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Illinois Quick Hits: Teamsters announce agreement with United Airlines
(The Center Square) – Teamsters say they have won an industry-leading tentative agreement for 11,000 mechanics and related employees with…
Illinois taxpayers provide nearly $190 million for state fair
(The Center Square) – The Illinois State Fair is expected to generate about $100 million of economic impact after taxpayers…
Illinois Quick Hits: Small business advocates applaud treasury rule on BOI
(The Center Square) – According to the National Federation of Independent Business, the U.S. Treasury Department’s final rule removing the…
Religious, medical professionals challenge Illinois doctor-assisted death law
(The Center Square) – A group of medical professionals, a nursing home and a Catholic bishop from Illinois are suing…
Pritzker administration dismisses Trump vaccine order
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is not on board with President Donald Trump’s executive order to change…
Johnson regulates Chicago data centers, wants moratorium
(The Center Square) – Chicago could soon be one of the largest cities in the U.S. to halt the development…
Illinois Quick Hits: Inspector finds ‘data inaccuracies’ in Chicago finance department
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Office of Inspector General has found the city’s finance department cannot reliably measure the…
Taxpayer Philanthropy: Illinois taxpayers are funding PTSD ‘God shot’ treatments
(The Center Square) – Illinois state officials awarded more than $170,000 in taxpayer money to a nonprofit that paid for…
Taxpayers to fund $424.9M soccer stadium infrastructure
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Fire may be building their own soccer stadium, but city taxpayers will be on…
Illinois Quick Hits: Benton pulls name from ballot after resignation
(The Center Square) – Former state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, who resigned from his seat in the Illinois House of…
Income tax cut on Missouri ballot; Illinois may see more outmigration
(The Center Square) – A ballot measure in front of Missouri voters next month could give some Illinois residents in…
Feds: Chicago is key in trade fraud fight
(The Center Square) – Federal officials came to Illinois this week to announce the results of a major crackdown on…