The current climate in Chicago has made it challenging to run a small business. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget plan makes it worse.

(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop reviews the prospects of increased taxes and fees expected to come from Illinois legislators ...

On Monday night, the Illini played another competition, this time it was against the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros. This wasn't a particularly big game, but we had to take care of business, as they ...

FILE - A person shops for produce at a grocery store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. Starting next year, shoppers in Philly will need to pay for paper bags at grocery stores. (AP Photo/Stephanie ...

Baaeed , the highest-rated horse in Europe for over a decade, will head the 2026 Shadwell stallion roster at a reduced fee of £55,000 (approx. US$72,000). The champion son of Sea The Stars has been ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a plan on Oct. 31 to raise truck tolls 30% starting in 2027 to fund a $1.5 billion statewide transit overhaul. The measure would redirect $860 million annually from fuel ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois Senate Democrats passed a bill Thursday to ban rental junk fees and require transparency for leases. Sponsors spent over a year on the plan to help roughly one ...

The Illinois Legislature defeated a proposal aimed a minimizing property insurance premiums by strengthening state oversight of rates. The property insurance industry is celebrating the defeat of ...

Illinois’ new $1.5-billion transit law shifts fuel sales and toll revenue to stabilize CTA, Metra and Pace operations under a new Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The revised scheme was passed in ...

As the clocked ticked down and Illinois' veto session came to a close, Illinois lawmakers in Springfield in the wee hours of Friday morning approved a new, $1.5 billion transit funding bill for public ...

Greg Bishop reviews the prospects of increased taxes and fees expected to come from Illinois legislators in the final days of fall veto session. Democrats are looking to increase taxes to pay for mass ...