(The Center Square) – Illinois is known for having high property and corporate taxes, but it is also one of the few states that imposes estate taxes. The estate tax is imposed on a decedent’s estate, ...

(WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna say they have cut a deal to end the fight over proxy voting for new parents, which will re-open the House floor after nearly ...

(TEXAS) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 — an increase of 13 cases in the past five days, authorities said on Tuesday. The Texas Department of State ...

The unemployment rate decreased in eleven metro areas and increased in one for the year ending February, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The ...

(The Center Square) – Despite some pushback from county clerks in the state, some Illinois lawmakers want to control how some aspects of voting are done during elections. State Rep. Nabeela Syed, ...

(WASHINGTON) — The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a dispute over South Carolina’s exclusion of the group from the ...

A 444 million-year-old specimen of a primitive marine anthropod was fossilized “inside-out,” with its muscles and guts preseserved in ancient sediment, scientists say. (University of Leicester) ...

(The Center Square) – Critics say rules to label all artificial intelligence-made content in Illinois Senate Bill 150 could hurt political debate. American Civil Liberties Union’s Stephen Ragan argued ...

(GAZA CITY) — The Israeli government approved the establishment of an agency to facilitate the “voluntary” removal of residents from Gaza, drawing condemnation from across the region. The agency, ...

(The Center Square) – After legislators ignored protections to the Mahomet Aquifer last year, a bill to protect the supply from carbon sequestration is advancing at the Illinois Statehouse. Senate ...

(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop reviews the back and forth over President Donald Trump’s executive order to begin ...

A northern Illinois town hall hosted by Congressman Sean Casten had to be shut down by police. The Democratic legislator from Downers Grove was interrupted several times by pro-Palestinian protestors.