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Budzinski warns premiums could double if tax credits aren’t renewedOct 11, 2025 4:00 am - U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski said Thursday reopening the federal government will take a bipartisan agreement, but she drew “a red line in the sand” on health care, warning t...
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Raoul says he’s ready to file a challenge if federal troops arrive in ChicagoOct 04, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois cannot yet file suit against the federal government for an apparent plan to send federal troops to Chicago, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, but if boots hit the ground, President Donald Trump “should expect a legal challenge here.”
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Oct 04, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois unveiled a $50.6 billion, six-year infrastructure plan covering roads, bridges, railways, airports, and more across all 102 counties.
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7th Circuit denies Madigan’s bid to stay out of prison while he appeals corruption convictionOct 03, 2025 6:12 pm - With 10 days until former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to report to federal prison, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the longtime Democratic power broker’s bid to remain free while he challenges his corruption conviction.
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State, private developers break ground on quantum research parkOct 01, 2025 10:30 am - Officials broke ground on a quantum research park development on Chicago’s Southeast Side, more than a year after it was first announced. The project has received significant state financing. The governor says the state’s quantum strategy, centered on the research park, will bring billions of dollars of economic development to the region.
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Pritzker calls federal deployment ‘an attack on the Constitution’Sep 29, 2025 7:08 pm - The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to send 100 military troops to Chicago, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who assailed the move as the Trump administration’s ...
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As Illinois congressional delegation seeks answers, ICE cancels meetingSep 26, 2025 4:41 pm - Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders in Chicago canceled a meeting scheduled for Friday with members of Illinois’ congressional delegation.
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Durbin hopes to meet with ICE this week about Chicago-area raidsSep 24, 2025 5:33 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he is hoping to meet with ICE this week about their operations in the Chicago area after federal officials have left Illinois in the dark about immigration enforcement.
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Ex-GOP attorney general candidate temporarily loses law license over inappropriate relationshipSep 24, 2025 1:02 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered former Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Tom DeVore’s law license suspended for 60 days, following a yearslong public feud involving his client-turned-girlfriend and the state’s attorney discipline board.
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Nuclear power, battery storage funding at center of energy policy debateSep 22, 2025 1:32 pm - The long-running debate over energy policy is heating up ahead of lawmakers’ fall veto session. Lawmakers are considering loosening nuclear power regulations and incentivizing battery storage.