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Redbox shuts down after its parent company files for bankruptcy
Jul 11, 2024 3:15 pm - Redbox and its tens of thousands of nostalgia-laden movie-rental kiosks are shutting down, officially ending a vestige of the physical-media era. The streaming and video ...
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Cancer deaths are down, so why does cancer scare us so much?
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Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren’t coming fast enough
Jul 11, 2024 2:05 pm - HOUSTON — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she went to a cooling center in...
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Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in eight states — including Illinois
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Small businesses could find filing for bankruptcy more difficult as government program expires
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‘We all love Wauconda so much’: How Wauconda is trying to attract visitors, nurture business and raise its profileJul 11, 2024 9:39 am - Wauconda isn’t called out by name but you may recognize Bangs Lake or local businesses in television spots urging visitors to see what Lake County offers.
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Fewer Americans apply for jobless claims last week as labor market remains sturdy
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IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers
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Pritzker signs bill targeting ‘predatory’ health insurance practicesJul 10, 2024 7:48 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Wednesday that puts new controls on the state’s health insurance industry, including bans on practices companies have used to reduce costs by controlling the amount of health care services a patient receives.
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Transit agency leaders push back on calls to merge Pace, CTA, Metra
Jul 10, 2024 2:01 pm - It was standing room only in a downtown Chicago committee hearing Tuesday as activists, transit experts and lobbyists hung on the words of the region’s transit agency chiefs.