Hoffman Estates Business
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‘It’s going to happen again’: Biting mites an issue for some following cicada emergenceAug 15, 2024 6:57 pm - Like 17 years ago, a corollary effect of the periodical cicada emergence has left some people scratching unexplained red welts appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
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Hoffman Estates joins other suburbs by outsourcing crossing guardsAug 15, 2024 2:56 pm - Facing increasing difficulty finding and retaining school crossing guards, Hoffman Estates is joining neighbors Schaumburg, Hanover Park and Barrington by contracting Aurora-based Andy Frain for those services.
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Demolition begins on mammoth Sears complex in Hoffman EstatesAug 14, 2024 4:12 pm - Structural demolition has begun on the 2.4 million square feet of office space that served as Sears’ worldwide headquarters in Hoffman Estates.
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Credit agency upgrades Cook County’s bond rating to AAJul 24, 2024 12:37 pm - Cook County officials announced Wednesday that Fitch Ratings has upgraded the county’s bond rating from AA- to AA, the third ratings upgrade in less than three years.
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New life for ‘zombie offices’? Suburbs’ less desired buildings are gradually repurposing in evolving marketJul 21, 2024 5:39 am - While companies are continuing their flight to higher quality suburban office space in the evolving post-pandemic market, data suggests the region may be gradually figuring out how to repurpose its less desired buildings.
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Suburban Cook County resident has year’s first human case of West Nile virusJul 17, 2024 2:13 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified the first human case of West Nile virus so far this year, the agency said Wednesday.
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Cook County ranked fifth in nation for digital accessJul 16, 2024 1:19 pm - The Center for Digital Government has recognized Cook County as one of America's leading digital counties, ranking it fifth among counties with populations of 1 million or more in the 2024 Digital Counties Survey, officials announced.
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COVID numbers are climbing, but not as rapidly as in other statesJul 12, 2024 9:31 pm - COVID numbers are on the rise again, but public health experts said Illinois isn’t yet seeing the spikes other states are reporting.
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Suburban Mariano’s among those to be sold in Kroger, Albertsons mergerJul 10, 2024 7:53 am - Several suburban Mariano’s will be sold to another grocer if Kroger and Albertson’s merger is allowed.
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Good business starts with good educationJul 07, 2024 5:04 am - The state of education in Illinois is nothing short of a crisis — only 29% of our third-grade students are meeting reading proficiency standards, according to state data....