight over redistricting with an Illinois state senator joining Texas...

(The Center Square) - With Illinois now being home to the highest property tax rates in the country, state Rep. Dan Ugaste is pushing legislation aimed at alleviating part of the load now being heaped...

(The Center Square) - The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional redistricting efforts in the Lone Star State. The laws...

(The Center Square) - While Democratic lawmakers from California to New York have threatened to redistrict in response to Texas' redistricting efforts, state Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, says thre...

Fatal helicopter crash Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Hughes 369D with two people on board went down...

(The Center Square) - A new poll shows that Governor J.B. Pritzker's approval rating has flipped negative for the first time. The Illinois Policy Institute's newest Lincoln Poll conducted by M3 Strate...

(The Center Square) - As the FBI gets involved in locating Texas Democrats hiding out in states like Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says they are welcome, but the Democratic governor insists the abscond...

(The Center Square) - The 2025 Illinois State Fair is being praised for its affordability and accessibility to families across the state, but it's also a major public investment, with more than $140 m...

July 25, 2025, would have marked Illinois' first Emmett Till Day, a commemoration of the 14-year-old Chicagoan whose 1955 lynching galvanized the Civil Rights Movement, but state lawmakers had a diffe...