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As red states target abortion pills, this group aims to boost protections

By Praveena Somasundaram
Oct 22, 2025 7:19 pm - Reproductive rights advocates are working to shore up access to abortion pills nationwide — and to strengthen their defense against efforts to prosecute doctors and pharmacies supplying the medication to states where it is banned.
Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

By SARA CLINE and VALERIE GONZALEZ
Oct 22, 2025 7:16 pm - Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities.
Trump defends East Wing demolition, raises ballroom price to $300 million

By Dan Diamond and Cat Zakrzewski
Oct 22, 2025 6:48 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised the estimate of his planned White House ballroom, saying that the project would cost $300 million - up from his initial claim of $200 million - and defended the decision to tear down the East Wing amid widespread complaints.
‘Less food for more people’: Thousands could lose SNAP benefits amid shutdown, advocates warn

By Marni Pyke
Oct 22, 2025 6:46 pm - “For every meal that we provide, SNAP provides nine. So we’re just simply not at the scale of SNAP,” food pantry expert says.
District 214 renovations could cost average homeowner $421 more per year

By Christopher Placek
Oct 22, 2025 6:20 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is considering a renovation plan worth as much as $912.5 million, which could add up to a $421 annual tax increase for the average homeowner.
Jeffries’ Illinois redistricting push meets cool reception in Springfield

By Brenden Moore
Oct 22, 2025 5:05 pm - U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ push for Illinois Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional map as a counter to President Donald Trump’s mid-decade redistricting project in GOP-led states has met a cool reception with state lawmakers.
Buffalo Grove seeking resident, business contacts

Daily Herald report
Oct 22, 2025 4:58 pm - Buffalo Grove has launched a community-wide effort to update resident and business contact information, forming the foundation for an upcoming customer relationship management system.
East Dundee continuing interest in multifamily housing for former factory site

By Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 22, 2025 4:35 pm - East Dundee will continue considering a plan to build income-restricted apartments and townhouses on the site of the former Haeger Potteries factory.
Sheriff’s deputy got mad and fatally shot Sonya Massey without justification, prosecutor says

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 22, 2025 3:41 pm - The Illinois sheriff's deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Sean Grayson's murder trial.
US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Oct 22, 2025 3:13 pm - The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, marking an expansion of the Trump administration's campaign against drug trafficking in South America.

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