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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 9h

Report: IL public schools show low academic proficiency, higher taxpayer funding

(The CEnter Square) – The latest education statistics indicate stagnant proficiency for public school students in Illinois, despite dramatic increases in taxpayer funding.

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago mayor: IL legislature has 'more work to do' on tax increases - The Center Square

Chicago mayor: IL legislature has 'more work to do' on tax increases

(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to see more tax increases from the Illinois General Assembly, but a Republican state representative says the city has failed to

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago pension, debt services costs among highest in country | Illinois - The Center Square

Chicago pension, debt services costs among highest in country

(The Center Square) – Chicago’s budget has grown by nearly 40% since 2019 with the biggest increased expenditure going toward pensions and debt already incurred.

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 9h

WATCH: DCFS still looking for missing children numbers; Pritzker on elections results | Illinois

WATCH: DCFS still looking for missing children numbers; Pritzker on elections results

(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop continues his coverage about how many youth in care the Department of

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 10h

Illinois quick hits: Notices of affected flights; injunction issued over ICE force

Notices of affected flights

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 10h

Pritzker watching redistricting debate as GOP grapples with filibuster - The Center Square

Pritzker watching redistricting debate as GOP grapples with filibuster

(The Center Square) – In the aftermath of Tuesday’s elections in other parts of the country, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is staying tuned to how Illinois could impact the ongoing

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 10h

Illinois quick hits: DHS ordered to address ICE facility conditions; Garcia explains retirement decision

DHS ordered to address ICE facility conditions

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 13h

Conservative activist group sues Biss for records related to ICE in Evanston

Conservative activist group sues Biss for records related to ICE in Evanston - Evanston RoundTable

A Conservative activist group filed a lawsuit Thursday against the office of Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss for records related to federal immigration

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 14h

Army Veteran Turned Real Estate Entrepreneur Brings Stress-Free Selling to Chicagoland

Army Veteran Turned Real Estate Entrepreneur Brings Stress-Free Selling to Chicagoland - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

Chicago’s real estate market isn’t exactly known for being stress-free, but Jeff Nydegger, co-founder and CEO of Jeff Buys Your House, says his company is changing that. Speaking with Dan Proft on...

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 17h

Tim Ballard Discusses New Film “Hidden War” and Global Battle Against Child Trafficking

Tim Ballard Discusses New Film “Hidden War” and Global Battle Against Child Trafficking - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

Tim Ballard, former U.S. Department of Homeland Security special agent and the real-life inspiration behind the hit film Sound of Freedom, discusses his new documentary Hidden War

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 17h

Former Federal Prosecutor Warns of “Leniency Culture” Fueling Chicago’s Violent Crime Crisis

Former Federal Prosecutor Warns of “Leniency Culture” Fueling Chicago’s Violent Crime Crisis - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

Matthew Moyer, senior associate at Clifford Law Offices & former prosecutor for both the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, shares details from his...

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 17h

Legal Scholar Weighs In on Supreme Court Tariff Case With Major Implications for Presidential Power

Legal Scholar Weighs In on Supreme Court Tariff Case With Major Implications for Presidential Power - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

William Jacobson, Clinical Professor of Law at Cornell and Director of the Securities Law Clinic, says Trump’s tariff case is stronger than the media gives it credit for

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 17h

Ronald Vitiello: Chicago Politicians Are Undermining Federal Law Enforcement

Ronald Vitiello: Chicago Politicians Are Undermining Federal Law Enforcement - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

Senior Advisor for DHS/CBP Office of the Commissioner & former Chief of U.S. Border Patrol & Acting Director of ICE, Ron Vitiello, pushes back on media portrayals of ICE and CBP

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 18h

Daily Show Notes: Thursday 11/6/25

Daily Show Notes: Thursday 11/6/25 - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

Day care center arrest Air traffic reductions Megyn Kelly on GOP getting its act together Senior Advisor for DHS/CBP Office of the Commissioner & former Chief of U.S. Border Patrol & Acting Director of...

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 22h

Illinois quick hits: $20 million for Alton housing project; alleged migrant assaults reported

$20 million for Alton housing project

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 22h

WATCH: Pritzker: 'Government isn't always the best option' | Illinois | thecentersquare.com

WATCH: Pritzker: 'Government isn’t always the best option'

(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says government is not always the best option when it comes to private business.

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Dabrowski campaigns in Marion, calls for lower taxes and local control

In what’s shaping up to be another crowded field of Republican candidates hoping to unseat Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker next November, one contender made a stop in Marion on Wednesday

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Inmate families, advocates speak against mail scanning program

Article Summary The Illinois Department of Corrections launched a program this year that limits inmates’ access to physical mail and

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Group seeks probe into Illinois law requiring grades 3-12 mental health screenings

(The Center Square) – A law firm is urging a federal investigation into a new Illinois law, arguing that the act that requires mental health screenings for all school children

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: System for ballooning diversity program criticized; prisons wrestle mail scanning

(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop talks live with The Center Square investigative reporter Jared Strong about his

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Reason Foundation: No turning point yet in Illinois on pension debt - The Center Square

Reason Foundation: No turning point yet in Illinois on pension debt

(The Center Square) – A new report says Illinois has the highest per-capita unfunded state and local pension liabilities in the nation, 50% higher than the state with the second-highest

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois quick hits: Tax Competitiveness Index released; IDOT career fair in Springfield

Tax Competitiveness Index released

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Illinois DCFS can't locate documents showing number of missing children

WATCH: Illinois DCFS can’t locate documents showing number of missing children

(The Center Square) – Documents to show the number of missing youth in care from the Department of Children and Family Services still “have not been located.”

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Madison clerk to use coroner's death records to fix voter rolls | Illinois | thecentersquare.com

Madison clerk to use coroner’s death records to fix voter rolls

EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS - Madison County will now use reports of deaths from the county coroner to more quickly and efficiently remove those who have died from the county's roll of

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IL Freedom Network @ilfreedomnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker sticks up for Staunton man

Pritzker sticks up for Staunton man - Capitol City Now

Community rallies for undocumented Sandoval.

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