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Shh. Speak quietly and your audience will hear you betterSep 10, 2025 10:38 am - Speak softly and be heard. What does this have to do with small business marketing? A lot.
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Woodchip bioreactor helps Peoria area farmer reduce nitrogen runoffSep 09, 2025 4:39 pm - A Marshall County farmer installs woodchip bioreactor on his land to reduce nitrogen runoff, doing his part to meet statewide nutrient loss reduction goals and improve local water quality.
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U of I grad’s company ‘turning poop into profit’Sep 09, 2025 2:01 pm - Bianca Bailey founded Agriwater to transform livestock waste into clean water and valuable byproducts using an electrocoagulation technique she developed. She is now competing for $100k in the AFBF Ag Innovation Challenge.
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The Biz Week That Was: Data centers abound, fast food prices dip, and Tamagotchi comes to WoodfieldSep 06, 2025 1:32 pm - ‘Backbone of the digital world’: Karis details plans for Naperville data center development Developer Karis Critical is proposing a relatively “boutique” data center...
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Preapprenticeship is a policy innovation that works for IllinoisSep 06, 2025 1:19 pm - In Illinois, 98% of construction apprentices graduate from programs managed cooperatively between employers and trade unions. These programs offer proven career pathways, but they have not always been accessible to all residents.Preapprenticeship programs have emerged as a viable solution to this problem.
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Pope Leo partnering with two big names in Chicago dining for restaurant at historic papal retreatSep 05, 2025 4:26 pm - Celebrity chef Art Smith and restaurateur Phil Stefani will open a restaurant and handle catering services at Borgo Laudato Si’, part of a historic papal retreat newly opened to the public.
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Illinois’ tourism push includes millions for NASCAR eventsSep 03, 2025 5:15 pm - Illinois has spent nearly $7 million to sponsor a Metro East NASCAR race and build a temporary track in Chicago since 2022. The expenditures are part of a broader state tourism campaign.
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Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastesSep 02, 2025 1:09 pm - Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet.
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‘Living in the moment’: One of the world’s best guitarists comes to ChicagoSep 02, 2025 8:43 am - “It (Gov’t Mule) kind of caught fire on its own and turned into a real band, which we weren’t expecting. So here we are 30 years later,” said guitarist Warren Haynes, who, with the band, will play Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion in a co-headlining appearance with the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
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Judge hits 42nd homer, Bellinger breaks tie in 11th as Yankees top White Sox for 7th straight winAug 30, 2025 10:11 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 42nd home run, Cody Bellinger delivered a tiebreaking single in a three-run 11th inning and the New York Yankees extended their season-...