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The podcast bringing you the most important stories out of Illinois from TheCenterSquare.com. Join us as we dive into the top headlines and provide insightful commentary and analysis.

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Illinois in Focus Daily | July 8th, 2025 - Congressional candidate on Chicago public safety and the 'One, Big Beautiful Bill'
Jul 08, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 7th, 2025 - Chicago Mayor: Shootings Show ‘How Far We Still Have to Go’
Jul 07, 2025
Weekend Edition | Impacts of 'Big, Beautiful Bill' on Illinois
Jul 03, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 2nd, 2025 - Appeals Court Wants More Deliberation in Challenge of Il’s Mass Transit Concealed Carry Ban
Jul 02, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 1st, 2025 - Appeals Court Schedules Oral Arguments for Illinois’ Gun Ban Challenge
Jul 01, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 30th, 2025 - Illinois Political Leaders React to U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
Jun 30, 2025
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Dismisses Census Data Showing Youth Flight From Illinois
Jun 28, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 26th, 2025 - Illinois Leading Nation in Decline of 18 and Under, Working Age Populations
Jun 26, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 25th, 2025 - School Choice Advocate: Union President’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Help
Jun 25, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 24th, 2025 - Raoul and Bondi Lay Out Positions on Immigration at Separate Hearings
Jun 24, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 23rd, 2025 - Illinois Congressional Members React to Trump’s Strike On Iran
Jun 23, 2025
Weekend Edition | Ex-Illinois House Speaker Gets 7.5 Year Prison Term, $2.5 Million Fine for Corruption
Jun 21, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 20th, 2025 - 'Amending Constitution’ Only Fix for Pension Debt, Illinois Legislator Says
Jun 20, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 19th, 2025 - Illinois Republicans File Another Lawsuit Challenging Alleged Three Readings Rule Violations
Jun 19, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 18th, 2025 - Pritzker Keeps Some Non-citizen Health Care Subsidies Despite Warnings
Jun 18, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 17th, 2025 - Prison Looms for Illinois’ Former ‘Man in Charge’ Madigan
Jun 17, 2025
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Says He’s Willing to Be Arrested Defending Sanctuary Policies
Jun 14, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 13th, 2025 - Highlights of Pritzker Defending IL’s Migrant Sanctuary Policies During U.S. House Committee
Jun 13, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 12th, 2025 - Chicago Braces for Immigration Enforcement Efforts Amid Protests
Jun 12, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 11th, 2025 - ‘Societal Concerns’ Won’t Hold Up in Court, Says IL Gun Rights Group Challenging Ban
Jun 11, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 10th, 2025 - IL Gun Ban Challengers File Final Briefs in Federal Appeals Court Case
Jun 10, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 9th, 2025 - Senate Candidate on la Immigration Riots, Illinois’ Sanctuary Status and the ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
Jun 09, 2025
Weekend Edition | Republicans Ask Court to Find Illinois’ Budget Violated Three Readings Rule
Jun 06, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 5th, 2025 - Illinois Taxes Going Up for Cell Phones, Tobacco-Related Products, Sports Betting, Corporations
Jun 05, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 4th, 2025 - Illinois Approves Digital Currency Regulations
Jun 04, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 3rd, 2025 - Federal Appeals Court Sides With Cook County, Illinois, in Challenge to Gun Bans
Jun 03, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 2nd, 2025 - Taxpayers Wake Up to Largest Budget in Illinois History After Long Legislative Weekend
Jun 02, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 30th, 2025 - IL Shell Bills: Empty Budget ‘Vehicle,’ Food Safety Bill Replaced With ‘Medical Aid in Dying
May 30, 2025
Weekend Edition | Some Question Pritzker’s Tax ‘Veto’ Pledge, Say Trump Should Cut Funding
May 30, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 29th, 2025 - Illinois House Approves ‘Safe Gun Storage’ Bill; Republicans Promise Lawsuits
May 29, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 28th, 2025 - ‘Safe Gun Storage’ Bill Passes House Committee, Ready for Final Passage
May 28, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 27th, 2025 - Illinois Legislators Have Days Left Before Adjournment With Budget Still Elusive
May 27, 2025
Weekend Edition | Gov. Pritzker Says ‘Funding Is There’ for Budget
May 24, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 23rd, 2025 - ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill to Impact Illinois’ Non-citizen Health Care Subsides, State and Local Taxes
May 23, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 22nd, 2025 - Transgender Sports Debate Continue Erupting on Illinois House Floor
May 22, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 21st, 2025 - Illinois Legislator Begin to Approve Bills for Governor’s Signature in Final Days of Session
May 21, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 20th, 2025 - As IL GOP Slams Possible Tax Hikes, Pritzker Says ‘Funding Is There’ for Budget
May 20, 2025
Weekend Edition | IL House Republicans Call Out $1B for NGOs, Plan Their Own Budget Proposal
May 17, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 16th, 2025 - Republican Says Illinois Should Spend $44 Billion, Not $55 Billion for Annual Budget
May 16, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 15th, 2025 - DOGE IL Finds $1 Billion From State Taxpayers Going to NGOs
May 15, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 14th, 2025 - Republicans Call for DOGE in Illinois, Highlighting $1B for NGOs
May 14, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 13th, 2025 - Gun Control Group Files Appeals Brief in Illinois’ Gun Ban Challenge
May 13, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 12th, 2025 - IL Statehouse Recognizes New Pope, Discusses Cannabis Odor, Hears Pushback Against Tax Increases
May 12, 2025
Weekend Edition | Noem’s Illinois Visit Sparks Debate Over State’s Migrant Sanctuary Laws
May 10, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 8th, 2025 - Politics Erupt With Noem’s Illinois Visit Focused On Migrant Sanctuaries
May 08, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 7th, 2025 - DHS Secretary Noem Visiting IL to Highlight State’s Migrant Sanctuary Policies
May 07, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 6th, 2025 - Illinois Hemp Regulations Elusive as Ban on Styrofoam Advances
May 06, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 5th, 2025 - IL Summonsed to Federal Court to Answer DOJ’s Challenge to State’s E-Verify Law
May 05, 2025
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Defends Controversial Comments as Republican Calls for Incitement Investigation
May 03, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 2nd, 2025 - Illinois Budget Talks Continue With One Month Left
