Chicago’s $41 billion financial hole exposes city’s pension crisis
(The Center Square) - Chicago finished fiscal year 2024 with a $41.1 billion gap between the money it has available to pay bills and... Read More.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Ex-sheriff employee ordered to repay $35,000
(The Center Square) - A judge has ordered a former Cook County Sheriff's office employee to pay more than $35,000 in restitution for forgery... Read More.
Routh sentenced to life in prison for assassination attempt on Trump
(The Center Square) - Ryan Routh, the North Carolina native who lived in Hawaii, has been sentenced to life in prison on conviction of... Read More.
INVESTIGATION: Wisconsin university closes DEI unit but keeps most staff working on equity issues
After concerns were raised about spending on DEI, the University of Wisconsin-Madison shuttered a department but kept most of the staff and their titles... Read More.
EXCLUSIVE: 5 largest U.S. cities don’t have enough money to pay bills: report
(The Center Square) - The five largest cities in the United States, all led by Democrats, did not have enough money to pay their... Read More.
Tillis probes ICE practices after calling Noem a ‘sycophant’
A Republican Senator wants answers about reports of U.S. citizens being detained as part of President Donald Trump's widespread immigration enforcement campaign.
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Trump tells Iranian leaders they ‘should be very worried’
Iran's leadership "should be very worried," President Donald Trump warned Wednesday amid conflicting reports that talks between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic had... Read More.
Nurses demand inclusion in professional degree definition
The American Nurses Association is urging the public to call for nurses to be added back into the definition of "professional degrees" after the... Read More.
WATCH: Senators slam fraud, call for welfare scrutiny in Minnesota
U.S. Senators on Wednesday called for more scrutiny over welfare payments and railed against allegations of fraud in Minnesota and across the country.
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Trump seeks $1B from Harvard in federal funding dispute
President Donald Trump is now seeking a $1 billion payment from Harvard University as part of an effort to resolve an ongoing dispute with... Read More.
