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Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING
Mar 27, 2026 1:48 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a deal that sought to do the same stalled in Congress. Trump signed the action with an eye toward easing long security lines at many of nation’s top airports.
MidAmerican Energy proposes rate hike for 85K customers in northwest Illinois

By Nikoel Hytrek
Mar 27, 2026 1:14 pm - Iowa-based utility company MidAmerican Energy asked the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve a rate hike for Illinois customers. The company serves about 85,000 Illinoisans in the Quad Cities area. The rate increase, if approved, would take place over a two-year schedule, leading to a $24.42 monthly increase, or $293 annually, by 2028.
Why a yearslong policy standoff could cost Illinois drivers at the pump again

By George Alexandrakis
Mar 26, 2026 1:55 pm - Midwestern governors, including Illinois’ JB Pritzker, are seeking a permanent solution to being able to use the ethanol blend E15 gasoline that’s cheaper but some say more polluting at a time when gasoline prices are rising. For three years, routine federal waivers temporarily lifted EPA restrictions that would otherwise bar retailers from selling E15 fuel during the summer months. But in 2025, that relief was delayed and gasoline retailers lost millions. The federal government announced this year’s waiver will take effect on May 1.
Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Mar 26, 2026 7:59 am - With pressure mounting, senators moved quickly Thursday to debate a “last and final” offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and put the livelihoods of Transportation Security Administration workers in jeopardy as Republicans try to address Democratic demands for changes to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement changes.
Iran and the US harden their positions over talks to end the nearly month-old war

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING
Mar 26, 2026 7:56 am - Iran and the United States appeared at an impasse Thursday, hardening their positions over ceasefire talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the Middle East war as thousands more U.S. troops neared the region.Meanwhile, President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6, and Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial strait.
The seafood industry bets Americans will finally eat more fish if it looks more like meat

By J.M. HIRSCH
Mar 25, 2026 8:56 am - The future of fish is looking a lot like… salami? And meatballs. And fried chicken. And breakfast sausage. And, of course, spareribs and burgers. This is America, after all.
Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, MUNIR AHMED and AAMER MADHANI
Mar 25, 2026 8:00 am - Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport.
Waste transfer station proposed to replace Countryside landfill operations

By Mick Zawislak
Mar 24, 2026 7:08 pm - The process to replace the Countryside landfill in Grayslake with a waste transfer station is set to begin.
‘People are being evicted’: TSA union says shutdown is pushing workers to economic brink

By Marni Pyke
Mar 24, 2026 6:17 pm - TSA union representatives talk about ICE deployment and why some airports like O’Hare have relatively normal security lines compared to nightmare scenarios elsewhere.
Insurance bill combining homeowners and auto regulation passes Illinois House, awaits Senate action

By PETER HANCOCK
Mar 24, 2026 3:15 pm - A bill giving the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to review and regulate premiums for both auto and homeowners insurance passed the House March 19 and now awaits Senate action. The bill would prohibit “excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory” premiums.

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