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The Biz Week That Was: $5 gas, Bears seesaw, and long vacant strip mall razedMay 02, 2026 1:45 pm - Gas prices hit $5 across the suburbs; key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest ...
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The biggest challenges Chicago area small businesses are facing this yearMay 02, 2026 12:45 pm - Chicago area small businesses are used to uncertainty and dealing with many challenges. This year is no exception.
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Prosecutors: Defendant in Arlington Heights stabbing smoked marijuana before attackMay 02, 2026 12:31 pm - More details emerge in the case of an early morning stabbing April 30 in Arlington Heights.
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After HoursMay 02, 2026 12:29 pm - Send photos of business events to afterhours@dailyherald.com.
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Why some lawmakers defected from the party line in megaproject bill affecting Bears stadiumMay 02, 2026 12:00 pm - “Rosemont on steroids” or “billionaire boys club” are among the reasons Democrats and Republicans cited for their votes on the Bears stadium-linked megaproject bill.
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‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk GroveMay 02, 2026 11:45 am - On May 7, 1976, Elk Grove Village police Detective Raymond J. Rose stepped into a Brantwood Avenue home and encountered one of the most shocking crimes in suburban Cook County history. Frank Columbo, 52, his wife Mary, 50, and their 13-year-old son, Michael, were dead. Each had been shot, bludgeoned and stabbed. “It was so horrific and out of the ordinary,” Rose said.
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The case for conducting ergonomic risk assessments in the officeMay 02, 2026 10:47 am - The makeup of the American workforce is changing, and these changes have not made physical work any easier. Employees are older, obesity rates continue to climb, and across many industries employers find it difficult to hire workers with the same level of physical conditioning that may have been common a generation ago.
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‘The real Labor Day’: People around the suburbs rally for workers’ rights on May DayMay 01, 2026 6:19 pm - Following a call from organizers for “no school, no work, no shopping,” people around the suburbs and across the country rallied to honor workers on May Day Friday.
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Hoffman Estates man charged with stabbing two in Arlington Heights apartment meleeMay 01, 2026 5:12 pm - Two people suffered stab wounds and a Hoffman Estates man is charged with attempted murder following an attack inside an Arlington Heights apartment Thursday morning.
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Oui, oui: Bigger Lisle French Market opens at new downtown locationMay 01, 2026 5:05 pm - A bigger and buzzier French market opens for the season in downtown Lisle Saturday morning, allowing visitors to wander around the outdoor stalls — a la francaise — with a coffee and pastry in hand.