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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Some of the highest-paid state executives across the country in 2025 were unelected education officials, according to a new report.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Companies are turning to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to fight alleged litigation fraud.
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Reporting from Just the News
The relief and economic stimulus package at issue is the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden in 2021.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois school districts are asking taxpayers for additional funding as some superintendents receive compensation approaching $600,000, prompting questions about whether districts are sufficiently scrutinizing administrative spending before seeking more money from taxpayers.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois was again denied federal aid that would have helped residents impacted by severe storms in recent months was rejected by the federal government.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., and Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil sent a letter to Champaign County Clerk and Recorder Aaron Ammons, questioning his administration of the coming election after at least 600 ballots were printed with errors where incorrect candidates and races were listed in some jurisdictions.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan coalition of governors from states across the PJM electricity interconnection, between the Mid-Atlantic region and the greater Chicagoland area, signed an agreement they hope will lower energy costs for ratepayers.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Pro Football Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka has died at the age of 86. Ditka’s family released a statement Friday to announce his passing.
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Reporting from Just the News
The House Administration Committee is raising concerns about election integrity in an Illinois county in which nearly 600 voters received faulty ballots weeks before the midterm elections.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois will appeal a decision by the Trump administration to deny the state’s request for a major disaster declaration for eight counties impacted by severe storms in August.
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