May 02, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | May 1st, 2025 - Chicago, Cook County Officials Defend Migrant Sanctuary Policies Amid DOJ Lawsuit
May 01, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 30th, 2025 - Family Battles Illinois State Agency in Court to Keep Child With Disabilities Closer to Home
Apr 30, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 29th, 2025 - Trump Celebrates Immigration Enforcement for First 100 Days
Apr 29, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 28th, 2025 - Property Taxes, Tariffs, & Gov. Pritzker
Apr 28, 2025
Weekend Edition | Lawmaker: Cut Non-citizen Spending to Reform Family Farms Estate Tax
Apr 26, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 25th, 2025 - Pritzker’s El Salvador Moves Criticized for Lack of Focus on Illinois Issues
Apr 25, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 24th, 2025 - Illinoisans Have Open U.S. Senate Seat for 2026 as Durbin Retiring
Apr 24, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 23rd, 2025 - Pritzker Reacts to DOJ Assertion Migrant Released From IL Jail Later Arrested for Murder
Apr 23, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 22nd, 2025 - 'New Illinois’ Members Say ‘No Thanks’ to Joining Indiana
Apr 22, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 21st, 2025 - Pritzker: “Trump Is Okay if People in Chicago Die”
Apr 21, 2025
Weekend Edition | Pritzker: Public Safety ‘Under Attack’ by Trump
Apr 18, 2025
Weekend Edition | Illinois Legislators Could Advance Pilot Program to Tax Drivers by Mile
Apr 12, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 11th, 2025 - IL Senate Approves Measure Requiring Safe Gun Storage Over Gun Rights Advocates’ Objections
Apr 11, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 10th, 2025 - Republicans Raise Conflict of Interest Concern After IL Supreme Court Rules Against Map Challenge
Apr 10, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 9th, 2025 - Pritzker Defends National Spotlight as GOP Criticize Handling of IL Child Welfare
Apr 09, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 8th, 2025 - Appeals Court Lays Out Gun Ban Briefing Schedule Months After Getting Case
Apr 08, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 7th, 2025 - Illinois Homeschool Act Opponent Warns Measure Could Make Parents Criminals
Apr 07, 2025
Weekend Edition | Professor: Forfeiture Might Be Deterrent as Prosecutors Seek $3M From Madigan
Apr 05, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 3rd, 2025 - Trump’s Tariffs to Onshore Manufacturing Criticized by Illinois Democrats
Apr 03, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 2nd, 2025 - DOJ Responds to Illinois’ Motion to Dismiss Sanctuary State Challenge
Apr 02, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | April 1st, 2025 - Illinois State Rifle Association Urges U.S. Attorney General to Review State’s Gun Rights
Apr 01, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 31st, 2025 - Illinois Economy Lags Nation as Pritzker Travels to Mexico
Mar 31, 2025
Weekend Edition | Trump’s Election Integrity Order Expected to Impact Illinois
Mar 29, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 28th, 2025 - Illinois Bill Protects Non-citizen Students in Illinois Schools From Immigration Enforcement
Mar 28, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 27th, 2025 - As GOP Focuses on Taxpayer Funds for PBS, NPR, Democrats Aim At Trump’s Signal Mishap
Mar 27, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 26th, 2025 - Illinois’ DEI Policies Expected to Impact Federal Tax Funds for Education
Mar 26, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 24th, 2025 - Rural vs. Urban Divide Drives Desire by Many to Split Illinois Into Two
Mar 24, 2025
Weekend Edition | Despite Flood of Opposition, Homeschool Act Advances Out of Committee
Mar 22, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 21st, 2025 - Trump’s Ed Dept. Keeps Funds Intact Despite Illinois Democrats’ Concerns
Mar 21, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 20th, 2025 - Illinois Homeschoolers Mount Historic Opposition to Regulations as Bill Advances
Mar 20, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 19th, 2025 - Illinois Homeschool Regulation Bill Finds Stiff Opposition Ahead of Hearing
Mar 19, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 18th, 2025 - Homeschool Supporters Flood Witness Slips With Opposition to Proposed Illinois Regulations
Mar 18, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 17th, 2025 - Is Pritzker Running for a Third Term as Illinois Governor or for President?
Mar 17, 2025
Weekend Edition | Lawmakers Debate Education as Pritzker Urges Union to ‘Fight’ Trump Admin
Mar 15, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 14th, 2025 - Illinois Governor, Legislators Debate Dismantling of U.S. Dept. Of Ed
Mar 14, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 13th, 2025 - Trump’s Tariffs, DOGE, and Border Control Ripple Across Economy, Politics
Mar 13, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 12th, 2025 - Trump Buys a Tesla as Illinois Toys With Banning New Gas-Powered Vehicles by 2035
Mar 12, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 10th, 2025 - Full Docket for Bills in Committees at Illinois Statehouse
Mar 10, 2025
Weekend Edition | Chicago Mayor Defends Sanctuary Policies at Congressional Hearing
Mar 08, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 7th, 2025 - Legislator: Pritzker Spreads Fear and Anxiety as Trump Aims to Dismantle U.S. Dep. Of Ed
Mar 07, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 6th, 2025 - IL Republican Says ‘Get Out of the Way’ as Democrats Defend Migrant Sanctuary Policies
Mar 06, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 5th, 2025 - Trump’s Congressional Speech Draws Rebuke From Illinois Democrats
Mar 05, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 4th, 2025 - Trump’s Tariffs to Encourage Investment in US Criticized by Pritzker as Taxes on Consumers
Mar 04, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | March 3rd, 2025 - Trump’s Zelenskyy Meeting Sparks Criticism From Illinois Democrats
Mar 03, 2025
Weekend Edition | IL Bills Would Increase Gun Transfer Fees, Investigate Insurance Mandate
Mar 01, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | February 28th, 2025 - Democrats allege Trump presidency threatening Democracy
Feb 28, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | February 27th, 2025 - Audit Finds Illinois’ Non-citizen Health Care Subsidies Ballooned as Group Pushes for More
Feb 27, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | February 26th, 2025 - u.s. House Passes Spending Plan as Pritzker Complains About Withheld Funds
Feb 26, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | February 25th, 2025 - Plenty of Follow up Expected After Madigan Convictions
Feb 25, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | February 24th, 2025 - Pritzker’s ‘Nazi’ Comments, Budget Proposal Gets Pushback
Feb 24, 2025
Weekend Edition | Fallout Continues After Pritzker’s Nazi Comments During Budget Speech
Feb 21, 2025
Weekend Edition | Jury Convicts Former Speaker Madigan on 10 Corruption-Related Charges
Feb 14, 2025
Weekend Edition | Trump’s DOJ Sues Illinois, Others Over Sanctuary Policies
Feb 07, 2025
Weekend Edition | Madigan Case: Jury To Decide Fate of Alleged ‘Grand Masters of Corruption’
Jan 31, 2025
