Category Archives: News
VIDEO: Calls for Secret Service director to resign grow with investigations underway
(The Center Square) - As Congress prepares to investigate security failures around the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump last week in Pennsylvania, members of Congress from acro...
Jul 18, 2024
Mayor dodges loan questions, says state 'owes' public schools
(The Center Square) - Mayor Brandon Johnson is not ruling out a loan to cover a Chicago Public Schools deficit of $500 million. There is no official answer on how the mayor will fill the budget gap, a...
Jul 18, 2024
Illinois quick hits: State unemployment rate hits 5%; Decatur Public Schools adopt new phone policy for students
Illinois unemployment rate hits 5% The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that unemployment increased to 5 percent. The May revised unemployment rate was 4.9 percent. The national un...
Jul 18, 2024
Senator Sally Turner Reacts to Signing of Controversial Carbon Sequestration Legislation
State Senator Sally Turner (R-Beason) issued the following statement in response to Governor JB Pritzker signing Senate Bill 1289 into law despite its safety and environmental concerns: "I am deeply d...
Jul 18, 2024
Illinois adopts carbon capture and storage regulations
(The Center Square) - Carbon dioxide pipeline projects will face new scrutiny and regulations under legislation signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday. The Safety and Aid for the Environmen...
Jul 18, 2024
VIDEO: Illinois Republicans discuss election integrity, Secret Service investigation
(The Center Square) - Outgoing Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy, U.S. Rep. Darin Lahood and other state GOP leaders answered questions about election integrity, the Secret Service's handli...
Jul 18, 2024
Progressives, conservatives push to eliminate 'corporate welfare' with stalled measure
(The Center Square) - A bill that's not advancing would, according to proponents, make the grant administration process more equitable. A state senator called Senate Bill 2791 a "good bill." Senate Bi...
Jul 18, 2024
Illinois lab expands Advanced Photon Source with federal funds
(The Center Square) - Thanks to federal taxpayers, Argonne National Laboratory has rededicated its Advanced Photon Source for X-ray research. The federal government provided $815 million for the Advan...
Jul 18, 2024
Illinois news in brief: I-55 reopens after tornado damage; John Deere reverses course on 'cultural' issues; Texas plans to continue sending migrants to Chicago
I-55 reopens after tornado damage A 7-mile section of Interstate 55 near Channahon that had been closed since a tornado touched down Monday night has reopened. ComEd crews worked to remove and repair ...
Jul 18, 2024
VIDEO: Illinois delegate talks Trump, political rhetoric at RNC
(The Center Square) - Former Illinois state senator and Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey talked Wednesday with The Center Square about a range of topics at the Republican National Conve...
Jul 17, 2024
