Cook County Business
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English teacher opens independent bookstore in downtown Arlington HeightsAug 23, 2026 8:13 am - After 25 years teaching English to seventh and eighth graders, Dana Foley has opened Scout’s Tales, an independent bookstore in downtown Arlington Heights — the area’s first in two decades.
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Interest rates are higher, but area banks are still lending to small businesses. Here’s how to get your loan.Aug 22, 2026 9:35 am - Interest rates have come down since their peak a few years ago. However, the prime rate, which is the rate most banks charge to their best and biggest customers, is at 6.75% and most of my clients are paying at least one or two percentage points above that. So financing is still not cheap.
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‘This is an institution’: Paul’s Family Restaurant celebrates 65 years in ElginAug 21, 2026 6:00 pm - About 75 friends, family and local dignitaries gathered at Paul’s Family Restaurant on Friday, Aug. 21, to honor its 65th year in Elgin.
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Bartlett to consider plan for 98 townhouses on land in now unincorporated DuPage CountyAug 21, 2026 3:33 pm - Bartlett planning and zoning commissioners will consider a proposed 98-unit townhouse development on 19 acres on the west side of South Bartlett Road between the Durwood Forest subdivision and Canadian National Railway tracks on Sept. 3.
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Shops on Spring incubator project brings home-based businesses to a storefront in downtown ElginAug 21, 2026 12:40 pm - Shops on Spring, a storefront created by the Made-In-Elgin incubator program, held a grand opening at 42 S. Spring St. in downtown Elgin on Thursday. Four new previously home-based businesses now have their first brick-and-mortar locations.
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New restaurant, banquet facility for former Buffalo Grove Outback Steakhouse location back on track to openAug 20, 2026 1:50 pm - Plans to reopen the former Buffalo Grove Outback Steakhouse location as a new restaurant and banquet facility are back on track.
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Safety concerns force Grayslake officials to postpone public comment session on data center projectAug 20, 2026 8:23 am - An extended public comment session on the approved T-5 data center project in Grayslake scheduled for Thursday evening has been postponed due to safety concerns.
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Pritzker signs disaster proclamation to aid communities in storm cleanup effortsAug 20, 2026 7:54 am - Gov. JB Pritzker issued a proclamation Tuesday to bring financial help to 15 Illinois counties — including five in the Chicago region — pounded by severe and record-breaking storms over recent weeks.
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Anti-Flock signs removed as Rolling Meadows debates license plate camerasAug 19, 2026 6:05 pm - Rolling Meadows city inspectors removed 57 yard signs placed by opponents of automated license-plate reading cameras. Officials say the signs were on public property, but organizers accuse the city of selective enforcement.
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Bartlett has no marijuana dispensaries. It could soon have two at the same intersectionAug 19, 2026 4:22 pm - After going years without a recreational marijuana dispensary, the village of Bartlett could get two of them at the same intersection.