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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois voters will decide Nov. 3 on dozens of local referendums seeking higher taxes or additional borrowing authority, raising questions from a government watchdog about how municipalities are managing their finances as residents face some of the highest tax burdens in the country.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Illinois General Assembly has a new legislative watchdog after months of lawmaker ethics issues have been brought to light and the former Springfield investigator resigned.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Thirteen members of Congress led by Republicans from Arizona and Texas have called on the Department of Justice to investigate alleged visa abuse in Chicago.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – AAA says Illinois fuel prices dropped slightly on Tuesday. The average Illinois price for a gallon of regular unleaded was $4.67, down from $4.70 on Monday.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it is not planning Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations targeting polling locations.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has had a hand in widely backing Democrat candidates in largely red states where he and the national party feel there’s a chance they could pick up more seats.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – One year after former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan began serving a 7.5 year sentence at a federal prison camp in Morgantown, West Virginia, the Bureau of Prisons said Madigan’s scheduled release date is Oct. 5, 2031.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Holders of cryptocurrency and other digital assets have a reprieve before a new Illinois tax is scheduled to take effect.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Voters in 12 Illinois counties could join 33 others in declaring they want to break the state into two.
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(The Center Square) – State and local officials have announced the start of interchange reconstruction work at Interstate 74 and John Deere Road in Moline.
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