WATCH: Illinois In Focus Daily | Friday Aug. 15th, 2025
August 15, 2025/
(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop talks with gun rights advocate Todd Vandermyde about the latest filing from the state defending Illinois’ gun ban in the federal appeals court. Read the filing here.
Bishop also provides highlights from Republican Day at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, from stage speeches and off-stage conversations with candidates and elected officials.
Finally, Bishop shares the latest back and forth in the debate over congressional maps as Texas Democrats may be heading back to the Lone Star State to face off with Republicans looking to give the GOP more seats in Congress.
Watch the full program below. Subscribe to Illinois in Focus Daily with The Center Square on YouTube. You can also subscribe to the Illinois in Focus podcast to get the entire show uninterrupted.
Part 1
Part 2
Today Jun 17
71° 54°
Partly Sunny
Latest News Stories
Frankfort Approves Pavlov Media Fiber Optic Hub Lease in Exchange for Municipal Internet Service
Frankfort Village Board Meeting | April 20, 2026 Article Summary: The Village entered into a 10-year lease agreement allowing Pavlov Media to construct a fiber optic hub on municipal property,...
Everyday Economics: Housing sets the stage, but the Fed, PCE are the main event
By Orphe DivounguyThe Center Square This week begins with housing, but the real macro story comes later: the Federal Reserve chair’s press conference and the Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation report....
DOJ: Shooting suspect targeted Trump admin officials
By Dan McCaleb and Jon StyfThe Center Square The California man accused of storming security at Saturday night's White House Correspondents’ Dinner and shooting a Secret Service officer before being...
23 state AGs demand top ratings agencies explain ESG-driven downgrades
By Tate MillerThe Center Square Nearly two dozen state attorneys general are asking the three top ratings agencies to explain their “ESG-driven” downgrades of fossil-fuel companies. In a letter to...
Bacon says Pentagon raided housing fund for troop bonuses, demands repayment
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square A retiring Republican congressman plans to confront Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week over how $2.6 billion appropriated by Congress for military housing assistance was...
Will County Passes Comprehensive Adult Entertainment Ordinance
Will County Board Meeting | April 16, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board passed Ordinance 26-133, enacting Chapter 119 of the Business Regulations to establish rigorous licensing, operational, and...
Correspondents’ dinner attacker detained with multiple weapons
By Jon StyfThe Center Square A California man charged security with multiple weapons at a magnetometer screening area outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night before he shot...
BREAKING: Trump, cabinet OK after shots fired at White House Correspondents dinner
By Dan McCalebThe Center Square President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and members of Trump's cabinet are OK after being rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner...
Frankfort Township Board Approves Highway Salt Purchase, Restructures Financial Signers
Frankfort Township Board Meeting | March 9, 2026 Article Summary: The Frankfort Township Board unanimously approved a resolution updating its Illinois Fund authorized signers and greenlit the Highway Department's 2026-2027 salt...
U.S. House Republicans face jam-packed week ahead
By Thérèse BoudreauxThe Center Square U.S. House Republicans face a daunting legislative to-do list for the week ahead. The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for more than...
Trump again scraps peace talks with Iran
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square President Donald Trump called off a planned diplomatic mission to Pakistan on Saturday, refusing to send his team on what he described as an unproductive...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear TPS for Haiti, Syria Wednesday
By Andrew RiceThe Center Square The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in two cases that could determine the temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Justices...
Fifth Circuit hands Texas another win on border security law
By Bethany BlankleyThe Center Square The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed Texas its third win Friday on border security. As the border crisis escalated during the Biden administration, Gov....
