Prtizker calls meeting about Bears with NFL productive

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he and leading members of the General Assembly participated in a productive meeting with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday.

GOP lawmakers optimistic about repealing five new state taxes, fees

(The Center Square) – Republicans in the Illinois statehouse are pushing back on multiple tax and fee initiatives passed this spring, saying they are “novel” and will make life more costly for everyday Illinois taxpayers.

Illinois Quick Hits: State EPA announces $21.8 million to address contaiminants

(The Center Square) – Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director James Jennings has announced a second round of funding for projects to address emerging contaminants in drinking and/or source water.

Lindsay Clancy's motion for a finding of not guilty denied weeks after mistrial

Judge William Sullivan ruled that evidence permitted a rational jury to find Lindsay Clancy guilty of murder, rejecting her not guilty motion.

Christa Pike's attorneys say she's in critical condition after botched lethal injections

Christa Pike is in critical condition after two botched lethal injection attempts, and her attorneys said the needle may have pierced her veins.

Father hoped NYT executive son would visit home weeks before prosecutors allege deadly in-law ambush

A father's loving Facebook post surfaced days before New York Times executive Jonathan McKinsey was allegedly ambushed in a California park.

Married donors could get $3,400 tax credit under federal education scholarship program

The federal rules provide the clearest roadmap yet for how the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, also known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit, will operate.

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Everything Illinoisans should know about the SAFE-T Act

The omnibus criminal justice reform bill became highly politicized, mixing fact and fiction. Here is where it stands.

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Springfield residents to vote their opinion on a landlord registry

A nonbinding question is on the Nov. 3 ballot.

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Your vote can make a difference in Illinois elections

Illinoisans can vote on races ranging from U.S. Senate and governor to state lawmakers and local officials in the Nov. 3 election.

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