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Developmental center layoffs spur calls to investigate abuse of disabled
(The Center Square) – Illinois is laying off half of its more than 500 workers at a mental health and…
Illinois Quick Hits: Champaign business owner charged with COVID relief fraud
(The Center Square) – A Mahomet man has been charged with fraud and failing to pay employment taxes to the…
Feds close trucking schools in alleged fraud crackdown
(The Center Square) – Trump administration officials say they have ordered the emergency removal of 110 commercial driver’s license schools…
Teachers union wants $768M Meta settlement used for education funding
(The Center Square) – Social media giant Meta agreed to a deal with 47 states to settle a joint lawsuit…
Illinois Quick Hits: $26.2M multimodal station opens in Carbondale
(The Center Square) – A new regional transportation hub is now open in Carbondale. The Southern Illinois Multimodal Station was…
Estimated $17B in tariff costs hit Illinois producers, consumers
(The Center Square) – A U.S. taxpayer advocate says tariffs are hitting manufacturers and producers, leading to higher costs for…
Court: Meta user agreement arbitration clause can’t beat ads class action
(Legal Newsline) — Facebook- and Instagram-parent company Meta can't use a user agreement to thwart lawsuits from local publishers and…
Illinois quick hits: Man charged with murdering Chicago mail carrier
Pritzker names new IDNR leader …
Pritzker mocks Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario amid trade discussion breakdown
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great…
Chicago taps ARPA funds for food market grants
(The Center Square) – Chicago plans to spend up to $500,000 on a new grant program for neighborhood markets, as…
Du Quoin state fair ‘shot in the arm’ for downstate, lawmaker says
(The Center Square) – The second Illinois State Fair kicks off Friday in Du Quoin, running through labor day. …
Illinois Quick Hits: Study shows Illinois 11th in federal tax burden
(The Center Square) – New research analysis has Illinois ranked eleventh nationally in federal tax burden per filer, with a…