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Seven more counties consider separation, creating new state
(The Center Square0 – Voters in seven Illinois counties have a chance to join 33 others that approved referendums to…
Illinois Quick Hits: Indiana governor touts True Value move from Illinois
(The Center Square) – Do it Best Group says relocating its True Value hardware headquarters from Chicago to Do It…
Dem leaders want transparency, unsure if ethics report will be released
(The Center Square) – After state Rep. Harry Benton stepped down from his seat after findings in an ethics investigation,…
Flash index shows rising tax receipts in Illinois
(The Center Square) – Illinois income tax and sales tax receipts are up for the fiscal year that ended on…
Illinois Quick Hits: Aqua seeks water rate hike
(The Center Square) – Another Illinois utility wants to raise rates on consumers. …
Pritzker signs AI regulation critics say harms innovation, ‘picks winners’
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Monday that he and lawmakers said intends to provide new…
500-plus fugitives arrested across two states
(The Center Square) – More than 400 fugitives have been arrested in Illinois, and another 117 in Missouri, over the…
Illinois Quick Hits: Woman sentenced for voting twice
(The Center Square) – A Hoopeston woman has been sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a…
Embattled state lawmaker resigns after investigation into ‘unethical’ behavior
(The Center Square) – After two days of calls for his resignation by Democrat leaders, embattled Illinois state Rep. Harry…
New statewide tenant law signed; Chicago seeks to push further
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law into effect that lawmakers say intends to increase renter…
Illinois Quick Hits: 179 charged in ‘badgeless’ federal enforcement
(The Center Square) – U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros says 179 people have been charged…
Ex-security officials thank Pritzker for not deploying Guard to America’s 250th
(The Center Square) – A group of 19 former national security officials signed a letter to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker,…