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South Korean workers detained in immigration raid headed to Atlanta for flight home

Sep 11, 2025 7:38 am - Buses carrying workers from South Korea who were detained last week in an immigration raid at a battery factory were traveling Thursday from a detention center in southeast Georgia to Atlanta, where a charter plane was waiting to take them home.
Prestige Feed Products odor levels found safe by study funded by Mount Prospect

By Steve Zalusky
Sep 10, 2025 4:32 pm - A $69,000 odor study of Prestige Feed Products funded by Mount Prospect found the chemicals tested below safe exposure levels.
US Steel to end steel production at Illinois plant but no layoffs

By MARC LEVY
Sep 09, 2025 4:20 pm - U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker by giving the government a say over decisions that affect domestic steel production. U.S. Steel will end production at the plant, likely in November, but it won’t lay off any of the roughly 800 workers there or reduce their pay, it said.
Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Sep 02, 2025 1:09 pm - Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet.
AbbVie investing $195 million to expand manufacturing footprint in Illinois

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Aug 12, 2025 1:24 pm - AbbVie, a global leader in life sciences, announced Tuesday the company’s is investing $195 million to expand its North Chicago manufacturing facility.
Smithfield Foods’ St. Charles facility donates 13,000 lbs. of salami to Northern Illinois Food Bank

Submitted by Northern Illinois Food Bank
Aug 11, 2025 8:06 pm - Smithfield Foods donates over 13,000 pounds of salami to Northern Illinois Food Bank, providing thousands of protein-rich meals to families facing hunger.
Trump will highlight Apple's plans to invest $100 billion more in US, raising total to $600 billion

By JOSH BOAK
Aug 06, 2025 12:12 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to celebrate at the White House a commitment by Apple to increase its U.S. investments by an additional $100 billion over the next four years.
Trump’s tariffs could squeeze US factories and boost costs by up to 4.5%, a new analysis finds

By JOSH BOAK and PAUL WISEMAN
Jul 29, 2025 8:03 am - As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs could increase by roughly 2% to 4.5%.
Illinois bet on solar to meet its climate goals. Trump has the industry in his crosshairs.

By Andrew Adams
Jul 17, 2025 1:41 pm - Congress’ latest budget package slashed federal tax incentives for solar developments. Industry insiders said the latest federal policies create “a lot of uncertainty.” Illinois facilitates significant funding for the renewables industry, particularly for solar, which provides some insulation against the federal action.
After meeting with Trump, Nvidia CEO says the sale of AI chip is back on in China

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Jul 15, 2025 7:17 am - Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China.

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