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Congress is reversing a tax on this climate superpollutant
Feb 27, 2025 4:33 pm - The Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Biden-era rule that required oil companies to pay a fine for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has significantly co...
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CFPB drops its enforcement lawsuits against Capital One, Rocket Homes and more
Feb 27, 2025 4:28 pm - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and amid turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration.
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USAID workers clear their desks in Trump’s final push to dismantle the agency
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Watch: District 54 candidates discuss their qualifications and the issuesFeb 27, 2025 3:59 pm - See candidates running for school board seats in Schaumburg Township District 54 discuss issues in the race.
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‘We want our state back’: Why DuPage sheriff says he’s running for governor in 2026Feb 27, 2025 3:58 pm - Prompted by what he calls “radical” changes in Illinois’ criminal justice system, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick is skipping a potential third term as the county’s top cop and setting his sights instead on the governor’s mansion.
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Former Navy sailor admits plotting 2022 terrorist attack against Naval Station Great LakesFeb 27, 2025 3:49 pm - A former sailor admitted Thursday to plotting an attack on Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, purportedly to avenge the 2020 death of Qasem Soleimani, a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Watch: Wheaton City Council North District candidates share views on local issuesFeb 27, 2025 3:12 pm - Incumbent Scott A. Brown and challenger Syed Hussain discuss their qualifications and the issues in the race for Wheaton City Council, North District.
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84-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting five minorsFeb 27, 2025 2:39 pm - An 84-year-old Montgomery man has been accused of sexually assaulting five minors between the ages of 13 and 17 over a 15-year period.
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Watch: Candidates for Palatine Township District 15 board discuss the issuesFeb 27, 2025 2:33 pm - Candidates for Palatine Township District 15 board answer the Daily Herald editorial board’s questions and discuss district issues.
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Funeral planned for beloved Lake in the Hills butcher; family business thanks supporters
Feb 27, 2025 2:27 pm - Funeral arrangements have been set for Tom Yucuis, who died Monday in a pedestrian traffic crash near West Dundee. Yucuis started Butcher on the Block Meat and Deli in Lake in the Hills 25 years ago.