Author: Greg Bishop | The Center Square

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s law banning utility shutoffs during extreme heat and cold is sparking concerns over rising electric bills across Illinois. Signed a few years ago, the law prohibits utility companies…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed 124 bills Friday impacting everything from Chicago police and fire pensions to the use of artificial intelligence for mental health therapy.  Effective immediately, House Bill 3657…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Energy price increases are expected for a large portion of Illinois’ population. PJM Interconnection announced its capacity auction this week, and the price came at the cap of nearly $330 per…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Northern Illinois University, which state taxpayers fund with nearly $100 million annually, took a verbal lashing for a repeated audit finding about time keeping for faculty. The Legislative Audit Commission heard…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Illinois taxpayers still don’t know how much of their money will be spent by the state of Illinois next fiscal year or whether they’ll be charged higher taxes to pay for…

(The Center Square) – The Illinois House Gun Violence Prevention Committee continues to hear proposals involving further gun control measures. One would create a task force to investigate insurance mandates for gun owners. The other would increase fees for transferring firearms.  State Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, has House Bill 33 to increase the fee from $2 to…

(The Center Square) – A newly created Illinois House committee aims to tackle more gun control measures. When the new General Assembly was seated and rules were agreed upon last month, legislators created the Illinois House Gun Violence Prevention Committee. During the committee’s first hearing last week, two measures were discussed. One would modify the…

(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is catching flack for referencing Nazis when criticizing President Donald Trump. The last part of Pritzker’s speech Wednesday included references to Nazis six times as he discussed the election of Trump to the White House. “If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider…

(The Center Square) – A Republican Illinois state legislator says President Donald Trump has reduced the state’s Democrats to a “puddle of tears.” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Friday blasted the Trump administration, vowing to fight a recent lawsuit that the U.S. Department of Justice filed against the state and Chicago over the state’s migrant sanctuary…

(The Center Square) – Whether illegal immigrants have the right to keep and bear arms is a question now up for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The case USA v. Heriberto Carbajal-Flores centers around Flores’ arrest in Chicago for having a firearm. Representing the federal government, Margaret Steindorf said Flores’ immigration status is…