Illinois Quick Hits: Small business advocates applaud treasury rule on BOI
(The Center Square) – According to the National Federation of Independent Business, the U.S. Treasury Department’s final rule removing the…
Religious, medical professionals challenge Illinois doctor-assisted death law
(The Center Square) – A group of medical professionals, a nursing home and a Catholic bishop from Illinois are suing…
Pritzker administration dismisses Trump vaccine order
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is not on board with President Donald Trump’s executive order to change…
Johnson regulates Chicago data centers, wants moratorium
(The Center Square) – Chicago could soon be one of the largest cities in the U.S. to halt the development…
Illinois Quick Hits: Inspector finds ‘data inaccuracies’ in Chicago finance department
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Office of Inspector General has found the city’s finance department cannot reliably measure the…
Taxpayer Philanthropy: Illinois taxpayers are funding PTSD ‘God shot’ treatments
(The Center Square) – Illinois state officials awarded more than $170,000 in taxpayer money to a nonprofit that paid for…
Foxx’s top deputy to face questions over handling of murder ‘innocence’ cases
(Legal Newsline) — One of former Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's top deputies will be forced to testify under…
Manufacturers sue over law allegedly forcing them to pay pharmacies for discount drugs
(Legal Newsline) — Some of the country's largest pharmaceutical companies have taken aim at a new Illinois law they say…
Casino delays development over disagreement with Chicago council
(The Center Square) – Following threats of lost revenue to Chicago City Council over the approval of video gambling terminals,…
Illinois Quick Hits: Bill introduced to repeal digital ad tax, social media fee
(The Center Square) – An Illinois lawmaker has proposed bills that would repeal the state’s social media platform fee and…
Vacant State Armory renamed to honor former Gov. Edgar amid $122M remodel
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Armory, which sat vacant for years across the street from the State Capitol, was…
Pritzker questions property tax caps
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says local taxing bodies should stop raising property taxes, because the state is…