Business Stories from April 6, 2026 (Change date)
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‘I was devastated’: Wheaton Nurseries receives outpouring of support after shop fireApr 06, 2026 8:37 pm - Wheaton Nurseries, a family-owned business since 1895, has been “inundated” with messages of support since a fire in its gift shop along Roosevelt Road.
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Restaurant with cricket simulators gets go-ahead in WheelingApr 06, 2026 7:30 pm - Plans for a restaurant featuring cricket simulators got the Wheeling village board’s OK Monday night.
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‘Can’t have this happening again’: Arlington Heights mayor fines seven businesses for underage alcohol salesApr 06, 2026 7:25 pm - In his first hearing as local liquor commissioner, Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia fined seven businesses between $500 and $5,000 for selling alcohol to minors.
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Broker denies agents avoid ‘deal killers’Apr 06, 2026 5:42 pm - As a real estate broker, I’m troubled about some of your articles’ suggestions that Realtors label good inspectors as "deal killers." This charge seems unfair and in poor taste.
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CEJA workforce hubs deliver hope, but will they deliver jobs?Apr 06, 2026 1:36 pm - Of the 805 students who have graduated from CEJA workforce hubs, only 124 had found employment in the renewable energy sector or adjacent industry as of March 2026, according to figures supplied to Capitol News Illinois by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, a rate of roughly 15%.
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Illinois considers abortion assistance for people with little or no insuranceApr 06, 2026 1:10 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats have added a new abortion access measure to their agenda that would allow people with limited or no insurance to get financial assistance for abortion care in Illinois.
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Arlington Heights manufacturing facility receives safety awardApr 06, 2026 1:10 pm - An Arlington Heights manufacturing plant received a top safety award from Northfield-based Medline, a provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions.
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AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalismApr 06, 2026 9:17 am - The Associated Press, one of the world's oldest and most influential news organizations, said Monday it is offering buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sustained the company since the mid-1800s.
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Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructureApr 06, 2026 9:07 am - A Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa killed two women and a toddler, authorities said Monday, while Ukrainian long-range drones targeted Russia’s key Black Sea port for oil exports.
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Trump widens threat to all of Iran's power plants and bridges as his deadline for a deal approachesApr 06, 2026 7:40 am - President Donald Trump on Monday expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer, after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war.
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