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Illinois soybean farmers face uncertainty amid MAHA push against seed oils Illinois soybean farmers face a potential market shakeup if public sentiment, and eventually policy, turns against seed oils, experts warn.

Illinois soybean farmers face uncertainty amid MAHA push against seed oils

Editorial | Whatever happened to transparency in the legislative process? The people of Illinois may have dodged a massive $1.5 billion tax increase, but that's only because a proposal put together by insider House Democrats was so outrageous that Gov.

Whatever happened to transparency in the legislative process?

WATCH: Trick or treat: IL legislators pass tax increase, decoupling bill early Friday (The Center Square) – Illinois taxpayers are waking up Halloween morning to tax increases after the conclusion of fall veto session at the Illinois Statehouse.

WATCH: Trick or treat: IL legislators pass tax increase, decoupling bill early Friday | Illinois

WATCH: IL lawmakers pass consequential bills early Halloween (The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop powers through on little sleep with a roundup of legislative activity at

WATCH: IL lawmakers pass consequential bills early Halloween | Illinois

Illinois House Minority Leader debates the public transit funding legislation presented in the House on the final day of legislative veto session. The measur... House Minority Leader Debates Bailout Bill for Transit

House Minority Leader Debates Bailout Bill for Transit

Letter to the Editor: State Rep. Niemerg: Doctors should focus on saving lives By legitimizing suicide, Senate Bill 1950 sends a harmful message to our youth that life is meaningless and valueless. This is not the kind of society we should strive to

Letter to the Editor: State Rep. Niemerg: Doctors should focus on saving lives

IL Senate approves Department of Corrections director despite fierce opposition (The Center Square) – Despite a myriad of ongoing issues at the Illinois Department of Corrections, state senators approved the nomination of Acting Director Latoya Hughes to stay in charge

IL Senate approves Department of Corrections director despite fierce opposition

Letter to the Editor: Bishop Paprocki: Assisted suicide is not the answer to human suffering The Illinois Senate passed SB 1950, which will legalize physician assisted suicide in Illinois, pending approval from Gov. JB Pritzker. It is quite fitting that the forces of the culture

Letter to the Editor: Bishop Paprocki: Assisted suicide is not the answer to human suffering

10/30/25 Illinois Freedom Caucus October Veto Session Update

Illinois Freedom Caucus October Veto Session Update

Priscilla West Warns of Ideological Indoctrination in America’s Classrooms - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Priscilla West, researcher for Peter Schweizer’s Government Accountability Institute and a chapter chair of Moms for Liberty, on social emotional learning and The New Face of Woke Education

Priscilla West Warns of Ideological Indoctrination in America’s Classrooms

Corey Brooks: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Self-Reliance, Not Dependency - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Priscilla West, researcher for Peter Schweizer’s Government Accountability Institute and a chapter chair of Moms for Liberty, on social emotional learning and The New Face of Woke Education

Corey Brooks: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Self-Reliance, Not Dependency

Chadwick Moore: Curtis Sliwa’s Stand Reflects GOP Resilience in Deep-Blue New York - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Chadwick Moore, NY Times bestselling author of Tucker and Senior Reporter at the New York Post, has a message for NYC voters: Mamdani hates America, but nobody’s more New York than Curtis Sliwa.

Chadwick Moore: Curtis Sliwa’s Stand Reflects GOP Resilience in Deep-Blue New York

Daily Show Notes: Friday 10/31/25 - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Kat the Commie for Congress bounces from podcast But for Trump Nuclear Option Why Dan Proft is Single Chadwick Moore, NY Times bestselling author of Tucker and Senior Reporter at the New York Post, has...

Daily Show Notes: Friday 10/31/25

Bears’ $25M offer to help Chicago doesn’t move ball forward in Springfield for new stadium Team sources said they were encouraged by the direction of Springfield talks, but they might take a closer look at potential stadium sites outside Cook County.

