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State spends millions on State Fair; new infrastructure project plans unveiled
(The Center Square) – With the Illinois State Fair in Springfield opening Thursday morning, officials revealed how much state spending…
Illinois Quick Hits: NWS confirms more Illinois tornadoes
(The Center Square) – At least six tornadoes swept through Illinois on Tuesday. The National Weather Service said an EF-1…
Illinois Quick Hits: Teamsters announce agreement with United Airlines
(The Center Square) – Teamsters say they have won an industry-leading tentative agreement for 11,000 mechanics and related employees with…
Illinois taxpayers provide nearly $190 million for state fair
(The Center Square) – The Illinois State Fair is expected to generate about $100 million of economic impact after taxpayers…
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…