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Transparency in lending practices protects small businessesMar 28, 2026 1:43 pm - Consumers are protected against predatory lending in Illinois. Small businesses are not.
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The Biz Week That Was: Bears deal should happen ‘sooner,’ data centers face hurdleMar 28, 2026 1:06 pm - Pritzker: Bears stadium deal should happen ‘sooner rather than later’ As lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said that a deal to get a Bears ...
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4 strategies for an organized tax season
Mar 28, 2026 12:24 pm - Every year, tax day sneaks up in a hurry. Whether you use tax preparation software or outsource to a certified public accountant, here are some key strategies to ensure a smooth and worry-free tax season.
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Edward Hospital to expand cardiovascular services with nearly $29 million projectMar 28, 2026 12:15 pm - Endeavor Health plans a nearly $29 million project to expand cardiovascular services at Edward Hospital. The project calls for adding two new operating rooms and relocating two existing ones to the fourth floor of the Edward Heart Hospital. It also includes a new, 10-bed intensive care unit.
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How the Homeland Security deal unraveled and split Republican leaders in Congress
Mar 28, 2026 8:21 am - The collapse of the deal leaves Congress, now on a two-week spring break, with no easy way out of the impasse that has put DHS into a shutdown since mid-February.
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AI’s arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels
Mar 27, 2026 7:53 pm - Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a “moonshot.”
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Wall Street drops again to close its 5th straight losing week and its worst since the Iran war
Mar 27, 2026 4:18 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years. The S&P 500 fel...
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Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding
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.
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‘Neighbors helping neighbors’: Volunteers update kitchen at Oakbrook Terrace Salvation ArmyMar 27, 2026 1:38 pm - Home Depot volunteers step in to renew the Oakbrook Terrace Salvation Army kitchen that hadn’t been upgraded in 34 years.
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MidAmerican Energy proposes rate hike for 85K customers in northwest Illinois
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.