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Clashes with Trump on Immigration, Economy
Jan 25, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 23rd, 2025 - Legislator Rips Illinois Law Prohibiting Local Law Enforcement From Working With Ice
Jan 23, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 22nd, 2025 - ‘Vindicated’ Jan. 6 Defendant Exploring Lawsuit Against Prosecutors After Trump Pardons
Jan 22, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 21st, 2025 - President Trump Signs Executive Orders on Immigration; Pritzker Reacts
Jan 21, 2025
Weekend Edition | Defense Rests and Rebuttal Concludes at Ex-Illinois House Speaker’s Corruption Trial
Jan 18, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 17th, 2025 - Concerned About Due Process of Illegal Immigrants, Several AGs Oppose Laken Riley Act
Jan 17, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 15th, 2025 - Illinois Supreme Court Hears Arguments About Whether to Toss Law Prohibiting Open Carry
Jan 15, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 14th, 2025 - Cook County Judge Sides With Guns Save Life in Gun, Ammo Tax Challenge
Jan 14, 2025
Some Illinois Republicans Join Democrats in Voting for Gun Confiscation Bill
Jan 13, 2025
Weekend Edition | Former Illinois House Speaker Discusses Codefendant, ‘Quid Pro Quo’ at Corruption Trial
Jan 10, 2025
Illinois in Focus Daily | January 6th, 2025 - Illinois Senate Passes Name Change Bill Republicans Say Will Hide Illegal Immigrants
Jan 06, 2025
Weekend Edition | Legislators Present Issues They Want Addressed for Illinois’ Lame Duck Session
Jan 04, 2025
Weekend Edition | A Look Back at the Top Illinois News in 2024
Dec 28, 2024
Illinois 2024 Year in Review: Madigan Corruption Trial, Gun Ban, & More
Dec 27, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 26th, 2024 - Illinois Legislators Warn About Looming ‘Lame Duck’ Session
Dec 26, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 23th, 2024 - Nearly 300 New Illinois Laws Take Effect Jan. 1
Dec 23, 2024
Weekend Edition | Illinois Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Illinois’ Gun ID Law
Dec 21, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 20th, 2024 - People From Other Countries Moving to Illinois Offset People Who Moved to Other States
Dec 20, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 19th, 2024 - Illinois Appeals Court Set to Hear Gun ID Challenge Today
Dec 19, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 18th, 2024 - How Can Illinois Boost State’s Sluggish Economy?
Dec 18, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 17th, 2024 - Aldermen Say Chicago’s $17.3 Billion Budget Delays Property Tax Increase
Dec 17, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 16th, 2024 - Homan Says Chicago First in Deportation Efforts as Mayor Remains Defiant
Dec 16, 2024
Weekend Edition | Illinois’ Pension Debt Grows
Dec 14, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 13th, 2024 - Illinois Pension Funding Ratio Grows, but So Does Total Unfunded Liability
Dec 13, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 12th, 2024 - District Judge Amends Final Gun Ban Judgement, Permanent Injunction With Stay Pending Appeal
Dec 12, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 11th, 2024 - Debate Around Deportations, Immigration Reform, Border Security in Separate Congressional Committees
Dec 11, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 10th, 2024 - Trump’s Border Czar Threatens Chicago’s Mayor With Prosecution as Immigration Debate Heats Up
Dec 10, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 9th, 2024 - IL’s Gun Ban Could Be a 2026 SCOTUS Case, State Rifle Association Warns
Dec 09, 2024
Weekend Edition | Appeals Court Keep Illinois’ Gun Ban in Place as Case Proceeds
Dec 07, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 6th, 2024 - IL’s Gun Ban a District Court Declared Unconstitutional Remains in Effect Pending Appeal
Dec 06, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 5th, 2024 - Madigan’s Former Chief of Staff Testifies in Corruption Trial
Dec 05, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 4th, 2024 - Illinois Continues Arguing for Stay of District Judge’s Gun Ban Injunction
Dec 04, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 3rd, 2024 - Status of Illinois’ Gun Ban Injunction Unclear as Appeals Court Reviews Filings
Dec 03, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | December 2nd, 2024 - Witness Admits to ‘Lying All the Time’ to People Government Was Investigating
Dec 02, 2024
Weekend Edition | Madigan Talks Development, Law Business on Secret Recordings
Nov 27, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 26th, 2024 - Undercover Video Shows Madigan and Prosecution Witness Discussing ‘Quid Pro Quo'
Nov 26, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 25th, 2024 - Fitch Pegs Illinois’ Unfunded Pension Liability Second Worst in Nation
Nov 25, 2024
Weekend Edition | IL Legislators Adjourn Veto Session as Some Warn About ‘Risky Lame Duck’
Nov 23, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 22nd, 2024 - Familiar Names and Voices Continue to Arise During Madigan Corruption Trial
Nov 22, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 21st, 2024 - What Is Happening at the Illinois State Capitol This Week?
Nov 21, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 20th, 2024 - What’s Coming up at the Illinois Statehouse Wednesday?
Nov 20, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 19th, 2024 - Despite His Own Migrant Disaster Proclamations, Pritzker Call’s Trump’s ‘Unconstitutional'
Nov 19, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 18th, 2024 - Trump’s Cabinet Picks Continue
Nov 18, 2024
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Adamant on Appealing Judge’s Ruling Against Illinois’ Gun Ban
Nov 16, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 15th, 2024 - Delay Granted in Appeal of Ruling Against Illinois’ Concealed Carry Mass Transit Prohibition
Nov 15, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 14th, 2024 - Pritzker on Gun Ban Ruling, Incoming Trump Admin and More
Nov 14, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 13th, 2024 - Illinois AG Vows to Appeal Ruling State’s Gun Ban Is Unconstitutional
Nov 13, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 12th, 2024 - Illinois Files Notice of Appeal of Ruling State’s Gun Ban Is Unconstitutional
Nov 12, 2024
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Reacts to Trump Election, Won’t Share Political Aspirations
Nov 09, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 8th, 2024 - Trump, Illinois Agendas Could Clash With Tax Funds Involved
Nov 08, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 7th, 2024 - Illinois Legislators Discuss Trump Effect on Policy, Politics
Nov 07, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 6th, 2024 - Trump Declared President-Elect
Nov 06, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 5th, 2024 - Election Day Across America
Nov 05, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 4th, 2024 - More Than 2.1 Million Illinois Voters Have Already Cast Their Ballots
Nov 04, 2024
Weekend Edition | Voter Confidence Rattled After Voting Machines Malfunction Across Illinois
Nov 02, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | November 1st, 2024 - Testimony Highlights Madigan’s Influence in Getting Do-Nothing Jobs for Associates
