Lake County Business
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Let It Be Us names board leadership, expanding statewide impactAug 18, 2025 6:30 pm - Let It Be Us names Kaycee Coles as new Vice Chair and Robin Kelleher as Governance Chair to guide expansion of programs helping Illinois children in foster care.
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The Biz Week That Was: Town hall on maternity ward closing, new local grocery tax, and more luxury apartments are among the highlightsAug 16, 2025 11:00 am - Town hall to address proposed closure of Elk Grove hospital’s maternity ward Elk Grove Village officials have scheduled a town hall for Ascension Illinois executives...
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Mercyhealth agrees to $1M settlement for religious discrimination over COVID-19 vaccine mandateAug 16, 2025 11:00 am - Mercyhealth health care system has agreed to pay more than $1 million to employees and offered to reinstate employees who were terminated for refusing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy for religious reasons.
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Libertyville joins most others in enacting local grocery taxAug 14, 2025 8:07 pm - Libertyville will join a majority of communities replacing the state grocery tax with a local version starting Jan. 1.
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Forest preserve approves $25 million land acquisition, public access and habitat restoration projectsAug 13, 2025 6:29 pm - The first installment of $155 million in funding overwhelmingly authorized last fall by Lake County voters will be in the bank within weeks and ready to apply to a variety of projects.
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‘It is an enclave’: Developer defends concept of gated community on former PepsiCo site in BarringtonAug 13, 2025 5:01 pm - The developer of a proposed gated community in Barrington told the village’s plan commission this week he has revised his plan. But commissioners and residents are still grappling with a development some feel is detached from the village.
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Mundelein BBQ joint gets $1,500 village grant for lighting upgradesAug 12, 2025 1:39 pm - A barbecue restaurant on the edge of downtown Mundelein will receive a municipal grant to help pay for new interior light fixtures.
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While promoting vaccines, Pritzker takes shots at Trump administrationAug 12, 2025 1:27 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker took shots at President Donald Trump’s administration while promoting childhood vaccinations in Wheeling.
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Recent home and property salesAug 12, 2025 1:09 pm - Cook County property transfers for Jan. 22 to March 6, 2025
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Waukegan finalist for Netherlands-based solar panel maker’s U.S. headquartersAug 12, 2025 11:30 am - A remediated Superfund site on the Waukegan lakefront is a finalist for the proposed U.S. headquarters and solar panel manufacturing facilities of a Netherlands-based company.