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Buffalo Grove board approves local grocery taxApr 22, 2025 5:53 pm - Buffalo Grove trustees voted this week to impose a 1% local tax on groceries when the state’s 1% tax expires on Jan. 1.
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80 years ago this week, a Cook County forest preserve was converted into a POW labor campApr 22, 2025 5:51 pm - Nature is slowly reclaiming a swath of land buried deep inside a suburban forest preserve near Des Plaines that was turned into a World War II prisoner of war labor camp 80 years ago this week.
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Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says
Apr 22, 2025 4:55 pm - The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department's offset program, which withholds payments from the government, including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits, from people with past-due debts to the government.
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Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter's Square but was thankful he did, report says
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Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools
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Lake Zurich among the latest communities to approve local grocery tax to replace expiring state measureApr 22, 2025 4:29 pm - Like dozens of other communities, Lake Zurich will replace the expiring 1% state grocery tax with a local one starting Jan. 1.
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Carol Stream adopts grocery taxApr 22, 2025 4:27 pm - In response to the elimination of the state’s 1% grocery tax, Carol Stream joins other suburban municipalities in instituting its own tax.
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Fogo de Chão opens in Schaumburg with weeklong donation to Greater Chicago Food DepositoryApr 22, 2025 4:26 pm - Fogo de Chão, the internationally known Brazilian steakhouse, opened its fifth Chicago area restaurant at 1950 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg Monday.
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Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus
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Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount stages cirque-inspired ‘Cats’ revivalApr 22, 2025 4:03 pm - Aurora’s Paramount Theatre debuts its cirque-inspired revival of “Cats,” BrightSide Theatre stages a new adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the Metropolis rocks out with “Rock of Ages.”