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Beecher Approves $38,300 TIF Rebate to Business Park Property
Beecher Village Board Meeting | June 8, 2026 Article Summary: The board approved a $38,300.12 payment to Cecich & Son Enterprises LLC, returning 75% of the village's 2025 property tax...
Beecher District Pushes Summer Roof, Window Projects Toward Fall Deadline
Beecher 200-U Board of Education Meeting | June 10, 2026 Article Summary: Beecher 200-U administrators told the board that roofing, window and floor projects are progressing across the elementary, junior...
Two Democrats seek GOP congressman’s seat in Colorado
By Liam HibbertThe Center Square Two state Democratic officials are nipping at the heels of the Republican incumbent in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District in what has been deemed one of...
WATCH: Report says more U.S. families are saving for college
By Esther WickhamThe Center Square As taxpayers continue subsidizing higher education and student loan debt at $1.8 trillion, more American families are planning and saving for college, according to a...
Beecher Board Waives Bidding to Buy $69,522 Public Works Truck
Beecher Village Board Meeting | June 8, 2026 Article Summary: The Beecher Village Board voted unanimously June 8 to waive competitive bidding and authorize the purchase of a 2027 Ford...
Illinois to see 4 new consumer protection laws enacted
By Sean Reed | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was joined by state lawmakers and other officials Thursday to sign a four-bill...
EXCLUSIVE: Report warns about costly regulations’ impact on short-term rentals
By Chris WoodwardThe Center Square A new report shines a light on local governments that have burdensome and costly regulations for short-term rentals. They're in states varying from California and...
One in five calls answered on IRS identity theft line, watchdog says
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square The IRS processed nearly 139 million returns in 2026, but millions of taxpayers still faced refund delays, identity theft backlogs and phone lines they couldn't...
‘Don’t be a hypocrite:’ Congressional hearing with DHS Secretary Mullin heats up
By Thérèse BoudreauxThe Center Square A U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing devolved into a shouting match between Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. The...
Hawaii gun law struck down by U.S. Supreme Court
By Morgan SweeneyThe Center Square The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines Thursday that a Hawaii law requiring concealed-carry permit holders to obtain permission before entering most private...
Illinois SNAP error rate rises; Pritzker blames Trump
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Illinois now has the fifth-highest error rate in the nation for improper payments to recipients of federal...
Watchdog: Canceled NASA contracts more than doubled in cost
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square A new federal watchdog report found contract values on canceled Artemis systems more than doubled, to $5.9 billion, and NASA still hasn't disclosed what its...
Senate committee explores ways to protect American citizenship
By Christine JohnsonThe Center Square The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution met on Wednesday to discuss the subject of protecting America’s citizenship, considering America’s 250th...
