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Jan 13, 2026
The La Grange Village Board unanimously approved a 5-story, 39-unit condo complex on the site of the 1903 Jackson Square Antique Mall building.
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Jan 13, 2026
President Donald Trump proposed a funding cut of more than 90% for the Harbor Lock in his fiscal year 2026 budget request. The lock is one of the nation's busiest.
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Jan 13, 2026
The low-slung, rambling house, which came on the market in mid-November, is one of Peoria's most architecturally significant homes, said listing agent Mark Ferrill of RE/MAX.
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Jan 13, 2026
Here's what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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Jan 13, 2026
The lawsuit, filed last month in Chicago federal court, alleges false and deceptive marketing of the McRib.
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Jan 13, 2026
The lawsuit, filed last month in Chicago federal court, alleges false and deceptive marketing of the McRib.
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Jan 13, 2026
The Chicago Bears sent a survey to season ticket holders asking what they think of a potential new enclosed stadium in northwest Indiana.
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Jan 13, 2026
A 40-year-old man was charged with with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old man on a CTA train in the Loop neighborhood.
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Jan 13, 2026
A new Barnes & Noble bookstore is planned for a downtown Oak Park building that once housed Marshall Fields but has been vacant for 12 years.
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Jan 13, 2026
If there's one thread that ties together the 10 highest-priced home sales in 2025, it's Lake Michigan. Eight of the 10 highest-priced Chicago-area home sales involved single-family homes with frontage on Lake Michigan.
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Jan 13, 2026
This three-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, one half bath, hardwood floors and custom millwork.
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Jan 12, 2026
AbbVie reached a deal with the Trump administration on drug prices in exchange for being exempted from tariffs and future price mandates.
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Jan 12, 2026
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined top Chicago Bears officials Saturday to tour potential new stadium sites before the team's playoff win over the Green Bay Packers.
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Jan 12, 2026
California-based Transcend Development Group bought the 180-unit property at 221 E. 121st St. in West Pullman in a $53 million deal.
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Jan 12, 2026
Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion.
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Jan 12, 2026
Meta plans to cut about 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, as the company shifts priorities to build next-generation artificial intelligence.
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Jan 12, 2026
The new Metra station in Morton Grove has opened to commuters, but village officials say additional improvements at the site are not expected to be fully completed until spring. Morton Grove Village Administrator Chuck Meyer told Pioneer Press that the Metra station, at 8501 Lehigh Ave., opened on Dec. 15. The station stop is on […]
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Jan 12, 2026
The Trump administration's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared on Monday to be emboldening defenders of the U.S. central bank against the efforts of President Trump to control the Fed.
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Jan 12, 2026
General Motors Co. leveraged the automaker's more than 120-year heritage and its success during Detroit's Golden Age to design the company's new global headquarters at the Hudson's Detroit complex downtown that opened Monday.
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Jan 12, 2026
Illinois will now give residents until Jan. 31 to choose health insurance plans on the state's new Affordable Care Act exchange, at GetCoveredIllinois.gov. Previously, the open enrollment period was slated to end Jan. 15.
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Jan 12, 2026
"I've always said we're a blue-collar, shot-and-beer kind of town, but we're becoming more of a white wine and spritzer town," said Ald. Anthony Kennedy.
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Jan 10, 2026
Unlike Chicago and northwest Indiana, the Kansas City metroplex and its 2.4 million people are tightly intertwined across Missouri and Kansas, making a potential Bears move to Gary or Hammond very different from the Chiefs' efforts.
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Jan 09, 2026
At Wilmette's revitalized Plaza del Lago, boutique Space 519 features women's designer clothing. It says holiday sales were robust.
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Jan 09, 2026
Nicor Gas filed a $221 million rate increase request Friday with the Illinois Commerce Commission to continue replacing and repairing transmission pipelines and aging equipment, according to a news release.
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Jan 09, 2026
Chicago-area casinos are coming off a big year in 2025, as three new facilities boosted revenue and brought millions of additional players to the tables and slot machines.
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Jan 09, 2026
The attorneys general of Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in New York, alleging federal officials have no legal or constitutional authority to freeze the money.
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Jan 09, 2026
The attorneys general of Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in New York, alleging federal officials have no legal or constitutional authority to freeze the money.
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Jan 09, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration's plans to withhold $10 billion in child care and family assistance funds from Illinois and four other states.
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Jan 09, 2026
Excitement is high ahead of the Bears-Packers matchup. Foam cheese grater hats are already on backorder, and food deliveries are expected to be "off the charts."
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Jan 09, 2026
Excitement is high ahead of the NFL matchup. Pediatric hospital patients are writing letters of encouragement to Bears players. Foam cheese grater hats are already on backorder, and food deliveries are expected to be "off the charts" during Saturday's big game.
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Jan 09, 2026
Excitement is high ahead of the Bears-Packers matchup. Foam cheese grater hats are already on backorder, and food deliveries are expected to be "off the charts."
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Jan 08, 2026
The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season.
