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2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (351+ words) (The Center Square) – The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a settlement striking $139.2 million from Northern Illinois Gas Co.'s rate request for natural gas delivery services. The agreement announced onThursday reduces Nicor’s initial $221 million requested increase by roughly 63%. The ICC…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (235+ words) (The Center Square) – A campaign sign standoff in Beloit is over, and the sign remains standing. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty said a local condo association tried to stop a man from displaying a Tom Tiffany for Governor…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (308+ words) (The Center Square) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has reached 323 pardons issued in his final months in office, part of his seven-year long expedited pardons project. “In general, typical expedited applications take 12-18 months from start to finish,” said Jana Hrdinováof the…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (827+ words) Last year, during difficult contract talks, Mead had to make a fair offer to staff without making promises our schools could not afford. That meant weighing costs, holding our ground, and saying no when the numbers did not work. Taxpayers…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (653+ words) Suppose one fine day when people finally, at long last, develop commercial scale fusion reactors, someone notices a tiny discrepancy in the energy output in all of them. Nothing major, Like 0.00001% less energy than theory predicts. Now, I know this…...

6+ min ago   (367+ words) (The Center Square) – The Appalachian Regional Commission granted eastern Kentucky $78.8 million in taxpayer dollars to help infrastructure in the Appalachian part of the state, a record high for Kentucky. The funds are disbursed by the Kentucky Department for Local Government…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (390+ words) Well this is interesting… Trump’s former Senate pick backs Democrat in New Hampshire I don’t know if this is a rats-deserting-sinking-ship thing, or if the Sununus have simply outworn their welcome, or if it’s FINALLY dawning on some Republicans that…...

6+ min ago   (349+ words) (The Center Square) - A new report says that eliminating a tax on tips and overtime would have a $2.7 billion impact on state tax collections over the next 10 years. The Wisconsin Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the taxes, matching…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (652+ words) A plan for the next Congress is taking shape before voters have chosen who will control it. Across the country, the president is campaigning against that possibility as both parties sharpen their closing arguments. House Democrats are preparing a first…...