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WATCH: Illinois State Fair: Affordable fun backed by $140M in taxpayer funding
(The Center Square) – The 2025 Illinois State Fair is being praised for its affordability and accessibility to families across…
Op-Ed: State lawmakers gut Emmett Till Day bill, expose Illinois’ corruption problem
July 25, 2025, would have marked Illinois’ first Emmett Till Day, a commemoration of the 14-year-old Chicagoan whose 1955 lynching…
Democratic PACs being investigated for bankrolling AWOL Texas House Democrats
(The Center Square) – Democratic political action committees are being investigated by state, and potentially federal, authorities over claims they…
Pritzker: Chicago mayor ‘never once called’ to oppose pension bill
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson never called him to oppose a pension…
WATCH: Illinois In Focus Daily | Thursday Aug. 7th, 2025
(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop continues his…