WATCH: Ives investigates tax dollars for NGOs; Republicans say Pritzker raising energy prices | Illinois
(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square’s Greg Bishop talks live with Jeanne Ives from Breakthrough Ideas about her investigations into state spending on non-government organizations, how to shore up the state’s budget and more. Bishop also shares recent comments from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Republican state […]
011926 CLEAN SLATE (copy) | Illinois
Pritzker signs Clean Slate Act to automatically seal some criminal convictions 011926 CLEAN SLATE IRN JIM TALAMONTI CLEAN SLATE VERSION 1 (without wrap) Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation to automate the state’s record-sealing process for individuals with certain criminal convictions. The governor signed the Clean Slate Act in Chicago on Friday. Pritzker said the […]
Illinois Quick Hits: GOP gubernatorial forum set for Monday | Illinois
(The Center Square) – All four Republican gubernatorial candidates are scheduled to participate in a forum in East Dundee on Monday. Darren Bailey, Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heidner and James Mendrick are competing in the March 17 primary election for the chance to challenge Gov. J.B. Pritzker in November. The event is scheduled from 5-8:30 p.m. […]
SCOTUS to consider second election law case | National
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that an Illinois congressman had the right to sue the state over ballot counting after Election Day. The high court’s decision in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections brought praise from election integrity advocates, including Jason Snead, director of the Honest Elections Project. […]
Supreme Court ruling allows Bost to challenge Illinois election law | Illinois
(The Center Square) – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling clears the way for U.S. Rep. Mike Bost to challenge Illinois’ law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted weeks after Election Day, a dispute that lower courts had previously refused to hear. In a decision issued Tuesday, the high court ruled that federal candidates have legal […]
Illinois Quick Hits: IDPH accountability officer fired | Illinois
(The Center Square) – The former chief grant accountability officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health is being held accountable for working a private job on the taxpayer dime. The Illinois Office of Executive Inspector General’s latest newsletter highlights the case against IDPH Chief Accountability Officer Vena Nelson failing to disclose outside employment and […]
California leads suit to preserve U.S. Department of Education | California
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a massive multi-state coalition, has expanded a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The amended complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, adds new allegations targeting the administration’s recent transfer of department […]
Chicago Flips Red calls for audit after public schools report | Illinois
(The Center Square) – A grassroots Chicago group is calling for a forensic audit of the city’s entire public school system after a scathing report by the Chicago Board of Education Office of the Inspector General. The OIG’s recently-released annual report details falsified federal grant applications, false reports on employee income statements, sexual abuse cases […]
Constitutional concerns raised over Illinois’ first civil hate crime case | Illinois
(The Center Square) – A former Illinois attorney general candidate says the state’s first civil hate crime lawsuit, while based on “horrendous” conduct, sets a troubling precedent by allowing the attorney general to punish criminal behavior through civil fines that may exceed constitutional limits. Constitutional attorney David Shestokas’ comments follow Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s announcement […]
Four Republicans certified for primary to take on Pritzker | Illinois
(The Center Square) – The Republican primary election for who will take on Gov. J.B. Pritzker in November is set. Democrats and Republicans will go to the polls March 17 to select who they want to be their party’s nominee for offices up and down the ballot. In the governor’s race, Pritzker is unchallenged in […]