The Midwest’s lower home prices have long been a main draw for new residents and businesses. But as the region’s population and economy grow, cracks are emerging in the affordability story.
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Amid a data center boom, utilities, policymakers and residents are grappling with how to split the bill for growing the digital economy.
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Long lines at discount pumps, fewer takeout orders and canceled trips are early signs of the strain of the Iran war on US consumers. https://t.co/QWKrSQoYR9
Gold investors tend to be a robust breed, inured to market moves. But the past week’s swings have had even committed gold bugs feeling queasy https://t.co/0xvXT7ftxV
Heated Rivalry's impact is expanding to actual NHL games. SeatGeek said its weekly hockey ticket sales jumped more than 20% after the show’s first episodes aired late last year, and revenue soared more than 30%. Latest from me and @caseeey_he
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Church leaders said their display recast the scripture story using local context. “We’re highlighting what it would be like if Jesus came into being in Chicago,” said the Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston. https://t.co/456AMP69KW
A first-of-its-kind statewide survey shows many reentering society may face difficulty finding housing. Advocates say the data underscores the need for major investment in reentry housing and services. https://t.co/BpFQLKDGIQ
Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and pushed back at the Trump administration’s repeated assertions that Chicago is crime-ridden. https://t.co/L3U39GFFjp
Northwestern reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore frozen funds Friday, agreeing to pay the federal government $75 million and reverse the Deering Meadow Agreement that ended the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment.
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The feds say Lawrence Reed set a 26-year-old woman on fire on a CTA train Monday night.
He'd been arrested 40 times since 1993, records show. Now he faces a terrorism charge in the "brutal and vicious" attack.
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Local organizations are sharing lessons learned here and in Los Angeles with rapid-response teams in the Charlotte area, where federal agents began operations over the weekend. "Education is key," one organizer said. https://t.co/DOmEOAHnom
Pastor Luke Harris-Ferree and the Rev. Michael Woolf were arrested Friday while trying to meet and pray with detainees. They call on Gov. JB Pritzker to answer for the excessive use of force by police who aided ICE.
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The heavily blurred videos, released Friday, confirmed the Sun-Times’ earlier reporting that Chicago Police Department officers were ordered not to respond “per the chief of patrol.” https://t.co/aMVmxOLUDW
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▫Full SNAP benefits going out starting Friday as shutdown ends, Illinois officials say
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