Illinois in Focus

Greg Bishop reviews some of a recent report from Fitch Ratings about states' pension liabilities compared to personal income and Illinois has the second worst. He gets reaction from state Rep. Blaine Wilhour and state Sen. Robert Martwick.

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Illinois legislators are done for the year, but they’ll be back in early January before the new General Assembly is seated. Republicans are issuing warnings. There were no vetoes to override during veto session the past two weeks. That didn’t prevent legislators from passing several bills that were gutted and replaced with other measures. Wednesday, state Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, carried a bill impacting various state statutes, including unemployment insurance. “This is agreed by business and labor and I think it’s very important that we do in order to avoid an increase in taxes on employers and a decrease in benefits to employees,” Hoffman said.

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Greg Bishop talks with The Center Square reporter Jim Talamonti about the latest in the corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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Greg Bishop reviews Wednesday's action at the Illinois General Assembly as legislators continue with fall veto session.

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Greg BIshop previews some of the stories expected Wednesday at the Illinois Statehouse. Get updates at thecentersquare.com/illinois

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Greg Bishop reviews Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent reaction to President-elect Donald Trump confirming he plans to issue a national emergency declaration to assist in his planned mass deportation operation.

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Greg Bishop talks with The Center Square's Casey Harper about President-Elect Donald Trump's latest cabinet picks.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is adamant the state must appeal a federal judge’s ruling that its gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional. On the House floor Tuesday, state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, said the state’s gun ban was deemed unconstitutional by Southern District of Illinois federal Judge Stephen McGlynn. He said the Pritzker administration needs to drop the appeal. “We’re going to spend a lot of time and a lot of money fighting against a law that is blatantly unconstitutional,” Caulkins said. “We’ve spent millions of dollars fighting against this law that you know, we know and now a judge has said is unconstitutional.” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Greg Bishop reviews some of the latest in several cases challenging Illinois gun laws, including the status of the state’s gun ban, the status of the challenge to the prohibition of concealed carry on mass transit, the appeal in the case challenging the state’s Firearm Owner’s ID card and the city of Chicago’s case against Glock.

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Greg Bishop reviews some of the questions Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker fielded Wednesday at an event in Springfield.

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