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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – As more Illinois municipalities weigh moratoriums on data center construction, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pressing state lawmakers to pass uniform regulations – despite light pushback from some who view the proposed rules as potentially misguided.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Student enrollment continues to fall at Chicago Public Schools, but the reasons for the decline may depend on who you ask.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Fuel prices have dropped in recent days, according to AAA.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – With early voting in Illinois underway in most jurisdictions, Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton – the Democrat hopeful to replace Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., in Congress – sat down with The Center Square to discuss politics, policies and goals for the seat if she wins the race.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The shooting of an alleged armed robber by an Illinois concealed-carry license holder at an Orland Park gas station highlights the potential role of lawfully armed citizens during violent encounters, according to John Boch of Guns Save Life.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) — A Wood River lawyer who has clashed with the state of Illinois on several occasions in challenges to constitutionally questionable state laws has had his law license suspended by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Members of the Illinois congressional delegation offered partisan responses to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision temporarily allowing the Trump administration to use a federal database that verifies whether voters are eligible to participate in an election.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he is committed to instituting a moratorium on data center development, but an industry advocate says the move will cost the city property tax revenue, union jobs and investments in clean energy.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Florida Chamber of Commerce has launched a billboard campaign in Illinois, thanking Gov. J.B. Pritzker for his contributions to economic development in the Sunshine State.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity joined Voortman Steel Machinery leaders on Thursday for the opening of the Netherlands-based company’s $51 million expansion project in Monee.
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