Education
Meeting Summary and Briefs: Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 for December 16, 2025
Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Meeting | December 16, 2025 The Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Board of Education met on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, to...
Board Expels Student for Remainder of School Year
Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Meeting | December 16, 2025 Article Summary: Following a closed session disciplinary hearing, the Litchfield School Board voted to expel a student for...
Pop Culture Club Granted Permission for Kansas City Comic Con Trip
Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Meeting | December 16, 2025 Article Summary: The Litchfield School Board approved an overnight field trip for the Litchfield High School Pop Culture...
Litchfield Board Approves 2025 Tax Levy Following Public Hearing
Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Meeting | December 16, 2025 Article Summary: The Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Board of Education approved the 2025 tax levy...
Meeting Summary and Briefs: Litchfield CUSD 12 for November 18, 2025
Litchfield CUSD 12 Meeting | November 18, 2025 The Litchfield Community Unit School District No. 12 Board of Education met on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to address a tentative tax...
Board Approves Future Administrator and Expels Student in Personnel Actions
Litchfield CUSD 12 Meeting | November 18, 2025 Article Summary: The Litchfield School Board approved several personnel changes, including the hiring of a new assistant principal and athletic director for...
Litchfield Schools Earn “Commendable” Ratings; High School Nears Top Tier
Litchfield CUSD 12 Meeting | November 18, 2025 Article Summary: A presentation on the annual State Report Card revealed that all schools in the Litchfield district achieved "Commendable" status. Litchfield...
Montgomery County News
County Committee Backs Circuit Clerk Contract; Wages Discussed for Sheriff’s Office Union
Montgomery County Development & Personnel Committee | November Meeting Article Summary: The Development & Personnel Committee has recommended a new four-year contract for Circuit Clerk employees and is in active...
Probation Office Eyes Move to North Main Street; 127 N. Main Proposed for Purchase
Montgomery County Buildings & Grounds Committee | November Meeting Article Summary: To address overcrowding and confidentiality concerns in the courthouse basement, the Montgomery County Probation Office is proposing the purchase...
County Finance Committee Tightens Leash on Coal Fund Spending Following “Voucher” Issue
Montgomery County Finance Committee | November Meeting Article Summary: After department heads spent unbudgeted money from the Coal Fund during the final week of the fiscal year, the Finance Committee...
“Irresponsible Contractor”: Highway Committee Moves to Ban Firm After Bridge Project Issues
Montgomery County Roads & Bridges Committee | November Meeting Article Summary: The Montgomery County Roads & Bridges Committee is moving to blacklist a contractor after the County Engineer reported serious...
Meeting Summary and Briefs: Montgomery County Board for Nov. 12, 2025
Montgomery County Board Meeting | Nov. 12, 2025 Overall Meeting SummaryThe Montgomery County Board met on Tuesday, November 12, 2025, for a session dominated by the passage of the Fiscal...
Board Approves Courthouse Porch Repairs; Updates on Maintenance Projects
Montgomery County Board Meeting | Nov. 12, 2025 Article Summary: The Montgomery County Board authorized nearly $18,000 in repairs for the Historic Courthouse porch and addressed maintenance issues caused by...
Shaw Appointed State’s Attorney; Mullen Named Supervisor of Assessments
Montgomery County Board Meeting | Nov. 12, 2025 Article Summary: The Montgomery County Board filled two high-profile vacancies on Tuesday, appointing a new State’s Attorney and a Supervisor of Assessments...
Illinois News
WATCH: HHS tells Illinois ‘show us the receipts’ on welfare spending
By Greg Bishop | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Nearly a billion federal taxpayer dollars for child care and family assistance programs are being withheld from...
Illinois quick hits: IG finds 26 cases of sexual misconduct at Chicago schools
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square IG finds 26 cases of sexual misconduct at Chicago schools The Office of Inspector General for the Chicago Board of Education...
IL House speaker signals insurance regulation described as ‘ill-advised’
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – The speaker of the Illinois House is signaling that insurance regulation will be a priority for state...
Logan County native urges oversight of proposed $5B IL data center
By Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributorThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Logan County residents are opposing a proposed 250-acre data center in Illinois, raising concerns about farmland...
‘Implicit bias’ training mandate among new health care-related laws in Illinois
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – A number of new health care-related laws have taken effect in Illinois, including one that mandates implicit...
WATCH: Child care funding freeze; Trump rebuts Jan. 6 testimony from Kinzinger, Pelosi
By Greg Bishop | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop airs highlights from...
Illinois quick hits: Pritzker reacts to HHS funding freeze; Chicago crime dashboard released
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square Pritzker reacts to HHS funding freeze The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has frozen access to about $10 billion...
National News
Arraignment postponed for Nick Reiner in murder trial
By Dave MasonThe Center Square Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, saw his arraignment postponed Wednesday after his second appearance in a downtown...
Court halts injunction on California gender secrecy policy
By Esther WickhamThe Center Square In Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit granted California’s emergency motion for a freeze, temporarily suspending a class-wide permanent...
WATCH: Minn. agencies suppressed fraud reports, punished whistleblowers
By Morgan SweeneyThe Center Square Officials within the administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz enabled some of the state’s now estimated $9 billion in taxpayeer-funded social services fraud by suppressing...
Flags lowered on anniversary of Palisades, Eaton fires
By Dave MasonThe Center Square California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered flags lowered to half-staff Wednesday for all state buildings on the one-year anniversary of the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires....
Federal funding bill decreases spending, limits firing power
By Andrew RiceThe Center Square The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a funding bill on Thursday that would take a step toward averting a partial government shutdown...
Feds freeze $10B in aid to Colorado, four other states
By Elyse ApelThe Center Square The Trump administration froze certain federal funding to Colorado this week amid growing national concerns about fraud in government-funded programs. The U.S. Department of Health...
Republicans go on attack in hearing over $9 billion of social services fraud
By Morgan SweeneyThe Center Square Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state attorney general were either “complicit” in the now-estimated $9 billion of social services fraud that has taken...
