Illinois consumers face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown • Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys. Will that affect your Thanksgiving dinner?
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| | | | | The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country’s longest government shutdown. | | | | | Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents will face higher health care costs if the federal government doesn’t extend enhanced tax credits. | | | | | Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and backyard flocks. | | | | | Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said Saturday that Brazilian exported goods to the U.S. including coffee, beef and tropical fruits would still be tariffed 40%, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to remove some import taxes. | | | | | Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs and lower prescription drug costs. | | | | | Picketers claim they’re concerned that Project Maize developers hired out-of-state workers for construction instead of local and union workers. | | | | | New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month. | | | | | Lemonis has bought and sold numerous Chicago-area residential properties. | | | |