Nov 01, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 31st, 2024 - Pritzker Says Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment Misunderstood; Trump Answers Questions From Garbage Truck
Oct 31, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 30th, 2024 - Group Lays Out Plan to Make ‘New Illinois’ State
Oct 30, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 29th, 2024 - Pritzker Reacts to Trump’s Promise of Deporting Violent Non-citizen Migrants
Oct 29, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 28th, 2024 - Prosecutors Release More Audio in Corruption Trial Against Former Illinois House Speaker
Oct 28, 2024
Weekend Edition | Prosecutors Play Wiretaps Displaying Former Illinois House Speaker’s Power
Oct 26, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 25th, 2024 - Prosecutors Play Wiretaps Displaying Former Illinois House Speaker’s Power
Oct 25, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 24th, 2024 - IL State Rifle Assoc. Offers Free Lessons to Former Congressman After Shrapnel Incident
Oct 24, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 23rd, 2024 - Witness Testimony Continues in Corruption Trial of Former Illinois House Speaker
Oct 23, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 21st, 2024 - Opening Statements Set to Begin in Madigan Corruption Trial
Oct 21, 2024
Weekend Edition | Ruling on Illinois’ Gun Ban Expected Sometime After Monday
Oct 19, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 18th, 2024 - Jury for Madigan Corruption Trial Forming With Opening Statements Expected Monday Afternoon
Oct 18, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 17th, 2024 - Gun Stores Expect Different Impacts From Potential Ruling Against Illinois’ Ban
Oct 17, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 16th, 2024 - Illinois Gun Store Prepares for Another Possible Gun Ban Injunction
Oct 16, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 15th, 2024 - Gun rights group calls proposed Illinois 'safe storage,' lost and stolen enhancements a 'hot mess'
Oct 15, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 14th, 2024 - Database: At Least 418 Illinois Youth Have Had Gender Transition Since 2019
Oct 14, 2024
Weekend Edition | Quinn Continues ‘Millionaire Surcharge’ Push for Illinois Property Tax Relief
Oct 12, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 11th, 2024 - Madigan Trial Reporter Discusses Ongoing Jury Selection in Historic Corruption Case
Oct 11, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 10th, 2024 - Madigan Jury Being Selected as Corruption Case Continues in Chicago
Oct 11, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 9th, 2024 - Potential Jurors Report for Madigan Trial, Attorneys Appear in Court
Oct 09, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 8th, 2024 - Jury Selection Set to Begin in Corruption Trial of Former Illinois House Speaker
Oct 08, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 7th, 2024 - Federal Agency Files Against Illinois’ Swipe Fee Prohibition for Tax and Tips
Oct 08, 2024
Weekend Edition | Judge Denies Defense Motions as Madigan Case Heads to Trial Next Week
Oct 05, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 4th, 2024 - Madigan Corruption Trial Begins in Chicago Next Week
Oct 04, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 3rd, 2024 - Judge Denies Illinois’ Motion to Hold Ruling Against Transit Carry Ban, Lashes State’s Attorneys
Oct 03, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 2nd, 2024 - IL Apologizes After Inferring ‘Safety Implications’ From Judge’s Ruling Against Transit Carry Ban
Oct 02, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | October 1st, 2024 - IL State Rifle Assoc. Aims to Expand Transit Carry Ruling to Everyone
Oct 01, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 30th, 2024 - IL House Hearing Discusses Taxing Millionaires More to Relieve State’s High Property Taxes
Sep 30, 2024
Weekend Edition |Retail Merchants, Banks Continue Battle Over Credit Card Transaction Fees
Sep 27, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 26th, 2024 - IL Gun Cases Update: Gun/Ammo Tax, Concealed Carry Mass Transit, Gun Owner ID Challenge
Sep 26, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 25th, 2024 - Illinois Supreme Court Rules in Gun ID Case
Sep 25, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 24th, 2024 - Illinois to Appeal Decision That Transit Concealed Carry Ban Unconstitutional
Sep 24, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 23rd, 2024 - Gun Ban Trial Touches on Banned Features Plaintiffs Say Facilitate Self Defense
Sep 23, 2024
Weekend Edition | Illinois Gun Ban Trial: State Works to Defend Law
Sep 21, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 20th, 2024 - Gun Ban Judge: What if Black Victims of Historic Race Riots Had Such Weapons
Sep 20, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 19th, 2024 - Retired Col. Doesn’t Recommend Ridding Full Auto in Military
Sep 19, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 18th, 2024 - Distinction of Military, Civilian Firearms Made During Day 2 of IL Gun Ban Trial
Sep 18, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 17th, 2024 - Are Semi-autos for Self Defense, Military?
Sep 17, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | September 16th, 2024 - Bench Trial for Illinois’ Gun Ban Begins
Sep 16, 2024
Weekend Edition | Economics Professor Questions Effectiveness of Chicago Budget Changes
Sep 13, 2024
Weekend Edition | Madigan Doesn’t Want the Word ‘Corruption’ Used in Upcoming Corruption Trial
Sep 06, 2024
Weekend Edition | Convicted ComEd 4 Defendants Ask Judge to Drop Case After Supreme Court Ruling
Aug 30, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 28th, 2024 - Illinois Elections Board Responds to Election Integrity Group’s Concerns
Aug 28, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 27th, 2024 - With Conventions in Rearview Mirror, Illinois’ Parties Work to Get out the Vote
Aug 27, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 26th, 2024 - Democrats Focused on Trump at DNC While Having to React to Border, Economic Issues
Aug 26, 2024
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Criticizes Trump on National Stage as GOP Says He’s Failed Illinois
Aug 24, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 23rd, 2024 - Illinois Politicians Play Role in Final Day of DNC in Chicago
Aug 23, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 22nd, 2024 - Union Leaders Discuss Politics, Economy, Education at Day 3 of DNC in Chicago
Aug 22, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 21st, 2024 - Illinois Democrats Continue Rallying as Republicans Counter
Aug 21, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 20th, 2024 - Illinois Democrats: Biden Like FDR and Carter, to Be More Active After Stepping Aside
Aug 20, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 19th, 2024 - Ahead of DNC in Chicago, Democrats and Republicans preview messaging
Aug 19, 2024
Weekend Edition | Illinois Democrats Share Excitement, Challenges Ahead
Aug 17, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 16th, 2024 - Illinois Republicans Use State Fair Rally to Respond to Democrats
Aug 16, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 15th, 2024 - Around State Fair, Illinois Democrats Share Excitement, Challenges Ahead
