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Gov JB Pritzker’s controversial plan to encourage more multifamily housing construction by forcing communities to ease residential zoning rules stalled in the final days of the legislative session.
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A 1.3-cent motor fuel tax hike is delayed while lawmakers shifted $150 million in tax revenue to stabilize the state budget. Here are some expert takeaways.
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Amid a period of record growth for Illinois’ film industry, a new virtual production facility hoped to bring some of that cinematic boom to the suburbs has opened in Hanover Park.
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After starting as a sous chef 27 years ago when Emmett’s Brewing Co. opened, Rob Kwiatek has purchased the restaurant concept that has locations in West Dundee and Palatine.
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Year after year, lawmakers wait until the final hours of session to assemble massive budget packages that put businesses and residents on the hook for spending that few people actually reviewed. The process lacks accountability and can involve gimmicky maneuvering.
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One end of the regulation-size basketball court that anchors the south tip of the Obama Presidential Center campus is emblazoned with the words “Yes We Can,” and at the other end, “Fired Up, Ready to Go.” The facility’s main tower, which houses a museum documenting the 44th president’s life and career, features a “Hope and Change Lobby,” and outside there is a playground (with a child-safe poured-in-place rubber surface), a women’s garden, barbecue grills, and a green roof with wheelchair-accessible raised beds for vegetables. The Obama Foundation’s 19.3-acre complex opens June 19.
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Waukegan casino breaks ground on new $302M permanent facility
Shovels hit the dirt as workers broke ground Wednesday on the permanent site for the American Place Cas...
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Gov. JB Pritzker announced on Friday that he is directing the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to halt tax incentives for data centers starting on July 1. The incentives have been in place as part of bipartisan legislation signed by Pritzker in 2019. Pritzker called on lawmakers to pass comprehensive reforms in the veto session after they failed to pass a massive reform on data centers before the end of the legislative session last week.
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The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May, a surprisingly strong gain for the economy, even as employers grapple with elevated prices.
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Americans are still spending money so strongly it’s steering the economy through inflation, but rising prices are starting to take a toll on savings accounts and summer vacation plans.
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