(The Center Square) – Members of Illinois’ congressional delegation voted along partisan lines on a U.S. House measure that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. U.S. House ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois is known for having high property and corporate taxes, but it is also one of the few states that imposes estate taxes. The estate tax is imposed on a decedent’s estate, ...

(WASHINGTON) — Ahead of expected talks between the United States and Iran over the weekend, the State Department pushed back on the idea that the discussion would be a negotiation over Tehran’s ...

A Springfield judge has ruled that Sean Grayson’s first-degree murder trial can be moved to Peoria County. Grayson and another Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a 911 call from Sonya ...

Several days of rain is taking its toll on southern Illinois. Widespread flooding has been reported and conditions will likely worsen through the week. The Big Muddy River is currently overflowing its ...

(WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna say they have cut a deal to end the fight over proxy voting for new parents, which will re-open the House floor after nearly ...

The unemployment rate decreased in eleven metro areas and increased in one for the year ending February, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The ...

(The Center Square) – Despite some pushback from county clerks in the state, some Illinois lawmakers want to control how some aspects of voting are done during elections. State Rep. Nabeela Syed, ...

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has granted clemency to a pair of Hunter Biden’s former business partners, both of whom accused former President Joe Biden’s son of improperly leveraging his ...

(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop reviews the back and forth over President Donald Trump’s executive order to begin ...

(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) that included an advisory on gun violence. In June 2024 ...

(The Center Square) – Some Indiana lawmakers want to change their state’s border and welcome 33 Illinois counties that want to leave their state. Over the past few years, 33 of Illinois’ 102 have ...