Aug 15, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 14th, 2024 - Amid Declining Enrollment Trends and Low Proficiency, Chicago Public Schools Discuss Finances
Aug 14, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 13th, 2024 - Trump Calls Pritzker ‘Loser’ in X Conversation With Musk
Aug 13, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 12th, 2024 - IL Sheriff to Retire Amid Pressure From Pritzker, Constituents, After Fatal Police-Involved Shooting
Aug 12, 2024
Weekend Edition | After Being Upheld, Maryland’s Gun Ban Law Expected Before SCOTUS Before Others
Aug 10, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 9th, 2024 - Reforms After Massey Shooting Could Include Better Police Employment Screening
Aug 09, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 8th, 2024 - Sangamon County Sheriff Responds to Pritzker’s Calls He Resign
Aug 08, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 7th, 2024 - Harris Picks Minnesota’s Walz; Pritzker Reacts; Trump Campaign Responds
Aug 07, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 6th, 2024 - Local Taxes Can Increase Now With Law Eliminating Illinois’ Grocery Tax in 2026
Aug 06, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 5th, 2024 - Pritzker Signs BIPA Update, ‘Justice-Impacted Individual’ Measure, 57 Other Bills
Aug 05, 2024
Weekend Edition | Trump Talks Border, Inflation With National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago
Aug 03, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 2nd, 2024 - Pritzker Confirms Vetting for Democrat’s Vice Presidential Slot but Shapiro Seen as Favorite
Aug 02, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | August 1st, 2024 - Pritzker Says America Deserves Better After Trump Calls Harris ‘Fake'
Aug 01, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 31st, 2024 - Failures of Secret Service Mount as Senators Demand Accountability
Jul 31, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 30th, 2024 - Assassination Hearing Underway
Jul 30, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 29th, 2024 - Pritzker Continues to Sidestep VP Vetting Questions
Jul 29, 2024
Weekend Edition | Pritzker Works to Clarify Whether He’s Being Vetted for Harris Running Mate
Jul 27, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 26th, 2024 - Pritzker Works to Clarify Whether He’s Being Vetted for Harris Running Mate
Jul 26, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 25th, 2024 - Pritzker Would Consider VP Nomination, but Some Unhappy With Party Leadership
Jul 25, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 24th, 2024 - Reports: Potential Running Mates Get Vetting Materials From Harris Campaign
Jul 24, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 23rd, 2024 - Illinois Political Officials React to Pritzker’s Possible Spot on Presidential Ticket
Jul 23, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 22nd, 2024 - Illinois Political Leaders React to Biden Dropping Out of Race Ahead of DNC
Jul 22, 2024
Weekend Edition | Illinois Republicans Decry Biden’s Border Policies, Chicago Crime
Jul 20, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 19th, 2024 - Illinois Republicans Discuss Election Integrity, Secret Service Investigation
Jul 19, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 18th, 2024 - Black Leaders Ditching Illinois Democrats, Stand With GOP State’s Attorney Candidate
Jul 18, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 17th, 2024 - Illinois GOP Officials Answer Media Questions at RNC in Milwaukee
Jul 17, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 16th, 2024 - Aftermath of Attempted Trump Assassination Impacts Political Rhetoric in Illinois
Jul 16, 2024
Pritzker Says ‘Don’t Like Where We’re At’ Hot Mic Moment About Presidential Polling
Jul 13, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 12th, 2024 - More Fallout Around Biden’s Performance as Pritzker Doubles Down Support
Jul 12, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 11th, 2024 - Pritzker Continues Support for Biden Amid Hot Mic Moment
Jul 11, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 10th, 2024 - Pritzker Reinforces Support for Biden as Others Remain Unsure
Jul 10, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 9th, 2024 - Biden Illinois Delegate Says President Is Failing to Unify Democrats
Jul 09, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 8th, 2024 - Illinois Biden Delegate Says Contested Convention Will Further Divide Democrats
Jul 08, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 5th, 2024 - Concern About Biden’s White House Bid Grows as Pritzker Long Denies Bid for Oval Office
Jul 05, 2024
SCOTUS Denies Illinois’ Gun Ban Challenge as Not Ready Yet
Jul 04, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 3rd, 2024 - Illinois’ Gun Ban Remains in Place, but Rights Advocates Say Days Are Numbered
Jul 03, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 2nd, 2024 - Illinois Officials React to SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling
Jul 02, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | July 1st, 2024 - Several Tax Hikes Begin in Illinois July 1, Including for Gasoline
Jul 01, 2024
Recent U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Could Impact Illinois Gun Laws
Jun 29, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 28th, 2024 - Illinois Officials React to Presidential Debate
Jun 28, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 27th, 2024 - SCOTUS Bribery Ruling Expected to Impact Madigan, ComEd Four Cases
Jun 27, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 26th, 2024 - Pritzker Enacts New State Agency Some Worry Has Unknown Taxpayer Cost
Jun 26, 2024
Illinois in Focus Daily | June 25th, 2024 - Ed Burke Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison, $2 Million Fine
Jun 25, 2024
Data Expert: Illinois Government ‘Bloat’ Is Unsustainable for Taxpayers
Jun 21, 2024
Plans to Raze and Replace Stateville Prison Get Public Hearing
Jun 14, 2024
Slated Candidates Get Win After Pritzker-Signed Election Law Deemed Unconstitutional
Jun 07, 2024
Pritzker Says Budget Passed Early Morning Because ‘Everybody Wanted to Go Home’
May 31, 2024
Illinois Taxpayers in Dark on Budget Details Before Adjournment
May 24, 2024
Illinois Legislators Considering Tax and Spend Policies in Final Days of Session
May 17, 2024
Pritzker Directs State Agencies to Prepare for $800 Million Less for Proposed Budget
May 10, 2024
Illinois Democrats Approve Changes to Election Law in Less Than 24 Hours
May 03, 2024
Chicago Bears Look for Public Financing in Building a New Stadium
Apr 26, 2024
Advocates on Both Sides of Gun Debate Take to Illinois Capitol
Apr 19, 2024
Illinois Taxpayer Costs for State Workers’ ‘Cadillac’ Health Plans Increase 16%
Apr 12, 2024
Migrant Shelter Tuberculosis Cases ‘Isolated,’ Measles Cases Rise to 56
Apr 05, 2024
Republicans Want Change After Pritzker Board Paroles Now Alleged Murderer
Mar 29, 2024
Chicago’s Mayor Not Giving up on Failed Tax Hike on Real Estate
Mar 22, 2024
Illinois Businesses Brace for Potential Tax Increase in Pritzker’s Budget Plan
Mar 15, 2024
CTU President Suggests New Teacher Contract Could Cost Taxpayers $50 Billion
Mar 08, 2024
Judge Rules Trump off Illinois Primary Ballot but Stays Decision Pending Appeal
Mar 01, 2024
Tax Hikes, Migrant Funding, Medical Debt Retirement Part of Pritzker’s Proposed Budget
Feb 23, 2024
Illinois’ Corporate Income Tax Rate Now 2nd Highest in U.S.
