Illinois Quick Hits: Violent Crime down, arrest rates up in Chicago
(The Center Square) - New research from the Illinois Policy Institute shows that violent crime declined in nearly 90% of Chicago's neighborhoods last year.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Illinois to join WHO’s alert network
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois is joining the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
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GOP candidates for Illinois governor challenge Pritzker on state finances
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed ways for Illinois to better fund pensions, but one of the governor's potential challengers in... Read More.
Dems fail in first try to use ‘state sovereignty’ to ‘veto’ ICE
As a federal judge in Chicago prepares to hear Illinois' and Chicago's lawsuit seeking to all but halt ICE and Border Patrol immigration enforcement... Read More.
Miller: Illinois ‘dragging its feet’ on voter rolls as election nears
(The Center Square) - Congresswoman Mary Miller, R-Oakland, slammed the Illinois State Board of Elections on Monday for what she called a "dereliction of... Read More.
Illinois Quick Hits: Pritzker wants to extend pension buyout program
(The Center Square) - With Illinois' unfunded public sector pension liability hovering around $140 billion, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed an extension of the... Read More.
Illinois Quick Hits: McIntyre back as inspector general for DCFS
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has reappointed Ann McIntyre to continue serving as inspector general for the Illinois Department of Children and... Read More.
Lawmakers discuss budget, spending, tax credits as Illinois Senate returns
(The Center Square) - The Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee chair says greater federal scrutiny of state government spending will not change the General Assembly's... Read More.
Ex-Illinois candidate sides with Vance after Duckworth–Rubio clash
(The Center Square) - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, is facing fresh criticism after Vice President J.D. Vance likened her heated exchange with Secretary... Read More.
IL lawmakers push discount drug legislation to prevent restricted access
(The Center Square) - Illinois lawmakers are pushing an amendment to ban restrictions or interference with a federal discount drug program.
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