Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - Illinois diversity commissioners are paid tens of thousands more than other state boards but aren't required to work full time, allowing them to run a digital media company, free...

(The Center Square) - The Chicago Teachers Union says it has complied with a U.S. House committee's request to release financial audits, but attorneys challenging the union in court say they are still...

(The Center Square) - Illinois lawmakers are moving to ensure families adopting children from the state's foster care system receive complete information about a child's history, including medical, ed...

(The Center Square) - An Illinois congressman broke with a faction of moderate Democrats recently by voting against a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that includes billions for Immigratio...

Another Archdiocese of Chicago school has cited the end of Illinois' Invest in Kids Scholarship Tax Credit Program as a reason for closing at the end of the current school year. The announcement by St...

(The Center Square) - A candidate for the Illinois Statehouse worries there could be a dark side to the 725% increase in Medicaid payments for children without Social Security numbers. After more than...

(The Center Square) - Chicago's inspector general says she hopes there is urgency to correct mistakes after the city paid $26.5 million in overtime to potentially ineligible employees. The Office of I...

(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) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square's Greg Bishop discusses a recent announcement from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office of nearly $500 million in...

(The Center Square) - A proposed Illinois bill, the "Let the People Lift the Ban Act," SB2884, would let local voters approve rent control, drawing sharp debate between tenant advocates and landlords ...