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Louisiana rare earth plant wins $67 million federal grant

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $67 million in funding to ElementUSA and its partner the Colorado School of Mines for the construction and operation of a demonstration plant designed to extract and process rare earth elements from alumina tailings ...
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Nearly 100,000 Illinois Uber, Lyft drivers may soon be able to unionize

(The Center Square) - A proposal that would allow many Uber and Lyft drivers to form a sector-wide union and engage in collective bargaining passed the Illinois' legislature last weekend. ...
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GOP rep: New budget shows ‘addiction’ to taxes

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois' new budget for fiscal year 2027 protects working families from new taxes, but Republican state Rep. Blaine Wilhour says the governor can't stop asking for more. ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Comptroller Mendoza announces run for Chicago mayor

(The Center Square) - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is running for mayor of Chicago. Mendoza said in a campaign video released on Wednesday morning that families are being squeezed ...
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Miller-Meeks, Bohannan to face off again in November

(The Center Square) - Voters across Iowa selected partisan candidates on Tuesday night in races that could determine control of Congress. U.S. Rep. Mariannette-Miller Meeks will face off against ...
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Bill loosens in-state tuition requirements

(The Center Square) - Some students from outside the Land of Lincoln may soon pay in-state tuition at Illinois public universities and colleges, but the cost of recently-passed legislation generated partisan disagreement in Springfield. ...
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$45M included in budget for previously unfunded property tax relief

(The Center Square) - Included in the recently passed state budget, the Illinois State Board of Education will get money for property tax relief. Statehouse Republicans called for the relief program to be funded after the funds were not included in the budget for ...
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Mullin defends $118B Homeland Security budget request

(The Center Square) - Markwayne Mullin, secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, defended the agency's $118.3 billion budget request Tuesday. Mullin, a former U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Nine arrested during Naperville teen gathering

(The Center Square) - Naperville Police say they arrested nine people and issued almost three dozen citations after large groups of juveniles and young adults gathered downtown on Monday evening. ...
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Pritzker housing proposal partly stalls amid overreach concerns from localities

(The Center Square) - Though the entire affordable housing initiative from Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn't make it through the General Assembly this session, roughly $250 million was included in the state's 2027 budget for parts of the development plan. ...
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Over one ton of cocaine seized at U.S.-Mexico tunnel bust

(The Center Square) - Border Patrol agents in Southern California have found another underground cross border tunnel, leading to the arrest of four men and the seizure of enough cocaine to kill 34 million people. ...
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Attorney general, governor join request line for regulation on data centers

(The Center Square) - North Carolina's attorney general has asked the state utility commission to create a separate rate for large users of electricity such as data centers, an idea that was also endorsed Tuesday by the state's governor. ...
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