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Pritzker plans to sign social media law despite criticisms

(The Center Square) - Illinois may now face one less potential hurdle enacting a law requiring social media and other online platforms to verify the age of users and restrict content harmful to minors. T ...
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Poll: Taxes, economy top voter concerns

(The Center Square) - Voters say taxes and economic concerns top the list of issues facing Illinois. The Illinois Policy Institute's newest Lincoln Poll found that more than half ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Tornado kills 2 in Jefferson County

(The Center Square) - Two people are dead and at least five are injured after a tornado touched down in the northeastern part of Jefferson County on Sunday night. ...
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Illinois congressmen worry as DHS Secretary seeks to ‘protect election integrity’

(The Center Square) - A potential plan to deploy federal immigration agents to polling places this fall is illegal and would suppress voters, an Illinois congressman warned this week, while demanding answers from top brass at the Department of Homeland Security. ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Fuel price drops below $4.25, still higher than in 2025

(The Center Square) - AAA's average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Illinois dropped to $4.24 on Friday, down from $5.05 one month ago but up from $3.44 one year ago. ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: State unemployment rate remains more than 5%

(The Center Square) - The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced on Thursday that the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.1% in May. The number is 0.7 percentage ...
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Chicago discards proposed ban on unregulated ‘sweepstakes machines’

(The Center Square) - The Chicago City Council voted down a proposed ban on a type of prevalent gaming machines, which are not regulated or taxed by either the city or state due to what officials have described as a legal grey area. ...
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Disability-rights advocates sue Illinois over physician-assisted suicide law

(The Center Square) - A law that is set to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Illinois is being challenged by disability-rights advocates and organizations in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois. ...
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‘No kings’ at $830 million Obama Center opening

(The Center Square) - Former President Barack Obama has opened his presidential center in Chicago by saying the United States was not created for kings. The Obama Foundation held ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Pritzker signs bill creating new state agency

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation elevating the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission to the cabinet-level Illinois Department of Disability Advocacy and Guardianship. Among other ...
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Rising prices growing concern in Illinois, U.S.

(The Center Square) - As voters express growing concern over inflation, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says federal policies are to blame. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2026 ...
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Peoria school safety director faces criticism over social media post

(The Center Square) - A social media post by Peoria Public Schools' Director of School Safety is drawing criticism from an education advocate who argues Illinois officials should apply the same standards to controversial speech regardless of viewpoint. ...
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