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Kane County Board OKs $402 million 2027 budget, without use of cash from dwindling reserve fundAug 06, 2026 3:39 pm - After years of balancing its budget by dipping into a dwindling reserve fund, the Kane County Board on Wednesday OK’d a $402.9 million county budget for fiscal year 2027 that doesn’t, at this point, rely on using any cash reserves.
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Portillo’s lays off 18% of corporate employees at Oak Brook headquarters amid sluggish same-store salesAug 06, 2026 1:35 pm - With food costs rising and same-store sales falling, Portillo’s executed a round of corporate layoffs last week, trimming 18% of its Oak Brook-based workforce.
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Music Review: ‘Lost Weekend’ is Phoebe Bridgers’ evocative sonic collageAug 06, 2026 11:35 am - A tuning radio. The shouts and muffled beats of a New Year’s Eve party. A voicemail from her father. On her excellent third studio album, “Lost Weekend,” Phoebe Bridgers creates a collage of the years since we last heard from her as a solo artist. And she headlines Chicago’s United Center Sept. 18-19.
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Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questionsAug 06, 2026 10:57 am - A Senate committee on Thursday voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting up a referral to the Department of Justice for potential investigation over whether the country's longtime top infectious disease official properly exercised his constitutional rights.
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US filings for jobless benefits rise to 199,000 last week, but layoffs remain historically lowAug 06, 2026 7:55 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years.
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New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna's mRNA-based vaccineAug 06, 2026 7:52 am - The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturer Moderna said.
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Sky scores 34 points in the 4th quarter to beat the Sparks 95-88Aug 05, 2026 10:51 pm - Natasha Cloud, Kamilla Cardoso and Jacy Sheldon each scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky used a 34-point fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 95-88 on Wednesday...
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US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state of Michoacan due to threatAug 05, 2026 9:39 pm - The United States announced Wednesday that it had suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a "threat to U.S. interests," including a halt to the inspections of avocados required for their export.
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Abreu homers again, Gray gets 14th victory as Red Sox beat White Sox 4-0 for 7th straight winAug 05, 2026 9:13 pm - BOSTON — Wilyer Abreu homered for the fourth time in three games, Sonny Gray struck out eight in six innings for his 14th win, and the surging Boston Red Sox beat the Chi...
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Big changes in horse racing create new questions about the future of the Triple CrownAug 05, 2026 8:00 pm - Two days before Maryland officials were set to make one of the biggest changes to the Triple Crown in horse racing history, the announcement of a new thoroughbred champio...