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Jan 08, 2026
Pleas from the dozens of Hobart residents who asked city officials to table action fell on deaf ears as the city council approved three resolutions — including a contribution of $47 million to the city by Jan. 31 — allowing Amazon Data Services to proceed with its data center plans at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street.
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Jan 08, 2026
Online shoppers spent a record $257.8 billion during the holiday season as they snagged major discounts on electronics, sporting goods and appliances, Adobe data show.
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Jan 08, 2026
Ford Motor Co. says eyes-off and hands-off autonomous driving will be road-ready in 2028, and it'll introduce new artificial intelligence-powered features to its current customers starting this year.
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Jan 08, 2026
The regulations would require licenses for the rentals and enable the county to levy fees for violations of the county code.
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Jan 08, 2026
Marcos Estrada and friend Edgar Figueroa opened Valor Jiu-Jitsu in Orland Park in September.
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Jan 08, 2026
T.J. Maxx signed a lease for 26,000 square feet on a prominent retail corridor in Lincoln Park, and will open a street-level store by the third quarter of 2026.
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Jan 08, 2026
This three-story penthouse home has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, one half bath, a private four-car attached garage and nearly 1,800 square feet of exclusive outdoor space.
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Jan 07, 2026
Child care professionals, parents, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and other local leaders expressed horror Wednesday after the federal government announced that it would freeze about $10 billion in funding for child care and family assistance programs in Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York.
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Jan 07, 2026
Child care professionals, parents, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and other local leaders expressed horror Wednesday after the federal government announced that it would freeze about $10 billion in funding for child care and family assistance programs in Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York.
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Jan 07, 2026
The Orland Park Plan Commission faced residents' questions Tuesday about an Amazon retail store at 159th Street and LaGrange Road.
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Jan 07, 2026
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper will shut down later this year, with a final edition slated for May 3.
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Jan 07, 2026
Lawyers representing an array of news organizations suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing and distorting their reporters' work have asked a Manhattan judge to sanction ChatGPT's parent company, alleging the tech behemoth deleted millions of conversations they were required to hand over as evidence of copyright infringement.
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Jan 07, 2026
Hawthorne Race Course has been beset by financial troubles, including liens seeking to recover unpaid debts, and its inability to open a proposed new casino.
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Jan 07, 2026
Hobart Mayor Josh Huddlestun called the $47 million upfront cash the city is poised to receive from Amazon, if plans go forward to build a data center at 61st and Colorado, "record breaking."
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Jan 07, 2026
Warner Bros. again rejected a takeover bid from Paramount and told shareholders Wednesday to stick with a rival offer from Netflix.
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Jan 06, 2026
The administration is also withholding funds meant for California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York.
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Jan 06, 2026
Ride-sharing passengers on Chicago's North Side and in Hyde Park started paying more for Ubers and Lyfts on Tuesday.
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Jan 06, 2026
The city's downtown congestion fee for rideshares first went into effect in 2020.
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Jan 06, 2026
A hospital workers' union is calling on Northwestern Memorial Hospital to beef up its emergency department staffing, ahead of a scheduled state board vote next week on whether the hospital should be allowed to embark on a $96 million expansion.
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Jan 06, 2026
The bookseller will open stores on State Street and in Hyde Park. The company also plans to relocate its store within Skokie's Westfield Old Orchard Mall, and build out by late spring a new location inside the former Borders Books in Oak Park.
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Jan 06, 2026
It would seem 2026 is already shaping up to be an exciting year for new businesses coming to Naperville.
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Jan 06, 2026
Derek van der Vorst, an international business advisor with Solarge, said the company hopes to decide between Waukegan and the Kansas site no later than the end of March.
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Jan 06, 2026
Ken Griffin famously paid $58.75 million in 2017 for the top four floors in the building at 9 W. Walton, but he never built them out and left them as raw space.
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Jan 06, 2026
If approved, the rate increase request would raise average residential customer delivery charges by $10 to $11 per month beginning in 2027, the utility said in a news release.
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Jan 06, 2026
Darien's Miskatonic Brewing Company produced acclaimed beers, but couldn't overcome stress from failed Naperville location, 'people drinking less.'
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Jan 06, 2026
Address: 1006 Ridge Avenue, Evanston Price: $1,725,000 This five-bedroom, four-bathroom home in Evanston has only been owned by three families over a century and many of its original architectural details have been preserved. This home retains classic Chicago yellow brick in basket weave patterns, a restored green Ludowici tile roof, as well as stained glass, woodwork […]
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Jan 06, 2026
The City Council passed a budget over Mayor Brandon Johnson's objection, but questions remain, among them, is it more sustainable or only more politically palatable?
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Jan 05, 2026
Major airlines reopened flights across the Caribbean region after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that the U.S. would lift airspace restrictions at 12 a.m. ET on Saturday.
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Jan 05, 2026
Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve.
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Jan 05, 2026
The federal government's decision to dramatically reduce the number of vaccines it recommends for children came on the same day that Illinois announced that the state had moved to "very high" levels of flu activity.
