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‘I didn’t want to give up’: Nostalgia saved Grayslake Dog n Suds as it reopens after devastating fireOct 29, 2025 7:12 pm - The Grayslake Dog n Suds is hoppin’ once again, with customers parked in nearly every available space awaiting a carhop to take their orders. The beloved drive-up joint reopened unexpectedly last week after being closed since an 2024 fire.
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‘More challenging’: Naperville budget plan includes fewer new programsOct 29, 2025 6:30 pm - During Naperville’s preparations for the next fiscal year, city departments were instruction to hold the line on operating budgets. “To be clear, this was a more challenging budget year than we’ve seen in recent memory,” the city’s finance director said.
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Batavia moves toward ban on ICE using city propertyOct 29, 2025 6:05 pm - Batavia aldermen are considering a measure banning federal officers from using city-owned property when they are making arrests in civil immigration cases.
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Residents want Mount Prospect to restrict ICE from village-owned propertiesOct 29, 2025 5:35 pm - Mount Prospect residents are asking village officials to restrict federal immigration agents from accessing public property in the village for ongoing enforcement efforts.
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Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps
Oct 29, 2025 5:29 pm - CHICAGO — An appeals court intervened Wednesday and suddenly blocked an order that required a senior Border Patrol official to give unprecedented daily briefings to a jud...
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A little-known legal loophole has scrambled state efforts to save transit agencies from financial disasterOct 29, 2025 5:17 pm - Looking for funding options to save the Chicago region’s transit systems from potentially crippling cuts, state lawmakers earlier this year considered what appeared to be a straightforward plan: tap an existing transportation tax and use the money for transportation. The proposal met with backlash from the suburbs because most of that money is not being used for transit at all.
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US determined to prevent the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire after overnight airstrikes
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Trump and China's Xi meet in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions
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Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that's not true
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Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate