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Pretrial Fairness Act invoked as Illinois Supreme Court hears detention case
(The Center Square) – A case involving the continued detention of defendants under the Pretrial Fairness Act portion of the…
Cook County must pay for taking homes over unpaid property tax: Judge
Cook County could be on the hook for at least tens of millions of dollars, if not more than $100…
Chicago aldermen consider $54.7M tax break for United Center project
(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council may consider a $54.7 million property tax break for owners of the…
Illinois Quick Hits: State taxpayers to cover student loan debt for civil engineers
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that the state will pay $15,000 of eligible student…
WATCH: Ex-rep sues Pritzker, Illinois over race-based congressional map
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ congressional district map is being challenged over what some argue are unconstitutional racial requirements for…
Lawmakers tussle over impacts of ‘equitable’ school funding in Illinois
(The Center Square) – The evidence-based funding formula for public schools in Illinois, signed into law in 2017, was under…
Illinois Quick Hits: $42.6M UIS student library on schedule
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Capital Development Board says a $42.6 million state taxpayer-funded library project is on schedule…
Data center regs proposed as $20 billion, 795-acre Joliet project advances
(The Center Square) – Opponents of a planned $20 billion data center project in Joliet say big tech money arrived…
Labor stats offer mixed bag for Illinois
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration says the United States saw smashing job growth in April, but Illinois’ story…
Lawsuit: IL state VRA unconstitutionally lets Dems divide voters by race
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court declared states cannot use race to decide how to draw legislative districts, a new…
Illinois Quick Hits: State grants offered to tackle ‘challenging’ properties
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Housing Development Authority is accepting grant funding applications from local governments to address abandoned…
Officers mourn fallen Chicago cop as policy debate grows
(The Center Square) – Hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the country gathered in Chicago to honor a fallen…