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Illinois quick hits: Elections board splits on Harmon fine; busiest summer at O'Hare
Elections board splits on Harmon fine The Illinois State Board of Elections delivered a tied vote of 4-4 on state Senate President Don Harmon's appeal of a ruling that he violated campaign finance law...
Oct 21, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to toss stay in National Guard case
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to drop a stay preventing the president from federalizing and deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities over th...
Oct 21, 2025
GOP candidates: Illinois families struggle while Pritzker wins in Las Vegas
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker was a big winner in Las Vegas, but his Republican rivals say the governor's policies are giving Illinois families a losing hand. Pritzker told reporters last w...
Oct 21, 2025
WATCH: Pritzker wants immigration enforcement, just not Trump’s way
)The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is not for open borders and wants immigration law enforced, just not how the Trump administration is doing it. Monday at a stop in Florida, De...
Oct 21, 2025
‘Legal minefield:’ Biometrics reforms needed to keep IL tech biz growing
For the past year, business leaders, attorneys and others in Illinois and beyond have watched to see how the courts and the state's influential collective of trial lawyers would respond to the decisio...
Oct 21, 2025
Chicago transit violent crime at 7 year high, funding concerns persist
(The Center Square) - With federal authorities now threatening to cut Chicago Transit Authority funding due to rising violence across the system, Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford worries actions bein...
Oct 21, 2025
WATCH: National Guard case before SCOTUS; Trump insists China soybean deal coming
(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop reviews the latest in the legal battle over whether the Trump administration can use the Natio...
Oct 21, 2025
Illinois quick hits: Harvey furloughs some employees; lead poisoning prevention continues
Harvey furloughs some employees The Chicago suburb of Harvey has furloughed 69 employees, including police and fire, after the city council voted to designate the city as financially distressed. The H...
Oct 21, 2025
Illinois quick hits: Filings made to SCOTUS in National Guard case; Chicago sued DHS
Filings made to SCOTUS in National Guard case Illinois asked the Supreme Court not to hear President Donald Trump's request to deploy the National Guard to Chicago amid a disagreement about plans for ...
Oct 20, 2025
IL State rep: Grants are paying off in effort to combat auto thefts, carjackings
(The Center Square) - A bipartisan group of elected officials are applauding a new round of state grants to help police crack down on auto thefts and carjackings. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Gia...
Oct 20, 2025
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