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Illinois Senate passes new statewide e-bike regulations

Illinois Senate passes new statewide e-bike regulations

A bill regulating high-speed e-bike use and setting statewide standards unanimously passed the Illinois Senate Wednesday and is heading to the House.

 
St. Charles venue won’t host controversial pastor; conservative group says it ‘won’t be silenced’

St. Charles venue won’t host controversial pastor; conservative group says it ‘won’t be silenced’

A country club in St. Charles says it won't host an event featuring a controversial speaker. Organizers are looking for another venue.

 
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Rosemont’s Stephens is latest player in Bears stadium talks

Rosemont’s Stephens is latest player in Bears stadium talks

Rosemont’s Brad Stephens and other House Republicans will meet Wednesday with Gov. JB Pritzker’s staff to discuss legislation that would provide a tax break for a Bears stadium in Arlington Heights.

 
Family feud: Rosemont mayor’s brother says cleaning contracts wiped out after TIF lawsuit

Family feud: Rosemont mayor’s brother says cleaning contracts wiped out after TIF lawsuit

Mark Stephens, chairman of Triton College’s board and owner of Bomark Cleaning, claims he lost longstanding janitorial contracts for Rosemont public venues after the college sued the municipality over tax increment financing districts.

 
Trump threatens to fire Powell, won’t halt probe of Fed renovations

Trump threatens to fire Powell, won’t halt probe of Fed renovations

President Trump threatened Wednesday to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell if he doesn’t step down from the Fed in the coming weeks.

 
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Pope Leo brushes off Trump attack as a Chicago Catholic leader says president is ‘waking up a sleeping giant’

Pope Leo brushes off Trump attack as a Chicago Catholic leader says president is ‘waking up a sleeping giant’

Catholic leaders, along with Gov. JB Pritzker and his gubernatorial rival Darren Bailey, are defending Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV — as President Donald Trump faces backlash for calling the head of the Catholic church “terrible for foreign policy” and posting a since-deleted AI-generated image of the president as Jesus.

 
Senate Republicans reject effort to halt Iran war, but some eye future war powers votes

Senate Republicans reject effort to halt Iran war, but some eye future war powers votes

The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, turning aside a resolution that would require the U.S. to withdraw forces from the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.

 
Pritzker touts plan to increase affordable housing as pushback from suburbs grows

Pritzker touts plan to increase affordable housing as pushback from suburbs grows

A failure to communicate? Towns fear "three-flats on garages" as governor says more affordable homes are needed.

 
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‘A unicorn event’: Allstate property could be annexed back into South Barrington ahead of redevelopment

‘A unicorn event’: Allstate property could be annexed back into South Barrington ahead of redevelopment

In an unusual real-estate move, Allstate Corp. has requested South Barrington officials annex its former headquarters back into the village.

 
Illinois House approves ban on junk fees, Pritzker’s abortion fund proposal

Illinois House approves ban on junk fees, Pritzker’s abortion fund proposal

For the second time in three years, the Illinois House voted to ban hidden “junk fees” that are often added to the total cost of ticketed events, hotel rooms and other goods and services. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Bob Morgan, a Democrat from Deerfield, passed 77-18. It was among more than 80 bills the House approved Thursday afternoon.

 

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