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All eyes turn to Supreme Court as challenge tests presidential power
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday morning in a high-profile case over tariffs that could test the limits of presidential power...
New Lenox D122 Explores Life Safety Bonds to Fund $8M Tyler School HVAC Project
New Lenox School District 122 Meeting | September 2025 Article Summary: The New Lenox School District 122 Board of Education is considering issuing life safety bonds to fund the majority...
New Lenox Battalion Chief Honored with MABAS Humanitarian Award
New Lenox Fire Protection District Meeting | September 2025 Article Summary: Battalion Chief Mike Parkhurst of the New Lenox Fire Protection District was presented with the MABAS Humanitarian Award for...
California voters approve congressional redistricting measure
By Madeline ShannonThe Center Square Proposition 50, California's mid-decade congressional redistricting initiative, passed with a majority of the vote, according to multiple national news outlets. Passage seemed imminent at 9:19...
ELECTION DAY 2025: NYC elects Mamdani, Democrats sweep VA, NJ governors’ races
By Dan McCalebThe Center Square Self-proclaimed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City after taking down the former Democrat New York governor for a...
Madison clerk to use coroner’s death records to fix voter rolls
By Jonathan Bilyk | Legal NewslineThe Center Square Madison County will now use reports of deaths from the county coroner to more quickly and efficiently remove those who have died...
Trump plans breakfast meeting with all GOP senators
By Sarah Roderick-FitchThe Center Square President Donald Trump has invited every Republican U.S. senator to breakfast at the White House on Wednesday morning, following the president's urging of the senators...
Teacher unions sue to protect student loan forgiveness
By Esther WickhamThe Center Square A coalition of teacher unions and nonprofits sued the U.S. Department of Education this week over its new rule limiting Public Service Loan Forgiveness for...
WATCH: Trump confident ahead of tariff challenge with other tariffs as Plan B
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that he needs a tool that no other president has used to save the nation from disaster. The comments came...
Illinois quick hits: Raoul touts grand funding injunction; trooper’s vehicle struck
By The Center SquareThe Center Square Raoul touts grand funding injunction Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is touting a permanent injunction from a Rhode Island federal district judge against the...
Report: Colorado gains millennials, loses older residents
By Elyse ApelThe Center Square Colorado saw nearly 450,000 moves over the past year, but more residents left the state than arrived. In total, Colorado saw a net population loss...
Workers report benefits of mail scanning at Illinois prisons as state faces rules deadline
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – As Illinois prison workers testify about the benefits of electronic mail scanning, Illinois Department of Corrections officials...
Govt shutdown crippling U.S. airports; thousands of flights delayed, cancelled
By Thérèse BoudreauxThe Center Square Americans traveling by plane are facing thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancellations each day due to the ongoing government shutdown – and the...
