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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, speaks as, from left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, listen during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. A social media post by the Illinois Republican County Chairmen’s Association calling them “The Jihad Squad” has been taken down amid widespread backlash from top state leaders in both parties.

Politics | Illinois GOP group apologizes for sharing meme calling 4 Democrats 'Jihad Squad'

The fake movie poster is another broadside against the four minority congresswomen in the wake of Trump's racist tweets toward them.
Jeanne Ives of Wheaton is running against former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti in the Republican primary to seek the 6th District U.S. House seat now held by Democrat Sean Casten of Downers Grove.

Politics | Ives seeks 'more freedom' for 6th District in campaign to unseat Casten

Jeanne Ives challenged then-Gov. Bruce Rauner in a 2018 Republican primary and now is running for U.S. representative in the 6th District. She says the race is all about freedom from excessive government control.
Elk statues dot the landscape of the $1 billion Elk Grove Technology Park that is being built on 85 acres in Elk Grove Village. The land was the longtime Busse farm, and twice proposed for a Chicago Bears stadium.

Business | Former Elk Grove Village farm takes shape as high tech hub

On land once envisioned for the gridiron of the Chicago Bears, likenesses of elk roam today instead. Those 29 bronze figures represent the massive $1 billion Elk Grove Technology Park under development on what had been the largest remaining tract of land in the O'Hare industrial market.
Construction of a 63,538-square-foot Jewel-Osco grocery store is set to begin this fall at the northeast corner of Route 47 and Reed Road in Huntley. The project cost is estimated at $11.5 million and expected to bring 160 new jobs to the area.

Business | Construction of second Huntley Jewel store set to begin this fall

Construction of a new Jewel-Osco store on the north side of Huntley is expected to begin this fall.
A group of good Samaritans came to the rescue of a driver of a pickup truck that flipped over Monday morning on I-88 in Oak Brook.
Transportation | Good Samaritans rescue man on I-88 after pickup truck flips over
A group of good Samaritans came to the rescue of a driver of a pickup truck that flipped over Monday morning on I-88 in Oak Brook.
Anton L. Purkart
Kane County | Judge: Geneva man's anonymous racist, homophobic letters were 'vulgar' but not criminal
Citing freedom of speech, a Kane County judge on Monday found a Geneva man who sent anonymous, racist, homophobic and harassing letters to people in a "What's Happening" Facebook group not guilty of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Letisia C. Delgadillo
News | Waukegan woman gets 14 years for killing two while driving impaired
A Waukegan woman was sentenced to 14 years in prison after causing a four-vehicle crash that killed two people last summer, officials said Monday.
David G. Walker, Sr.
Lake County | Police: Gurnee man tried to steal skid-steer, broke into multiple vehicles
A Gurnee man faces several felony charges after being arrested in connection with several vehicle burglaries in Waukegan, Lake County sheriff's police said Monday.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the NAACP convention, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
News | Deal sealed on federal budget, ensuring no shutdown, default
President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced late Monday they had struck a critical debt and budget agreement. The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid politically dangerous tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first-ever federal default.
A dispute between CBS and AT&T has left thousands of DirecTV and U-verse viewers of CBS 2 in the dark.
Columns | Feder: CBS 2 goes missing from DirecTV, AT&T U-verse
Just when you thought WBBM-Channel 2's ratings couldn't go any lower, the CBS-owned station can't even be seen in thousands of Chicago area homes, Robert Feder writes.
Debra Noble, left, and Joyce Winke stand at the bottom of Winke’s driveway at the end of their cul-de-sac. Residents who live just west of I-355 between North Avenue and St. Charles Road near Lombard have sought a noise wall for three decades.
Transportation | 'What are we? Chopped liver?' | Noise wall taunts residents on other side of I-355
Imagine you've wanted a noise wall to give relief from I-355 for three decades -- and it goes up on the other side of the tollway.
Palatine police plan to step up enforcement of the village’s vehicle sticker program. As many as 30% of vehicle owners in Palatine don’t have stickers, costing the village as much as $700,000 a year.
News | $700,000 reasons why Palatine wants to get tough on vehicle sticker scofflaws
Scofflaws are costing Palatine as much as $700,000 annually by not purchasing vehicle stickers, and village officials want to do something about it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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