WATCH: Illinois In Focus Daily | Wednesday July 30th, 2025

(The Center Square) – In today’s edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop continues coverage of how the Trump administration’s changes to SNAP could impact Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Republicans want to take food benefits away to give tax breaks to the wealthy. Republican state Sen. Andrew Chesney says Republicans are just looking for accountability of how tax dollars are spent.

Bishop also shares separate comments from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Republican state Sen. Andrew Chesney about the state’s continued resistance to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

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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