(The Center Square) – Mid-month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its new Notice of Funding Opportunity, revealing major cuts to programs geared toward addressing homelessness. Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joined 19 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against the Trump administration to win back the funding. “For decades, […]

The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC has endorsed Mayor Daniel Biss for the open Illinois House seat over grassroots candidate Kat Abughazaleh following her indictment. The announcement, from co-chairs Maxwell Frost (D-FL) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), comes months before the March 17 primary. “He will be a strong partner in moving forward critical legislation, including Medicare […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and President Donald Trump are blasting Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago officials after a 26-year-old woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire aboard a CTA train, calling the attack a direct consequence of what they described as “soft-on-crime” criminal-justice policies. Duffy took to X on Tuesday, writing: “Soft-on-crime […]

(The Center Square) – Manufacturers say legislators at the Illinois State Capitol have done enough damage, and a progressive tax would be too much. Last week, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a 3% surcharge on incomes over $1 million. The effort comes after voters in 2020 disapproved of changing the state’s flat tax to […]