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Electricity costs are climbing due to increased power demand across the country, largely related to data centers and artificial intelligence.
The discount grocery chain said it will be reducing prices on products like meat and produce at its more than 2,400 stores through Labor Day.
Michael B. Erickson, 20, was arrested Monday afternoon in DeKalb. Authorities conducted a search of his dorm room and collected multiple electronic devices containing thousands of images of suspected child sexual abuse material, authorities said.
The team on Tuesday released new renderings of the project, which is increasing the number of rinks at the practice facility from two to four.
The Instagram and Facebook parent has a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to buy electricity from its operation in downstate Clinton.
It’s unclear if lawmakers will approve the $770 million needed to cover transit agencies’ budget holes in 2026 when federal pandemic aid runs out. But the feared 40% “doomsday” service cuts are not certain — at least not yet.
Business groups said the bill aimed at addressing rising power needs by adding wind and solar and battery storage would cost electricity customers at least $7 billion.
Three bills surfaced in the Illinois General Assembly that could’ve thrown the team a block in their rush to the former Arlington International Racecourse, but none made headway by the time lawmakers gaveled out early Sunday.
Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — and its proposed $1.50 tax on food and package deliveries — never got out of the station to the House floor.
Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass a spending plan.
The budget proposal, revealed a day before a key deadline to pass it, includes more than $1 billion in tax increases — but none that are “broad-based,” leaders said.
The list includes 96 counties and seven cities in Illinois the administration claims obstruct federal immigration laws.
Learning Resources and Hand2Mind sued President Donald Trump’s administration in April saying the taxes were “an extraordinary Executive Branch power grab.”
As electricity costs climb, legislators push a plan to speed up solar and wind projects, end a moratorium on new nuclear plants and promote energy efficiency.
United last flew out of the New York airport in 2022.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision bypasses medical experts and puts people at risk, say the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Researchers have spent years digging into solutions, including on HIV prevention and for healing diabetic wounds, but are now scrambling to find money to continue critical work.
Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer for this type of coverage, according to state officials. Advocates worry the proposed cuts will reduce the type of care low-income seniors and those living with disabilities will receive at these facilities.
A bill heading to Gov. JB Pritzker desk would roll back some of the strictest testing requirements in the nation for older drivers.
The lawsuit alleges the tower’s cooling-water intake system illegally sucked in and killed thousands of fish from the Chicago River over a years-long period.
Electric bills are about to jump by an average of $10.60 a month due to increased power demand across the country. A consumer organization also blames the electric grid operator.
A motorist was heading east on McCarthy Road at 4:30 p.m. Friday when police say he may have had a medical emergency and veered off 123rd Street onto 86th Avenue and into the parking lot of Transfiguration Church, crashing into the side of the building.
Produce from warm climates can’t be reshored to the U.S. for year-round consumption, like some industrial and consumer goods.
Pope Leo’s hometown in the south suburbs was hit with economic hardship after the collapse of the steel industry on the Far South Side. But residents hope their new fame can spark opportunity.
Es el mayor esfuerzo de contratación en años por la cadena de hamburguesas de Chicago, ya que planea abrir 900 nuevas ubicaciones para 2027.
A medida que la administración de Trump comienza la “verificación en redes sociales por antiamericanismo” entre inmigrantes y otros esfuerzos, un número creciente de residentes opta por convertirse en ciudadanos.