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Kane County board OKs 2026 budget, begins amending it

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 14, 2025 12:02 pm - Kane County Board members voted this week to adopt the county’s budget for the fiscal year that starts Dec. 1. Then they immediately amended the budget to authorize more spending, mostly for justice-related expenses.
Naperville names new public works director

Daily Herald report
Nov 14, 2025 10:37 am - Naperville has hired a new public works director who brings more than 20 years of experience to the leadership role.
Hoffman Estates man charged with possession, dissemination of child pornography

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 14, 2025 10:35 am - Following a two-month investigation, authorities charged a 26-year-old Hoffman Estates man with possession and dissemination of child pornography.
Lombard firefighters to launch holiday toy drive

Daily Herald report
Nov 14, 2025 9:45 am - A long-running Lombard tradition — the fire department’s holiday toy drive — will return the day after Thanksgiving.
Elgin man charged with DUI after drinking tequila in front of deputies who responded to crash

By Kelsey Rettke
Nov 14, 2025 9:42 am - An Elgin man was charged Thursday after authorities said his SUV crashed in a corn field east of Sycamore, and when they responded to the crash, he drank out of an open tequila bottle in front of sheriff’s deputies.
Cook County launches Housing Market Tracker

Daily Herald report
Nov 14, 2025 7:17 am - The Cook County Assessor’s Office has launched its new Housing Market Tracker, a first-of-its-kind interactive map that shows real estate trends and individual sales in the county.
Congress tightens THC restrictions on hemp, closing farm bill loophole

By Andrew Jeong
Nov 13, 2025 8:18 pm - Congress on Wednesday stiffened restrictions on hemp, a form of the cannabis plant that was legalized in the 2018 farm bill, in a provision tucked into the legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but says there’s no basis for a defamation claim

By BRIAN MELLEY
Nov 13, 2025 8:15 pm - The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.
What’s next in Congress on the push to release the Epstein files

By MATT BROWN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Nov 13, 2025 8:01 pm - The House is speeding toward a vote next week on releasing files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a step that comes after months of resistance from Republican leaders.They have no choice but to allow consideration of the bill after a petition on the measure reached the necessary 218 signatures.
States scramble to send full SNAP food benefits to millions of people after government shutdown ends

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB
Nov 13, 2025 7:29 pm - With the longest U.S. government shutdown over, state officials said Thursday that they are working quickly to get full SNAP food benefits to millions of people who made do with little-to-no assistance for the past couple of weeks.

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