Feb 16, 2024
Switching From Tipped to Minimum Wage Would Be ‘Catastrophic,’ Restauranter Says
Feb 09, 2024
Trump to Remain on Illinois Ballot After Elections Board Declines to Remove Him
Feb 02, 2024
Some Worry Illinois Spending Priorities Under Pressure by Ongoing Migrant Care
Jan 26, 2024
Migrant Influx to Illinois Being Felt in Downstate Communities
Jan 19, 2024
Illinois Limited in Regulating Migrant Buses as Blame for Crisis Continues
Jan 12, 2024
Judge Moves Madigan Trial Date to October
Jan 05, 2024
Jan. 4 Status Hearing Ordered in 5th Amendment Challenge to Illinois’ Gun Ban
Dec 29, 2023
Judge Orders Madigan to Appear in Court in Corruption Case
Dec 22, 2023
Legislators Seek to Utilize Non-Citizens for Military and Police Despite Pushback
Dec 15, 2023
Illinois Asks Supreme Court to Deny Injunction in Gun Ban Challenge
Dec 08, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Dockets Another Challenge to Illinois’ Gun Ban
Dec 01, 2023
Survey: Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner Down Slightly From Last Year’s Record High
Nov 22, 2023
Prosecutors Want Life in Prison for ComEd 4, Defense Attorneys Say
Nov 17, 2023
Illinois’ Privately Funded School Choice Program Set to End After Legislature Adjourns
Nov 10, 2023
One Month In, 0.1% Of Illinois Gun Owner ID Holders Have Registered Banned Firearms
Nov 03, 2023
Families Pushed to Extend Illinois’ School Choice Program at Start of Veto Session
Oct 27, 2023
Illinois to Suspend Enrollment of Non-citizen Health Care as Capacity Nears
Oct 20, 2023
After Vagueness Hearing, Federal Judge Could Strike Down Illinois’ Gun Ban
Oct 13, 2023
Demand on Limited Resources Mounts in Chicago’s Migrant Crisis
Oct 06, 2023
Chicago Turning Into ‘Gotham City,’ Witness Tells U.S. House Committee
Sep 29, 2023
Illinois Democrats Celebrate the Abolishment of Cash Bail
Sep 22, 2023
Debate Continues Whether Abolishment of Cash Bail Will Help Victims of Crime
Sep 15, 2023
Report: Chicago Teachers’ Union President Sends Child to Private School
Sep 08, 2023
School Choice Scholarship Renewal ‘The Fight’ of Illinois’ Veto Session
Sep 01, 2023
Illinois Jobs Return to Pre-pandemic Levels, Much Later Than Most of Country
Aug 25, 2023
Chicago Mayor Floats Idea of Sending Migrants to Suburbs
Aug 18, 2023
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds State’s Gun and Magazine Ban
Aug 11, 2023
Total Taxpayer Spending for Illinois’ Budget Jumps 95% Since 2018
Aug 04, 2023
Audit Shows Illinois Unemployment Agency Made $5.2 Billion in ‘Overpayments’ During COVID-19
Jul 28, 2023
Illinois Law Enforcement Prepare for Implementation of First-In-Nation Cashless Bail System
Jul 21, 2023
Feds Detail Madigan’s ‘Criminal Enterprise,’ Alleging Corporations Handing Out Bribes to Cronies
Jul 14, 2023
Tentative Agreement Reached With Illinois State Union Workers
Jul 07, 2023
Illinois Taxes Increase on Basic Necessities Saturday
Jun 30, 2023
Chicago Residents Speak Out Against Amount of Resources Going to Migrants
Jun 23, 2023
Former Governor Rauner: Illinois Takes Step Back if It Allows School Choice Scholarships to Expire
Jun 16, 2023
Illinois Lawmakers to Receive 5% Pay Raise After Gov. Pritzker Signs Largest State Budget Ever
Jun 09, 2023
Illinois’ $50.6 Billion Partisan Spending Plan Queued for the Governor’s Desk
Jun 02, 2023
Illinois Democrats Release Details of 2023 State Budget Negotiations
May 25, 2023
As Spring Session Winds Down, Illinois Legislators Have Yet to Present a Budget
May 19, 2023
Legislator Says Illinoisans Must Be Prioritized in Budget as Revenue Shortfall Reported
May 12, 2023
Jury Convicts All Four Defendants of Bribery-Related Charges in ComEd 4 Trial
May 05, 2023
Governor Pritzker Proposes Largest Spending Plan in Illinois History at $49.6 Billion
Apr 28, 2023
Chicago Mayor-Elect’s Spending Rhetoric Raises Red Flag for Downstate Lawmakers
Apr 21, 2023
Federal Judge Weighs Challenge to Illinois Gun Ban
Apr 14, 2023
Pritzker’s Campaign Donations Grounds for Justices’ Recusal in Challenge to Illinois’ Gun Ban
Apr 07, 2023
Census: Cook County Sees 2nd Largest U.S. Population Decline Over Year
Mar 31, 2023
Former ComEd Attorney Points to Political Pressure in Bribery Case
Mar 24, 2023
ComEd 4 Trial Opening Arguments: ‘Madigan Wanted, the Defendants Gave'
Mar 17, 2023
Pritzker, Defendant in Gun Challenge, Gave $2 Million to Two Supreme Court Justices
Mar 10, 2023
Lightfoot Loses Re-Election Bid as Vallas, Johnson Head to Runoff in Chicago Mayor Race
Mar 03, 2023
Governor Pritzker Responds to Governor DeSantis’ Illinois Visit Criticizing ‘Woke’ Politics
Feb 24, 2023
Lawmakers Concerned About New Spending in Pritzker’s Budget Proposal
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 229: Court Rulings Against Gun Regulations Across U.S. Could Have Ramifications in Illinois
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 228: Temporary Restraining Order Against Illinois’ Gun Ban Upheld by Appellate Court
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 227: Separate Challenges Against Illinois’ Gun Ban Progressing
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 226: Illinois State Rifle Association Files Federal Lawsuit Against Pritzker’s Gun Ban
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 225: Pritzker Signs Illinois Gun Ban as Opponents Prepare to Sue
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 224: Uncertainty Remains After Illinois Supreme Court Halts Cashless Bail
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 223: Illinois 2022 Year in Review & Looking Ahead to 2023
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 222: Enforcement of Proposed Illinois Gun Ban Questioned
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 221: Supporters, Opponents of Illinois Gun-Ban Legislation Prepare for Fight
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 220: Gun Rights Groups Plan Lawsuits if Illinois Lawmakers Pass New Restrictions
Dec 09, 2022
Episode 219: Safe-T Act Amendments Include Denying Pretrial Release for Serious Crimes
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 218: Thanksgiving Meal Costs More Than Ever in Illinois
Nov 23, 2022
Episode 217: GOP Senators Looking to Enhance Illinois Penalties for Fentanyl Distribution
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 216: Illinois Democrats to Maintain Supermajority in Illinois Legislature
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 215: Illinois Candidates Continue Push for More Votes Ahead of Next Weeks’ Election
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 214: Illinois ranks near the bottom of a new analysis of state finances across the U.S
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 213: Pritzker, Bailey debate for final time before election day
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 212: More money flows into Governor's race with under four weeks to go
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 211: Pritzker, Bailey spar over issues in first televised debate
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 210: SAFE-T Act, Amendment 1 stir debate with less than seven weeks until Election Day
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 209: Feds charge 11th Illinois state lawmaker in the past ten years with corruption
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 208: Pritzker issues another disaster proclamation, this time over the migrant busing issue
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 207: Economy, crime, and abortion top issues with Illinois voters
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 206: Texas sends undocumented foreign nationals to Chicago
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 205: Illinois has the 7th highest student loan debt in the nation
Aug 26, 2022
Episode 204: Democrats, Republicans kick off election season at State Fair
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 203: As Illinois adds teachers and sheds students, is there really a teacher shortage?