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Jan 05, 2026
Illinois moves to 'very high' flu levels, as federal government decides to no longer recommend flu vaccine for kids
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Jan 05, 2026
The two-phase project will increase capacity and add more automated processes, according to a news release from the company.
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Jan 05, 2026
The 120-year-old station is one of the CTA's most heavily used and serves the Purple, Pink, Brown, Orange and Pink Lines.
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Jan 05, 2026
On Jan. 5, 2024, a door plug on Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, forcing the 171 passengers and six crew to don oxygen masks before the pilots made an emergency landing. No one was seriously hurt, but the sudden depressurization left a gaping hole in the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft.
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Jan 04, 2026
President Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro isn't likely to have an immediate impact on oil prices.
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Jan 04, 2026
President Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro isn't likely to have an immediate impact on oil prices.
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Jan 04, 2026
The letter details concerns with a U.S. Department of Energy order that would require NIPSCO to keep its R.M. Schahfer plant operating.
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Jan 04, 2026
On Jan. 4, 2010, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest structure in the world at 2,717 feet tall, opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Jan 03, 2026
The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.
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Jan 03, 2026
The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.
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Jan 02, 2026
The personal information of more than 670,000 Illinois residents may have been publicly accessible online for several years, the Illinois Department of Human Services said Friday.
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Jan 02, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the unraveling of a $2.9 million computer chips deal that he concluded threatened U.S. security interests if the current owner, HieFo Corp., remained in control of the technology.
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Jan 02, 2026
Daniel Brand, who comes from a family of firefighters, established a scholarship at Moraine Valley Community College for students of the craft.
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Jan 02, 2026
Amazon seeks to open a retail store at 159th Street and LaGrange Road in Orland Park, site of the former Petey's II restaurant.
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Jan 02, 2026
Here's a look at some of the surprises that shaped financial markets in 2025.
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Jan 02, 2026
Tesla lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday.
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Jan 02, 2026
The Tinley Park Village Board is considering six proposals to add rules on rental housing and to combat absentee landlords.
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Jan 01, 2026
The Historic Pullman Foundation Model Train Experience is a way to expose people young and old to the hobby as well as Pullman's history.
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Jan 01, 2026
Farmer's Fridge now has a 100,000-square-foot kitchen near Midway Airport and thousands of locations across 20 states selling salads to millions of customers.
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Jan 01, 2026
The second major overhaul of the Capitol in just over a decade will include updated offices and enhanced security, as well as a refurbished Senate chamber finished last year.
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Jan 01, 2026
Chicago area hospitals say they've seen spikes in patients with the flu sooner this year than last year.
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Jan 01, 2026
Retailers have been asking customers for exact change as a federal decision to cease penny production has reduced circulation of the 1-cent coin even further.
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Jan 01, 2026
As AI becomes more intertwined in our work and personal lives, it's also shaking up playtime.
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Dec 31, 2025
Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire on Jan. 1, 2026. Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi say the impact will hurt individuals and hospitals across Illinois.
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Dec 31, 2025
While schools, government and banks are closed on New Year's Day, most major retailers across the U.S. will be open, with many offering discounts on older inventory to clear the way for newer products.
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Dec 31, 2025
The sale price received by the Khabibulins is another indicator of the softness in condo resale prices downtown.
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Dec 31, 2025
Many materialized into a barrage of new import taxes that overturned decades of U.S. economic policy — but others have yet to be fulfilled as 2025 comes to a close.
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Dec 31, 2025
The previous owner of the home removed its well-known horseshoe-style driveway.
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Dec 31, 2025
On Dec. 12, lobster meat destined for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota was stolen by a fraudulent trucking company.
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Dec 31, 2025
Over the past few months, the City Council in this town of about 14,000 has approved a flurry of housing projects
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Dec 31, 2025
As Northwestern wraps up a second season of playing football at a small lakefront field shared with the lacrosse and soccer teams, workers are busy building out a new $862 million football stadium in Evanston.
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Dec 31, 2025
This year alone, Hallmark has 80 hours of original holiday-themed programming, including two unscripted series, two scripted series, a holiday special and 24 movies.
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Dec 30, 2025
New tax on online bets in Chicago is projected to raise $26.2 million in 2026 and was included in the recently passed city budget.
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Dec 30, 2025
Naperville's Riverbrook Shopping Center to be new home to a 99 Ranch Market, slew of other Asian businesses opening in 2026.
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Dec 30, 2025
Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping the rate unchanged, minutes released Tuesday show, underscoring the divisions and uncertainty permeating the central bank.
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Dec 30, 2025
The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying off credit card debt, saving for a new house, or simply getting more educated about money.
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Dec 30, 2025
Warren Buffett will remain chairman and plans to continue coming into the office each day to help spot new investments and offer Greg Abel any advice he asks for.
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Dec 30, 2025
Wall Street is largely unchanged early Tuesday as trading for 2025 nudges closer to the finish line. Gold, silver and copper all resumed their ascent after steep declines Monday.
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