Illinois
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‘Un desastre!’ Chicago residents demand answers over bike lane project
(The Center Square) – Chicago business owners say bike lanes and concrete barriers are driving customers away. …
Illinois bill draws land-rights pushback; $1B in federal broadband grants at stake
(The Center Square) – With $1.05 billion in federal broadband grants on the line, an Illinois State Senate committee heard…
Illinois Quick Hits: Weather cancels Bailey’s events
(The Center Square) – Freezing weather is being cited as the reason former state Sen. Darren Bailey has canceled his…
Illinois lawmakers want to end foreign language requirement in high schools
(The Center Square) – An Illinois lawmaker says removing the state’s two-year high school foreign language requirement would give students…
Tech companies seek to delete Chicago social media user tax
A trade group representing social media companies and other big tech companies is suing to challenge Chicago's so-called social media…
Illinois Quick Hits: Illinois faces second amendment lawsuit
(The Center Square) – The Gun Owners Foundation and Gun Owners of America have filed suit in the Southern District…
Early voting, vote-by-mail numbers trend higher as Illinois primary approaches
(The Center Square) – Early voting numbers are trending up in Illinois before the state’s primary elections Tuesday. …
Fabletics should repay illegal tariff surcharges, class action says
Los Angeles-based activewear maker Fabletics has been hit with a class action lawsuit demanding the company pay its customers back…
Pritzker rolls out homebuyer aid; Republicans pitch other solutions
(The Center Square) – Both sides of the aisle in the state legislature have agreed home affordability is an issue…
Lawmaker, physician: Politicians are micromanaging medical education
(The Center Square) – A new proposal, Senate Bill 3325, would allow health care professionals to count menopause education toward…
Illinois Quick Hits: One confirmed dead from Kankakee tornado
(The Center Square) – Kankakee County authorities have confirmed the death of one individual who was inside a storm-damaged home…
Pritzker: ‘God was looking out for people’ in storm-damaged Kankakee County
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says God was looking out for people in Kankakee County this week. …