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The Biz Week That Was: Illinois towns enact grocery tax, Stellantis to reopen plant, and recession warning signs

Daily Herald report
Oct 18, 2025 1:39 pm - More than half of Illinois communities have enacted a local grocery tax Illinois will stop levying a statewide grocery tax on Jan. 1, but millions of people througho...
Report: Illinois leads Midwest in clean energy jobs creation

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Oct 16, 2025 4:22 pm - Illinois ranks fifth in the U.S. for clean energy jobs with 3,274 new jobs added last year.
Stellantis to reopen Belvidere plant, create 3,300 new jobs

Daily Herald staff
Oct 16, 2025 2:33 pm - Stellantis has announced a $613 million capital investment in its Belvidere, Illinois, plant, which will create 3,300 jobs. The investment will support two new vehicle lines, including the Jeep Compass and the Jeep Cherokee.
Scent maker Belle Aire Creations expanding in Round Lake Park

By Mick Zawislak
Oct 15, 2025 8:55 am - Responding to continued growth, Libertyville-based Belle Aire Creations is expanding operations across the street from its manufacturing facility in Round Lake Park.
The Biz Week That Was: A new vision for Hawthorn mall, maternity ward closing, and Bears stadium updates

Daily Herald report
Sep 20, 2025 12:34 pm - ‘A substantially improved plan’: Second phase of Hawthorn mall transformation officially approved in Vernon Hills Changes allowing for what is described as an import...
No injuries in fire that damaged machinery at factory near Libertyville

By Jake Griffin
Sep 17, 2025 8:02 am - Fire damages machinery inside factory warehouse near the border between Libertyville and Lake Forest.
It's 'do or die' for electric vehicle maker Rivian as it breaks ground on a $5 billion plant

By JEFF AMY and ALEXA ST. JOHN
Sep 16, 2025 7:34 am - ATLANTA — It seems like a terrible time to build an electric vehicle plant in the United States, but Rivian Automotive leaders say they're confident as the company starts...
Shipping companies support a first global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Sep 15, 2025 1:16 pm - Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.
With Hyundai raid, Trump’s immigration crackdown runs into his push for foreign investment

By DIDI TANG and PAUL WISEMAN
Sep 12, 2025 8:30 am - President Donald Trump’s push to revitalize American manufacturing by luring foreign investment into the U.S. has run smack into one of his other priorities: cracking down on illegal immigration.
South Koreans seized in ICE raid return home to rousing welcome

By Heesu Lee and Soo-Hyang Choi
Sep 12, 2025 8:23 am - Hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid last week have returned home, ending an ordeal that has strained ties between Washington and Seoul and raised doubts about billions of dollars of planned Korean investment in the US.

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