Business Stories from April 8, 2025 (Change date)
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Lowe’s among major retailers closing for EasterApr 08, 2025 1:47 pm - For the sixth straight year, Lowe’s is closing its more than 1,700 stores for the Easter holiday, this year on April 20. “Lowes stores closing” became a trending topic on Google late Monday, sparking confusion over the fate of the country’s second-largest hardware store chain.
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Des Plaines closer to creating local grocery sales taxApr 08, 2025 12:57 pm - Des Plaines city council members on Monday overwhelmingly supported creating a local 1% sales tax on grocery items to offset the pending elimination of an identical state tax.
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Illinois nursing homes seek Medicaid rate hikeApr 08, 2025 12:27 pm - Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing many facilities around the state out of business.
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United Airlines … or ‘The Rest’? New O’Hare ad blitz comes as rivalry with American Airlines heats upApr 08, 2025 12:06 pm - United Airlines pokes fun at its competitors in the Chicago market as the summer travel season gears up.
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Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workersApr 08, 2025 11:23 am - The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.
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Hawthorn Woods holding public hearing on proposed residential developmentApr 08, 2025 8:19 am - A special meeting and public hearing of Hawthorn Woods’ planning, building and zoning commission will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Zurich High School’s performing arts center
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As China and the US spar, countries brainstorm over how to cope with the trade warApr 08, 2025 6:59 am - U.S. President Donald Trump and China sparred over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves on Tuesday, as governments elsewhere were brainstorming strategies to cope with the trade war between the global economic giants.
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Asia markets rebound despite tariffs threat on ChinaApr 08, 2025 6:31 am - Markets across the Asia-Pacific region rebounded when they opened Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with additional tariffs that would escal...
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