Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - The annual pilgrimage of Illinois residents to neighboring states has kicked into high gear in anticipation of the Independence Day weekend. With many of the more popular firewor...

(The Center Square) - Measures impacting higher education, hunting, driving enforcement and more are now law after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed 15 bills Monday. Among the measures he signed Mond...

(The Center Square) - The countdown is on for who Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker thinks should be his lieutenant governor because the job of governor "may come" to them. If Pritzker wins a third term in ...

(The Center Square) - Chicago officials have begun a series of public budget discussions as the city grapples with a deficit of more than $1 billion. The city hosted its first budget engagement roundt...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares reaction from various Illinois political leaders to two separate U.S. Supreme Court rul...

Man charged with assaulting federal employee The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged a man with assaulting a federal employee outside the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. Prosecutors say 36-year-old...

(The Center Square) - Three men had already announced campaigns for governor when J.B. Pritzker launched his bid for a third term last week, but the field of candidates is expected to grow. DuPage Cou...

(The Center Square) - A U.S. senator from Illinois stands opposed to school choice provisions in federal budget legislation. A provision in the bill would allow donors to lower their tax liability by ...

(The Center Square) - As Gov. J.B. Pritzker targets federal policies while starting his campaign for a third term in Illinois, a Republican challenger says Pritzker's tax policies are regressive for I...

Chicago man convicting of supporting terrorists A 41-year-old Chicago man faces a maximum of 130 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign te...