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 202: Pritzker denies knowing about alleged fraud with connections to his office
Aug 05, 2022
Episode 201: Controversial SAFE-T Act abolishes cash bail in Illinois on Jan 1, 2023
Jul 29, 2022
Episode 200: Illinois is one of 14 states with COVID-19 emergency orders still in place
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 199: Illinois Chamber of Commerce warns of "economic storm" following historic inflation
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 198: Tragedy in Highland Park punctuates a violent holiday weekend in Chicagoland
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 197: Pritzker vs. Bailey in face off for Governor
Jul 01, 2022
Episode 196: Donald Trump visits Illinois with primary election just days away
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 195: Illinois loses another major employer
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 194: $41,656 needed from every Illinoisan to cover nation's second worst pension debt
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 193: Report names Illinois one of nation's least recovered states from pandemic
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 192: Illinois lost more than 104,000 residents in 12 months
May 27, 2022
Episode 191: Gas prices in Illinois have reached new record highs
May 20, 2022
Episode 190: Gas prices in Illinois have increased nearly 20 cents a gallon in the past week
May 13, 2022
Episode 189: Abortion debate, veterans home audit and possible brownouts
May 06, 2022
Episode 188: Crime, COVID-19 policies and education focus of first GOP debate
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 187: Fuel retailers set to sue over "political speech" stickers on gas pumps
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 186: Illinois' latest budget includes guaranteed income pilot program
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 185: Lawmakers set to approve nearly 4000 page, $45.6 billion budget
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 184: Budget negotiations continue as end of legislative session looms
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 183: State budget still not finalized as end of legislative session nears
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 182: Republicans look to ease Illinoisans' pain at the pump
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 181: Madigan, associate pleads not guilty to corruption and other charges during arraignment
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 180: Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan indicted on 22 counts of corruption
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 179: Pritzker calls circuit court ruling on school mask mandates a "poor decision"
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 178: Appeals court dismisses Gov. Prtizker's appeal on school mask mandate decision
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 177: Statewide indoor mask mandate to end Feb. 28
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 176: Illinois legislative leaders have different takes on the governor’s proposed budget
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 175: Law and order focal point in election year
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 174: Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin enters race for Governor
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 173: Eight of nine session days for the Illinois Legislature so far this year have been canceled
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 172: There’s no one to field complaints against state lawmakers in Springfield
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 171: 2021 In Review
Dec 30, 2021
Episode 170: Illinoisans continue to leave the Land of Lincoln
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 169: Gov. Pritzker refuses to provide specific date for ending statewide indoor mask mandate
Dec 17, 2021
Episode 168: Teachers and school staff sue school districts, Pritzker administration over COVID-19 mandates
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 167: Working-age Illinoisans continue to relocate to other states
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 166: Illinois drivers face higher Thanksgiving gas prices than neighboring states
Nov 25, 2021
Episode 165: Illinois remains one of six states with continuing mask mandate
Nov 19, 2021
Episode 164: Police union vows political consequences after lawmakers change ‘Right of Conscience’ law
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 163: Millions of Illinois private-sector employees have until Jan. 4 to prove vaccine status
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 162: Democrats carve COVID out of Right of Conscience Act
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 161: After Pritzker’s ‘grifter’ comment, attorney suing over COVID mandates considers defamation case
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 160: Pritzker seeks to change law which some have invoked to fight vaccine mandates
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 159: Pritzker still won't point to benchmark to end mask mandates
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 158: Illinois taxpayers see debt burden double in 12 years
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 157: YouTube censors Springfield school board meeting over COVID comments
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 156: Judge says masks can’t be required without official quarantine order
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 155: Lawmaker asks Pritzker for clear goalposts on mask mandate
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 154: Republicans ask Pritzker to veto legislative maps
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 153: Pritzker mandates vaccines and masks indoors
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 152: School board member's medical license threatened over mask stance
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 151: Private school punished for mask-optional policy
Aug 13, 2021
Episode 150: Pritzker mandates masks in schools
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 149: Pritzker, Lightfoot suggest COVID mitigations could return soon
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 148: Pritzker to seek second term as Governor
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 147: School determining mask rules as parents prepare for checks
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 146: Biden calls for taxpayer funded community college for all during Illinois visit
Jul 09, 2021
Episode 145: Illinois’ unemployment offices still closed to public
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 144: Illinois gets gas tax hike next week
Jun 25, 2021
Episode 143: Some question if it's a 'new day' following overtime session
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 142: Illinois reopens after 15 months of COVID-19 restrictions
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 141: Partisan politics on display as legislative session ends
Jun 04, 2021
Episode 140: Madigan's former chief of staff indicted on ComEd corruption probe
May 28, 2021
Episode 139: Pritzker repeals mask mandate, leaves door open for vaccine checks at businesses
May 21, 2021
Episode 138: Welcome to Illinois' Bridge Phase...now what?
May 14, 2021
Episode 137: Illinois could reopen as early as June 11
May 07, 2021
Episode 136: Illinois set to lose Congressional seat due to population loss
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 135: No more Madigans? Lawmakers close in on term limits
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 134: New bill ties state spending to income growth
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 133: Reopen by summer? Pritzker says not so fast
Apr 09, 2021
Episode 132: Are vaccination passports coming to Illinois?
