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Illinois Quick Hits: Cook County announces $20M in CVI spending
(The Center Square) – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has announced $20 million of taxpayer funding for community violence…
Illinois Quick Hits: Rockford to fill budget gap with reserve funds
(The Center Square) – Rockford officials are planning to spend reserve funds to close a $9.4 million revenue shortfall. …
Feds seek to join case to halt Evanston black ‘reparations’ payments
The Justice Department is jumping into court against the city of Evanston, lending the heft of the federal government to…
Social media platforms challenge Chicago tax; Pritzker confident in statewide plan
(The Center Square) – Chicago faces an ongoing lawsuit over a tax ordinance on social media platforms that was imposed…
New Bears bill introduced for Arlington Heights
(The Center Square) – A state representative has filed new legislation aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois, but…
Chicago pushes $21M home-purchase program, state expands its own
(The Center Square) – Affordable housing continues to be an area Illinois leaders seek to address through expanded taxpayer-funded spending…
Illinois Quick Hits: Justice Department moves against Evanston reparations program
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a motion to intervene in a civil rights lawsuit…
Pritzker signs budget sending millions to NGOs
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $55.9 billion state budget for fiscal year 2027, with tens…
New department to oversee childcare background checks, billions in grants
(The Center Square) – The new state Department of Early Childhood is set to begin operating in full as of…
Illinois Quick Hits: Illinois power company to shutter three plants
(The Center Square) – A power company plans to shut down three Illinois facilities in the next 18 months. …
Appeals court dumps $60M baby formula NEC verdict vs Mead Johnson
Saying a St. Clair County judge applied an improper legal standard and allowed trial lawyers to bias a jury, an…
Chicago council defers meter sale approval, criticizes Johnson over ‘lack of transparency’
(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council is torn over a proposal from Mayor Brandon Johnson that would approve…