WATCH: Illinois In Focus Daily | Friday July 25th, 2025

(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop provides his understanding of why Thursday’s Illinois in Focus Daily live show was cut short and removed from YouTube and why the program wasn’t live Friday.

Bishop also shares recent comments from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker about the expectation energy prices are going to continue to go up for Illinois rate payers, the impacts of the Trump administration’s controls over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and also the governor speaking well of the increase in the State and Local Tax deduction from the “big, beautiful bill.”

Finally, Bishop shares a recent conversation with Ben Wallick of Vanilla Gorilla Security about why he travels to Aurora Sportsmen’s Club in Waterman, Illinois and how integral the facility is for his security training business.

Watch the full program below. Subscribe to Illinois in Focus Daily with The Center Square on YouTube. You can also subscribe to the Illinois in Focus podcast to get the entire show uninterrupted.

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