Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - Lawmakers in both Indiana and Illinois continue to jockey for position as the Chicago Bears request a large amount of taxpayer funds from each to build a new stadium and developm...

(The Center Square) - Illinois taxpayers will soon have a new watchdog approved unanimously by the state Senate. Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino assumed the office in January 2016. Wednesday, t...

(The Center Square) - Illinois lawmakers are weighing legislation that would require public schools to share all evidence used to suspend or expel a student with that student's parents or guardians be...

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump spewed lies and attempted to gaslight the American people during the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. "We endured two h...

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says $21 million in state capital funds will unlock more than $83 million in private investment to restore a historic hotel area in the Pullman State ...

(The Center Square) - With Illinois ranked the eighth-worst state in the country for its racial wealth gap, Democratic State Rep. LaShawn Ford is calling lawmakers to do more to give more black reside...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, can't use its user agreement to escape yet another potentially massive payout from a lawsuit brought under Illinois' stringent biometric privacy law...

The city of Chicago could be on the hook for more than $160 million in refunds to thousands of vehicle owners slammed with illegally excessive fines over unpaid parking tickets, missing city stickers ...

Indiana House approves Bears stadium bill The Indiana House of Representatives passed legislation to establish a Northwest Indiana stadium authority for the Chicago Bears. Indiana Senate Bill 27 was a...

(The Center Square) - With more than $100 million of assistance from state taxpayers, community violence intervention advocates are touting lower crime numbers in Chicago. CVI organization members, su...