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‘It feels like the end of days’: Trump’s China tariff shocks US importers

By Paul Wiseman and Anne D'Innocenzio
Apr 14, 2025 9:40 am - Rick Woldenberg thought he had come up with a surefire plan to protect his Chicago-area educational toy company from President Donald Trump’s massive new taxes on Chinese imports.
New lawsuit alleges Mount Prospect officials are harassing company

By Steve Zalusky
Apr 01, 2025 12:27 pm - Prestige Feed Products has revived harassment claims against Mount Prospect with a new lawsuit in Cook County circuit court.
Trump’s latest auto tariffs explained: What car buyers should know this year

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and PAUL WISEMAN
Mar 28, 2025 12:34 pm - President Donald Trump’s 25% tax on imported cars, light trucks and auto parts is likely to drive up prices at a time when many Americans already struggle to afford a new set of wheels. The tariffs will also force car companies to rethink what cars they make and where they make them.
Pritzker vetoes bill that would have required warehouse workers to know their quotas

By Ben Szalinski
Mar 25, 2025 1:18 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker issued a rare veto Friday of a bill that would require warehouse workers in Illinois to know quotas they must meet at their jobs.
Vetter’s $163 million expansion plan moves forward in Des Plaines

By Russell Lissau
Mar 17, 2025 9:08 pm - A German pharmaceutical company’s $163 million plan to expand its facility in Des Plaines got a tentative go-ahead from the city council Monday.
He bet his life savings on paper straws. Trump may destroy his business.

By Abha Bhattarai
Mar 05, 2025 9:55 am - After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, 75-year-old Guy Spinelli plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, and sells to more than 1,000 restaurants, bars, coffee shops and casinos. But now, two years in, Spinelli says the party is over.
Teaching practical skills: Wheeling robotics company to open manufacturing incubator in Mundelein

By Russell Lissau
Feb 26, 2025 8:55 am - A Wheeling robotics company plans to expand by opening a second facility in the village-owned Archer Business Center, 165 N. Archer Ave. The Mundelein facility will be a manufacturing incubator at which professional apprentices and interns can learn skills using modern equipment.
Japan says it has asked the US to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffs

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Feb 12, 2025 7:18 am - Japan 's government said Wednesday it asked the U.S. to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffs, a change from duty-free quotas that Tokyo was given previously.
Trump’s latest tariff plans on steel, aluminum and other imports are spreading uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Feb 10, 2025 2:39 pm - President Donald Trump plans to on Monday formally announce 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as part of an aggressive effort to remake the existing terms of world trade that so far has compounded economic uncertainty.
Illinois lawmakers try again to ban certain food additives

By LILY CAREY
Feb 06, 2025 1:57 pm - For the second legislative session in a row, Sen. Willie Preston, a Chicago Democrat, is pushing to ban several chemicals from Illinois food items.

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