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Illinois Quick Hits: Rockford to fill budget gap with reserve funds

(The Center Square) - Rockford officials are planning to spend reserve funds to close a $9.4 million revenue shortfall. The Rockford Register Star reports that the city got $6 ...
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Iowa’s Higher Education Committee is the Gold Standard

Iowa's House Higher Education Committee, set in motion by House Speaker Pat Grassley and chaired by Rep. Taylor Collins, has done a remarkable amount of good work in the last two years. Iowa has become one of the nation's leaders in higher education reform. ...
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Pritzker signs budget sending millions to NGOs

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $55.9 billion state budget for fiscal year 2027, with tens of millions of dollars included for non-governmental organizations. The ...
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Chicago pushes $21M home-purchase program, state expands its own

(The Center Square) - Affordable housing continues to be an area Illinois leaders seek to address through expanded taxpayer-funded spending at multiple levels of government in the state. Chicago ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Illinois power company to shutter three plants

(The Center Square) - A power company plans to shut down three Illinois facilities in the next 18 months. The Peoria Journal Star reports that Vistra Corp. intends to ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: State announces new Medicaid contracts

(The Center Square) - The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has awarded new HealthChoice Illinois contracts to six Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. The state agency says the ...
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Record tornado numbers impact Illinois economy

(The Center Square) - This year will likely be a record year for tornadoes in Illinois, but the financial impact of severe storms that pounded the state Wednesday and Thursday may not be known for months. ...
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Chicago council defers meter sale approval, criticizes Johnson over ‘lack of transparency’

(The Center Square) - The Chicago City Council is torn over a proposal from Mayor Brandon Johnson that would approve a transfer in ownership of the city's privatized parking system. ...
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Funding, tax questions loom over Obama Center opening

(The Center Square) - The Obama Presidential Center is scheduled to open in Chicago on Thursday, but financial questions are looming over the facility and the people who live nearby. ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: 26 tornadoes confirmed in Illinois, NW Indiana last week

(The Center Square) - The National Weather Service has confirmed at least 17 tornadoes in its Chicago area of responsibility Thursday and nine tornadoes across central Illinois last Wednesday and Thursday. ...
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House passes Mary Miller’s bill to stop childcare fraud

(The Center Square) - The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., aimed at strengthening oversight of federal childcare assistance programs and cracking down on fraud. ...
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Florida attorney general appeals Chicago judge’s ‘lawless’ transgender ruling

Saying a Chicago federal judge overstepped his constitutional authority, Florida's state attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to quickly reverse that judge's ruling that the Florida attorney general cannot use Florida state courts and Florida state law to sue the Chicago-based American ...
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