WATCH: Congressional seat at stake; Pritzker on Medicaid costs, school choice, ICE
January 29, 2026/
(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square’s Greg Bishop continues to unpack data from this week’s release of U.S. Census estimates that shows the prospect of the state losing more seats in Congress.
Bishop also airs Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s response to questions about increased Medicaid costs for children without Social Security Numbers, ongoing immigration enforcement and whether the state is going to opt in to the national school choice scholarship tax credit program.
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