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(The Center Square) - Wisconsin-based Menards has agreed to pay a combined $4.25 million to settle a lawsuit from 10 states related to deceptive marketing for its 11% rebate. The states attorneys argu...

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois decoupling from portions of the federal tax code was necessary to keep tax dollars flowing to the state that the federal government was trying to...

(The Center Square) - Immigration enforcement continues in Illinois as Gov. J.B. Pritzker again encouraged protesters to "do as you have." Social media posts show border enforcement officials back on ...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop discusses the enactment of a bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker says ushers in a world class mass transit...

Republicans oppose Madigan pardon request Republican members of Illinois' congressional delegation have expressed concerns about former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's request for a pardon fr...

(The Center Square) - Commonwealth Foundation Labor and Policy Senior Director David Osborne says Chicago's growing reputation as the place where public sector unions flex plenty of political muscle i...

Citadel relocating Citadel is reportedly shrinking its Chicago footprint three years after company owner Ken Griffin left the city for Florida. Crain's Chicago Business reports the financial firm is m...

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed $1.5 billion public transit-funding legislation, but Illinois consumers are expected to pay the price with higher taxes and tolls. Pritzker signed S...

Heartland Community College sophomore Graci Junis has been named the 2025 NJCAA Division II Volleyball Player of the Year. The individual honor for Junis comes shortly after the Heartland Hawks captur...

Nearly two dozen lawsuits lodged by trial lawyers on behalf of out-of-state plaintiffs seeking to use Cook County's famously plaintiff-friendly courts to score potentially big judgments against baby f...