Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - With about six weeks left to get a new city budget passed, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is headed back to the drawing board after his proposal to hike property taxes was soundly...

(The Center Square) - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is spearheading a new initiative called Governors Safeguarding Democracy alongside Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. GSD brands itself as a nonpartisan initi...

Infowars sold to Chicago-based The Onion The satirical news publication The Onion, which is based in Chicago, won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction. The Onion was backed by ...

(The Center Square) - A leading Illinois House Republican says Gov. J.B. Pritzker needs to stop his "macho man routine" and work with the incoming Trump administration to grow the state's economy. Don...

(The Center Square) - Former ComEd executive and cooperating government witness Fidel Marquez has returned to the witness stand for a sixth day of testimony at the bribery and racketeering trial of fo...

Taxpayers cover $72 million in medical debt The state of Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than $72 million worth of medical debt for over 52,000 Illinois residents. Offici...

(The Center Square) - After the passage of all three non-binding statewide referenda placed on the 2024 ballot by the state legislature, critics say the government hoarded ballot real estate, resultin...

(The Center Square) - Legislation to prohibit carbon capture and sequestration activities near a sole-source aquifer supplying drinking water to over 500,000 residents across 14 counties in Illinois i...

Pritzker building coalition of governors As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is leading a push against some of Trump's expected moves with a new c...

(The Center Square) - The push is on for Illinois legislators to advance some form of pension reform to address what proponents say are shortfalls in Tier II pensions. Illinois implemented Tier II pen...