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Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop reports on Illinois government and other issues for The Center Square. Bishop has years of award-winning broadcast experience and hosts the WMAY Morning Newsfeed out of Springfield.

Illinois
Illinois Senate measure allowing police to address squatters advances

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate could consider a bill to address squatters. That’s when a homeowner comes home from a vacation or other extended period away to find… Read More

April 17, 2024
Guns, Illinois
Trial on merits of Illinois gun ban could begin July 8, attorney says

(The Center Square) – A plaintiff’s attorney suing Illinois over the state’s gun and magazine ban expects the case to go to trial on the merits in July. Illinois enacted… Read More

April 15, 2024
Illinois
Pritzker’s grocery tax plan is ‘zero benefit to taxpayers,’ GOP senator says

(The Center Square) – The conflict over how to address getting rid of Illinois’ 1% grocery tax continues with Republicans saying their plan should be considered. In 2022, as a… Read More

April 9, 2024
Illegal Immigration
Migrant shelter tuberculosis cases ‘isolated,’ measles cases rise to 56

(The Center Square) – The Illinois public health director said Thursday that public health officials are handling not just one but two disease outbreaks among non-citizen shelters in Chicago. Last… Read More

April 4, 2024
Illinois
Thousands of non-citizens in Illinois to be moved off state taxpayer-subsidized health care

(The Center Square) – The Pritzker administration is set to remove thousands of non-citizens over the age of 65 from the state’s taxpayer-subsidized health care plan in an effort to… Read More

March 19, 2024