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 131: Illinois inches its way toward reopening
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 130: Coroner questions Illinois' COVID death count
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 129: More than 10 billion taxpayer dollars headed to Illinois
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 128: Illinois in limbo as other states open up
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 127: Madigan's replacement resigns after 2 days
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 126: Madigan calls it quits
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 125: Biden asks Madigan investigator to resign
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 124: Lawmakers cut the line for COVID vaccines
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 123: High school sports return as new legislature remains absent in Springfield
Jan 29, 2021
Episode 122: Biden inaugurated while Illinois struggles to open schools
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 121: Madigan out as speaker after decades
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 120: Riots in DC and lame ducks in Springfield
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 119: 2020 Year In Review
Dec 30, 2020
Episode 118: Illinois lost 253,000 residents in past decade
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 117: Vaccines arrive in Illinois while Pritzker announces $700 million in budget cuts
Dec 18, 2020
Episode 116: Illinois prepares for the arrival of COVID vaccine
Dec 11, 2020
Episode 115: COVID and ComEd continue to make headlines across Illinois
Dec 04, 2020
Episode 114: Madigan investigation releases helpings of documents before Thanksgiving
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 113: Feds issue more charges implicating Madigan
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 112: Pritzker threatens to lockdown Illinois again
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 111: Illinois voters reject Pritzker's progressive income tax
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 110: Bar and restaurant restrictions met with bipartisan pushback
Oct 30, 2020
Episode 109: Pritzker restricts businesses again with one week until Election Day
Oct 23, 2020
Episode 108: Pritzker-backed group spends thousands to promote fake tweet
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 107: Is the progressive tax coming for your retirement income?
Oct 09, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 106: Investigating Madigan bribery scandal, remote learning and more
Oct 02, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 105: Illinois' poor fiscal position continues
Sep 25, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 104: Gov. Pritzker sacks high school football in Illinois
Sep 18, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 103: House begins investigation of House Speaker Mike Madigan
Sep 11, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 102: House to investigating Madigan, COVID-19-related death totals and more
Sep 04, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 101: Exelon closing plants, the need for COVID-19 oversight and more
Aug 28, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 100: Still looking for ethics reforms at the statehouse
Aug 21, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 99: Madigan and ComEd hit with civil RICO lawsuit and the top stories of the week
Aug 14, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 98: Continued pressure on Madigan, unemployment issues, schools amid COVID-19 and more
Aug 07, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 97: Pressure grows on Madigan to step aside admid patronage scnadal, schools scramble for plans to return amid COVID-19
Jul 31, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 96: More fallout from ComEd patronage scandal that implicates Madigan
Jul 24, 2020
Illinois In Focus 95: BREAKING NEWS: Michael Madigan implicated by feds in ComEd probe
Jul 17, 2020
Illinois In Focus 94: Governor's use of data and science during COVID-19 and more
Jul 10, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 93: COVID executive orders voided by court, and commentary about increased costs for businesses and drivers
Jul 03, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 92: Illinois enters Phase 4 amid COVID-19
Jun 26, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 91: Illinois' handling of seniors with COVID-19
Jun 19, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 90: Pritzker elevates certain protests over others during COVID-19 crisis
Jun 12, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 89: Civil unrest over police brutality as COVID restrictions linger
Jun 05, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 88: Reviewing the pandemic special session
May 29, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 87: Pandemic speical session, a controversial rule and plans to reopen
May 22, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 86: Lawmakers set to return to Springfield and more challengers to Gov. Pritzker's stay-at-home Order
May 15, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 85: Statewide COVID-19 reopen plan released
May 08, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 84: Challenging COVID-19 stay home orders
May 01, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 83: COVID-19 orders continue to impact Illinois
Apr 24, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 82: Illinois endures another week of COVID-19
Apr 17, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 81: COVID-19 continues to impact Illinois
Apr 10, 2020
Illinois In Focus Episode 80: How are states reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 03, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 79: More impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis
Mar 27, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 78: COVID-19 changes life in Illinois
Mar 20, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 77: Illinois responds to COVID-19
Mar 13, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 76: Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office attempts to interfere in freedom of the press
Mar 06, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 75: Illinois' second-highest property taxes and more
Feb 28, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 74: Blagojevich out of prison as Pritzker proposes his budget
Feb 21, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep 73: Do lawmakers trust Illinoisans to pump their own gas?
Feb 14, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep 72: More investigations and former Inspector General speaks
Feb 07, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 71: State of the State and Sandoval pleads guilty
Jan 31, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 70: New Illinois Senate President and automatic voter registration problems
Jan 24, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 69: More fallout from the 2012 email and increased pension debt
Jan 17, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 68: 2012 email controversy and first week of legal pot
Jan 10, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 67: Legal pot and population loss
Jan 03, 2020
Illinois In Focus Ep. 66: Year In Review
Dec 27, 2019
Illinois in Focus Ep. 65
Dec 20, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 64: The governor’s priorities for 2020 and addressing corruption
Dec 13, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 63: More corruption fallout
Dec 06, 2019
Illinois In Focus Episode 62: Giving thanks in Illinois
Nov 29, 2019
Illinois In Focus Episode 61: Isolation rooms in public schools and pension reform
Nov 22, 2019
Illinois In Focus Episode 60: IL Senate President John Cullerton to retire
Nov 15, 2019
Episode 59: Illinois' $10 billion pension bill, movement on ethics reform and something called a taxpayer bill of rights
Nov 08, 2019
Episode 58: The top stories of the week, commentary about the latest allegations of corruption at the state capitol and more
Nov 01, 2019
Episode 57: What's new with the progressive income tax, capital bill allocations and more
Oct 25, 2019
Episode 56: More developments in the Sandoval case, the state of local pensions, and more
Oct 18, 2019
Episode 55: Looming teachers strikes, a proposal to repeal the gas tax, and more people want to leave the state
Oct 11, 2019
Episode 54: More on the Sandoval raid, harassment inside the statehouse and more
Oct 04, 2019
Episode 53: FBI raids State Senator's home, pension struggles in East St. Louis
Sep 27, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 52
Sep 20, 2019
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Sep 13, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 50
Sep 06, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 49
Aug 30, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 48
Aug 23, 2019
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Aug 16, 2019
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Aug 09, 2019
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Aug 02, 2019
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Jul 12, 2019
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Jul 05, 2019
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Jun 07, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 36
May 31, 2019
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May 24, 2019
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May 10, 2019
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May 03, 2019
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Apr 12, 2019
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Apr 05, 2019
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Mar 29, 2019
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Mar 15, 2019
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Mar 08, 2019
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Mar 01, 2019
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Feb 15, 2019
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Feb 08, 2019
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Feb 01, 2019
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Jan 25, 2019
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Jan 11, 2019
Illinois In Focus Ep. 15
Jan 04, 2019
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Dec 28, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 13
Dec 21, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 12
Dec 14, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 11
Dec 07, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 10
Nov 30, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 9
Nov 23, 2018
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Nov 16, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 7
Nov 09, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 6
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Illinois In Focus Ep. 5
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Illinois In Focus Ep. 4
Oct 19, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 3
Oct 12, 2018
Illinois In Focus Ep. 2
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Illinois In Focus Ep. 1
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