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Illinois Quick Hits: $157M in transportation enhancement funds opened
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Monday that the application period for a state record $157…
Licensing questions raised after funeral home findings
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says state officials are working with local law enforcement after 56 decomposing bodies…
Pritzker signs 75 new laws; drug discount program audit, new ICE facility ban
(The Center Square) – Within a wave of new laws signed late last week exist some which may impact Illinoisans’…
Illinois Quick Hits: $1.6B in tariff refunds unable to move
(The Center Square) – The Liberty Justice Center’s Tariff Equity and Refund Resource for America says nearly 20,000 tariff refunds…
Federal regulation doesn’t nix baby formula harm lawsuits, judge says
(Legal Newsline) — Mead Johnson, one of the country's largest makers of infant formula, can't use a recent Supreme Court…
CTA reopens $25.6M renovated Green Line station with more accessibility
(The Center Square) – A stop on the Chicago L’s Green Line reopened Friday following a $25.6 million station renovation.…
Johnson waits as mayoral field grows
(The Center Square) – The field for Chicago’s mayoral election in 2027 includes more than 10 candidates, but the incumbent…
Illinois Quick Hits: SBA approves disaster declaration for 6 counties
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved a disaster declaration for the severe storms and flooding…
Pritzker asks oil execs to return profits to Illinois drivers
(The Center Square) – As conflict between the U.S. and Iran continues into its sixth month, American oil companies have…
Sheriff says taxpayers owed safety on public transit
(The Center Square) – Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says crime is down on Chicago-area public transit, but the people…
Illinois Quick Hits: Four indicted in connection with mine fire
(The Center Square) – Four people are facing federal charges in connection with a Franklin County mine fire that occurred…
Locals protest, Pritzker defends mental health changes
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois is getting away from mass mental health facilities and moving developmentally…