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How $5 million from Endeavor Health for Loaves & Fishes ‘meets the moment’Dec 13, 2025 10:45 am - Loaves & Fishes will receive $1 million annually for five years from Endeavor Health — $5 million total — to expand its reach and make food more accessible to families in need.
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‘Something’s got to give’: Sticker shock hits suburban Affordable Care Act enrolleesDec 13, 2025 10:00 am - ‘Our health system system is broken.’ With the Senate at a stalemate and no action from House, some in the suburbs are finding health insurance less affordable than ever. Suburbanites with ACA coverage are seeing increases from 47% to 95% in monthly premiums.
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‘This doesn’t pass the sniff test’: Proposal for new lounge in Mundelein encounters resistance over gamblingDec 12, 2025 7:17 pm - A plan to open a cocktail lounge with video gambling machines in downtown Mundelein encountered resistance during this week’s village board meeting.
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Baseball with a twist: New franchise seeks player/performers with unique skillsDec 12, 2025 6:56 pm - Take a knee, Harlem Globetrotters and Savannah Bananas, there's a new pro sportstainment franchise in the making: its name is the Chicago Snowballs, and it’s set to launch next spring at Chicago’s Kerry Wood Cubs Field.
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Health club, retail tenant proposed for former Dominick’s in Buffalo Grove’s Chase PlazaDec 12, 2025 5:10 pm - A developer is proposing dividing a former Dominick’s building in Buffalo Grove into two tenant spaces for both a health club and a general retail use.
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Illinois ag director says Trump trade policies are ‘crushing’ farmers
Dec 12, 2025 4:58 pm - Jerry Costello II, director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, said President Donald Trump’s farmer assistance program is not enough and that it “defies logic.”
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Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says
Dec 12, 2025 4:26 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceas...
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Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project
Dec 12, 2025 4:18 pm - President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent r...
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Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge's contempt inquiry in mass deportation case
Dec 12, 2025 3:58 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asked an appeals court on Friday to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carry...
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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
Dec 12, 2025 3:56 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained in...