Category Archives: News

Mayor Chris Koos named Adam Nielsen as the Town of Normal's 2025 Citizen of the Year at the Town's annual Appreciation Reception Tuesday. "Throughout his career, Adam Nielsen represented the Town of N...

Gas rate increase public comments The Illinois Commerce Commission is encouraging Northern Illinois Gas Company (Nicor) customers to publicly comment on the utility's proposed rate hike at a hearing i...

(The Center Square) - The Illinois Department of Transportation is moving ahead with a new expressway to connect southern Illinois towns to St. Louis. Critics worry the project will waste money, harm ...

(The Center Square) - Illinois' governor says Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump are cutting food benefits for those who need it most to give tax cuts to the most wealthy. A Republic...

(The Center Square) - Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, is pushing a resolution he drafted to address the city's growing housing costs as new data reveals the number of homeless individual...

Heartland Community College is partnering with the advocacy organization CreatiVets to offer a free art course for student veterans. The course Art 120, CreatiVets Intro to Veteran Art, will be offere...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop provides highlights from Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Monday news conference where he signed two gun c...

Government worker pay increases Illinois state workers are getting raises faster and making 9.5% more in salary than private sector workers. According to the Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois public...

(The Center Square) - Illinois is now a lawsuit inferno, according to the latest American Tort Reform Association's Legislative HeatCheck Report. ATRA released its latest report Tuesday and said Illin...

(The Center Square) - Outmigration has taken a major toll on the Illinois economy, according to a new report by Unleash Prosperity. Using data from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Census Bur...