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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.
Mexican border cities are in limbo as tariff threats spark fears of a recession

By MEGAN JANETSKY
Feb 06, 2025 7:27 am - As soon as the sun glints over miles of border fence dividing the United States and Mexico, the engines of cargo trucks packed with auto and computer parts roar to life along border bridges and bleary-eyed workers file into factories to assemble a multitude of products geared toward the U.S. market.
Wall Street falls following Trump’s tariffs, but not as badly as feared in the morning

By STAN CHOE
Feb 03, 2025 4:01 pm - The threat of a punishing trade war sent Wall Street on a roller coaster Monday. After initially falling sharply on worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs, U.S. stocks pared their losses after Mexico said it had negotiated a one-month reprieve.
FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods

By JONEL ALECCIA
Jan 15, 2025 10:29 am - U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
State task force recommends tornado shelters in warehouses following deadly 2021 storm

By Ben Szalinski
Jan 07, 2025 10:08 am - A task force created in the wake of a deadly downstate tornado has issued recommendations for better protecting warehouse workers.
The Grieve Corp. celebrates 75th anniversary

By Shaw Local News Network
Jan 02, 2025 4:49 pm - A leading designer and manufacturer of industrial ovens and furnaces, The Grieve Corporation is marking its 75th year in business. Beginning in 1949 as a small-job shop i...
‘A good, viable option’: More women are choosing to work in the trades for better pay and benefits

By Amanda Marrazzo
Jan 02, 2025 1:08 pm - A growing number of women are entering the trades. According to Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2023, the number of women working in the trades reached the highest level ever — 363,651 working in construction and extraction occupations.
‘Quite passionate about our mission’: Global provider of lab products builds new headquarters in Vernon Hills

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 15, 2024 5:51 am - Heathrow Scientific, a global provider of laboratory products used in clinical and research labs, consolidates its Vernon Hills operations in a new $20 million facility.

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