Milwaukee central count officials acknowledge primary results reporting mistake
The Milwaukee Election Commission acknowledged that a team led by its deputy director mistakenly selected and downloaded an audit log…
Illinois quick hits: Man charged with murdering Chicago mail carrier
Pritzker names new IDNR leader …
Warsh calls for a ‘quieter’ Fed focused on reducing inflation
Americans need a “quieter” Federal Reserve focused on bringing down 65 months of “sustained elevated inflation,” the central bank’s chair…
Trump announces the establishment of a Space Force Academy
–While visiting the Johnson Space Cente Friday, President Donald Trump announced and signed an executive order to establish the Space…
El-Sayed faces bipartisan backlash in key U.S. Senate race over far-left ties
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is blasting his opponent, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, over his ties to controversial far-left influencer…
Pritzker mocks Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario amid trade discussion breakdown
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area,…
Chicago taps ARPA funds for food market grants
(The Center Square) – Chicago plans to spend up to $500,000 on a new grant program for neighborhood markets, as…
Minnesota’s Hennepin County tops U.S. in federal spending
Hennepin County in Minnesota has received the most federal spending of any county both in Minnesota and the U.S. overall…
Shapiro dismisses ‘online conspiracy theories’ about contested measles deaths
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday he won’t engage with “online conspiracy theories” about what the Department of Health is classifying…
Trump-endorsed congressional Republicans in south Texas trailing in polls
In South Texas, where nearly all border counties flipped red in support of President Donald Trump in the last two…
Wisconsin congressmen split on Trump’s Lake Ontario name change
President Trump’s order to change Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America is getting mixed reactions in Wisconsin from Republicans and…
Du Quoin state fair ‘shot in the arm’ for downstate, lawmaker says
(The Center Square) – The second Illinois State Fair kicks off Friday in Du Quoin, running through labor day. …