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SEP 10, 2025
With a little more than a month to go until the General Assembly’s fall veto session begins, lawmakers are continuing negotiations to pass a transit reform package that will prevent Chicago-area transit from going over a fiscal cliff.
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SEP 09, 2025
The latest report from the Commission of Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) found Illinois’ economy is a “mixed picture,” with limited job growth, steady unemployment and decreasing inflation. The report also details an increase in state revenues for August and steady bond ratings for the state.
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SEP 08, 2025
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The Illinois Supreme Court will return to Springfield Tuesday for their two-week September session. The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in 12 cases over the period.
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SEP 05, 2025
Federal immigration raids are expected in Chicago Saturday as President Donald Trump appears to back off his threat of deploying the National Guard in Chicago.
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SEP 04, 2025
The federal government is suing the state over laws allowing undocumented Illinois residents to receive in-state tuition, scholarships and grants.
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SEP 03, 2025
National Guard troops and protestors in Los Angeles in June 2025 [U.S. Northern Command, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]
Illinois officials continue to push against deploying National Guard troops in Illinois as President Donald Trump says he’s decided to move forward.
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SEP 02, 2025
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) walks into the Illinois State Fair followed by his running mate Stephanie Trussell and wife, Cindy, after driving in on a tractor in 2022. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
With a month and a half until candidate filing begins for the March primary, the Republican Party’s hopes to unseat statewide elected Democrats are facing a major roadblock: a lack of candidates.
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AUG 29, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday his office has spoken with Attorney General Kwame Raoul about an alleged violation of the Illinois TRUST Act by a downstate sheriff.
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AUG 28, 2025
The Legislative Audit Commission did not accept two audits last week from the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) because of repeat findings, including failure to follow the proper procedure to restrain a patient and determination errors for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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AUG 27, 2025
The proposed Cronus site on the north side of the highway on Monday, March 21, 2016. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
A fertilizer production facility in Tuscola more than a decade in the making is expected to break ground in the coming months, backed by state incentives.
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