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US producer prices rose 0.5% in December, more than expected, on uptick in services inflation
Jan 30, 2026 8:20 am - U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December.
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Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax records
Jan 30, 2026 8:16 am - President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump family business on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department over the leak of their tax information to news organizations during the first Trump administration.
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Trump names former Federal Reserve official Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Powell
Jan 30, 2026 8:05 am - President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a decision likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House.
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The do’s and don’ts of sending food back to the kitchenJan 29, 2026 3:14 pm - Sending a restaurant meal back to the kitchen can be an uncomfortable experience, not only for you but also for the people in the kitchen. There’s a right time and a wrong time, a right way and a wrong way.
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St. Charles’ Fox Haven Square aims to be entertainment destination for east side
Jan 29, 2026 3:12 pm - With the grand opening scheduled for this spring, the $22 million Fox Haven Square development in St. Charles is quickly transforming from long-imagined to fully realized.
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‘Finally getting rid of an eyesore’: Former Super Kmart in Round Lake Beach to be demolished, replaced by Target storeJan 29, 2026 3:02 pm - Target Stores has purchased and plans to demolish the long-vacant former Super Kmart in the Rollins Crossing shopping center in Round Lake Beach and build a new facility.
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US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, tick down to 209,000 last week.
Jan 29, 2026 8:16 am - U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week, remaining at historically healthy levels despite recent high-profile layoff announcements.
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Democrats, White House strike spending deal that would avert government shutdown
Jan 29, 2026 8:13 am - Democrats and White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday as they consider new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement
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Site work continues for long-delayed retail development in WaucondaJan 28, 2026 7:59 pm - Tree removal began Wednesday as part of a long-delayed project Wauconda officials envision as a boost to redevelopment in a busy corridor.
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Elk Grove Village extends deadline to build data centers at WGN transmitter siteJan 28, 2026 7:38 pm - The deadline to begin construction of a data center campus on the WGN radio transmitter site in Elk Grove Village has been extended to September 2027.