Bears’ $25M offer to help Chicago doesn’t move ball forward in Springfield for new stadium

Latest Chicago transit funding plan appears to avoid statewide tax increases Article Summary A new transit funding bill expected to be filed in Springfield Thursday night raises $1.5 billion for public

Latest Chicago transit funding plan appears to avoid statewide tax increases

Illinois quick hits: Energy omnibus bill advancing; ICE protesters indicted Energy omnibus bill advancing

Illinois quick hits: Energy omnibus bill advancing; ICE protesters indicted

WATCH: Debate around which tax to increase; pension enhancements, energy bills advance (The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop reviews the ongoing debate at the Illinois Statehouse about which taxes to

WATCH: Debate around which tax to increase; pension enhancements, energy bills advance | Illinois

‘Astonishingly reckless:’ IL Dems intro tax on ‘unrealized gains’ to fund transit SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS - With just two days remaining in the Illinois legislative fall veto session, Illinois Democratic state lawmakers have introduced new legislation, ostensibly designed to help the...

'Astonishingly reckless:' IL Dems intro tax on 'unrealized gains' to fund transit

WATCH: Clean Slate Act passes Illinois legislature despite opposition (The Center Square) – The Illinois House has approved a Senate bill that modifies the Clean Slate Act to seal certain criminal convictions.

WATCH: Clean Slate Act passes Illinois legislature despite opposition

Zaid Jilani: Mandani’s Rise Signals the Left’s Urban Realignment - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Zaid Jilani, Atlanta-based reporter, on the NYC mayoral race and a deep dive into America’s political dysfunction. 

Zaid Jilani: Mandani’s Rise Signals the Left’s Urban Realignment

Paul Perez: Border Agents Show “Tremendous Restraint” Amid Escalating Attacks from Agitators - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft President of the National Border Patrol Council, Paul Perez, on the “Broadview 6” — instead of doing the job we’re trained to do, agents are forced to deal with professional agitators

Paul Perez: Border Agents Show “Tremendous Restraint” Amid Escalating Attacks from Agitators

Ike Mazikowski: Chicago Hope Academy Offers a Model for Educational Renewal on the West Side - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Ike Mazikowski, principal of Chicago Hope Academy, joined Chicago’s Morning Answer to discuss how the faith-based school is transforming lives in one of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Founded in...

Ike Mazikowski: Chicago Hope Academy Offers a Model for Educational Renewal on the West Side

Stephen Moore: Bill Gates’ Climate Reversal and the Fed’s Economic Confusion - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Noted economist Stephen Moore on the rate drop, the markets, and Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Xi.

Stephen Moore: Bill Gates’ Climate Reversal and the Fed’s Economic Confusion

Daily Show Notes: Thursday 10/30/25 - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft Kat the Commie on her indictment over ICE interference OPRF equity director Sen. John Kennedy on the shutdown The Nazis have taken Milford, CT Animal Stories  Noted economist Stephen Moore on the rate...

Daily Show Notes: Thursday 10/30/25

WATCH: Tax proposals draw questions from Pritzker and GOP state rep (The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are considering progressive revenue measures in the final hours of the fall veto session, but their proposals are drawing questions from both sides of

Tax proposals draw questions from Pritzker and GOP state rep | Illinois - The Center Square

Illinois quick hits: Former sheriff's deputy guilty in Massey murder; appeals court intervenes in Bavino case Former sheriff's deputy guilty in Massey murder

Illinois quick hits: Former sheriff's deputy guilty in Massey murder; appeals court intervenes ...

Illinois quick hits: Former sheriff's deputy guilty in Massey murder; appeals court intervenes in Bavino case Former sheriff's deputy guilty in Massey murder

Former sheriff's deputy guilty in Massey murder; appeals court intervenes in Bavino case | Illinois

WATCH: Tax proposals draw questions from Pritzker and GOP state rep (The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are considering progressive revenue measures in the final hours of the fall veto session, but their proposals are drawing questions from both sides of

Tax proposals draw questions from Pritzker and GOP state rep

Illinois officials should investigate, charge federal immigration agents for state violations, group says Left-leaning organization is asking Illinois officials to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of state law by federal immigration enforcement agents deployed in “Operation Midway Blitz.”…

Illinois officials should investigate, charge federal immigration agents for state violations, group says

Illinois beef producers say Trump’s Argentina beef plan hurts farmers (The Center Square) – Illinois beef producers express frustration over President Donald Trump’s plan to expand beef imports from Argentina, a move he says will lower grocery prices but that

Illinois beef producers say Trump's Argentina beef plan hurts farmers - The Center Square