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Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications
Sep 19, 2025 7:47 pm - Looking to reshape the U.S. visa system for highly skilled foreign workers and investors, President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship.
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St. Charles plans to adopt local rules for motorized bikes, scootersSep 19, 2025 7:26 pm - St. Charles City Council members are considering proposed regulations regarding the use of motorized bicycles and scooters.
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Public hearing on proposed solar farm near Antioch continued againSep 19, 2025 7:24 pm - A public hearing regarding a proposed solar array on a farm field near Antioch has been continued for a third session after residents across the street made their case.
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Slain activist’s legacy sparks heated debate: Should Wheeling High honor Charlie Kirk?Sep 19, 2025 7:12 pm - Supporters and critics clashed over whether to recognize the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a distinguished alumnus at Wheeling High School.
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American Airlines pilot whose grounded flight on 9/11 inspired musical plans to attend Paramount’s productionSep 19, 2025 6:39 pm - Beverley Bass, the retired American Airlines pilot who inspired one of the characters in the Tony Award-winning “Come From Away” will be a special guest of the Paramount Theatre at Saturday’s performance of the heartwarming tuner about the residents of a small town in Canada who welcomed some 7,000 stranded airline passengers following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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‘More important to do it right’: DuPage County hits pause on revamp of Heritage GallerySep 19, 2025 5:35 pm - Officials have paused plans to revamp the former DuPage Heritage Gallery at the county’s administration building in Wheaton.
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Wheaton rejects cat lounge along Roosevelt RoadSep 19, 2025 5:17 pm - Wheaton City Council members have rejected a proposal to create a cat lounge in a vacant strip mall space off Roosevelt Road.
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Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel
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Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says
Sep 19, 2025 4:51 pm - Thirty-one journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a report released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists.The attack was the deadliest against journalists since the Magindanao massacre in the Philippines 16 years ago and the second-deadliest the New York-based press freedom group has ever recorded.
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Woman charged with intent to deliver controlled substance in BartlettSep 19, 2025 4:35 pm - A Chicago woman received drug-related charges after her arrest during a traffic stop in Bartlett Wednesday night.