Business Stories from September 16, 2025 (Change date)
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Restaurant, townhouses approval new chapter for long vacant village-owned land in Lake ZurichSep 16, 2025 8:01 pm - After 20 years, Lake Zurich envisions a new chapter for vacant village-owned property across Main Street from its namesake lake.
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Buyer steps into cracked bathtubSep 16, 2025 2:41 pm - The home I just bought has a cracked bathtub. The sellers tried to fix the crack, but the patch cracked the first time I stepped into the tub.
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FDA takes aim at Hims & Hers, weight loss drugs in crackdown on pharmaceutical adsSep 16, 2025 2:39 pm - For the first time, federal health officials are taking aim at telehealth companies promoting unofficial versions of prescription drugs — including popular weight loss medications — as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pharmaceutical advertising.
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New children’s bookstore in Fox River Grove aims to conjure reading magicSep 16, 2025 2:03 pm - Former grade school English teacher and Crystal Lake resident Susan Kelly remembers how magical books were for her growing up. Now she’s aiming to pass on that same feeling in her newly opened independent children’s bookstore in Fox River Grove.
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Plan for $1.9M duplexes in downtown St. Charles advances, despite worries over tree removalSep 16, 2025 1:55 pm - A proposed housing development in downtown St. Charles took another step toward final approval last week with a positive recommendation from the city’s planning and development committee.
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‘We can change the trajectory now’: Chicago budget leaders float cuts and fee hikes to fix deficitSep 16, 2025 10:49 am - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget working group has given him dozens of options — including furloughs, hiring freezes, fee increases and a property tax hike tied to inflation — to choose from as he works to close a $1.15 billion deficit for next year.
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Palatine doggy day care passes despite noise concernsSep 16, 2025 10:24 am - Despite initial reservations about noise affecting a nearby residential area, Palatine village council members approved doggy day care in the Northwest Shopping Center by a 4-2 vote Monday.
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Target steps up next-day parcel delivery as discounter tries to narrow gap with rivalsSep 16, 2025 8:54 am - Target is expanding its next-day delivery of parcel shipments to 35 of the nation's top 60 metropolitan markets by the end of next month, marking 22 new cities this year, as the discount retailer aims to narrow the gap with the likes of Amazon.
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Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs hurt jobs and lead to price hikesSep 16, 2025 8:29 am - Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald Trump’s tariffs are starting to hurt the job market and lead to price increases.
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