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Chicago Bears minicamp report: Rome Odunze making strides for big step next season

Shaw Local - Illinois ·

LAKE FOREST – Life in the NFL has started to slow down for Rome Odunze. It can sometimes feel like a blur, especially for a rookie like Odunze who the Bears selected in the first round of last year’s draft. But with a year of experience paired...

Chicago voices featured in bombshell political book about President Biden

FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois ·

"Original Sin" is perhaps the most talked about book in politics. Its about President Bidens decline and an alleged cover-up of his condition. The authors of the book, including CNN anchor Jake Tapper, were in Chicago today and sat down...

Chicago Sports Network expected to debut on Comcast Friday

NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois ·

Chicago Sports Network is expected to launch on Comcast cable Friday on Xfinity’s Ultimate tier, finally putting the new home of the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks on the area’s dominant cable operator. Network officials declined to comment. CHSN...

Marcus & Millichap brokers sale of 111,667-square-foot industrial property in Arlington Heights

REJournals · June 6, 2025

Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of 545 E. Algonquin Road, a 111,667-square-foot flex industrial property in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The property sold for $13 million. Peter Doughty, investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago...

State Sen. Rose on Illinois budget: Gov. Pritzker has 'raised the spending in this state by $15 billion'

Chambana Sun - Illinois · June 6, 2025

Chapin Rose, a state senator, said that Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has increased state spending by $15 billion during his tenure. This assertion was made during an interview. "Six years, J.B. Pritzker has been governor," said Rose, according...

ICE Agents And Detainees Living In Diseased Djibouti Shipping Container

Wonkette - Michigan · June 6, 2025

The Djibouti eight (photos DHS claims are their mug shots) ICE kidnappings have now reached the art house film phase of ironic cruelty, with eight immigrants from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mexico, and South Sudan, and 11 ICE agents living...

Chicago’s Air Quality Among Worst In The World Right Now Thanks To Canadian Wildfires

Block Club Chicago - Illinois · June 5, 2025

CHICAGO — Smoke from Canadian wildfires pushed the city’s air quality to some of the worst levels in the world Thursday, prompting health warnings and an air quality alert across the region. The National Weather Service on Thursday issued an air...

Widespread Strings: Widespread Panic Welcome Billy Strings During Second Half of Night Two in Chicago, Bust Out “Rockin’ in The Free World”

Jambands · June 6, 2025

Photo: Marc Millman [Herring]/ Stevo Rood [Strings] On Thursday, June 5, destiny road led Billy Strings to The Chicago Theatre to revisit his old friends, Widespread Panic. The happenstance was possible as a result of proximity; Strings’ tour...

Illinois quick hits: Reaction to ruling against Mexico's lawsuit against gun industry

The Center Square · June 5, 2025

Reaction to ruling against Mexico's lawsuit against gun industry The U.S. Supreme Court threw out the Mexican government’s lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers accusing them of aiding and abetting gun violence. Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin...

Chicago private equity firm has stake in Gaza aid company

The Gazette - Colorado ·

(Adds new headline to clarify ownership structure) By Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Chicago-based private equity firm - controlled by a member of the family that founded American publishing company Rand McNally - has an "economic interest"...

Breakthrough Ideas founder on Illinois budget: 'This budget is even more pork-laden than previous ones'

Prairie State Wire - Illinois · June 6, 2025

Jeanne Ives, a former state representative and founder of Breakthrough Ideas, has criticized the Illinois budget for including $1 billion in new taxes and what she describes as wasteful spending on non-governmental groups. This statement was made...

Clean Slate Act, Medical Aid in Dying bills among those that stalled in Illinois legislature

WGLT - Illinois · June 6, 2025

Illinois lawmakers filed more than 7,500 bills this spring session, and 615 of them crossed the finish line. While most bills failed to escape legislative committees, there were some that got close to becoming reality. These are some of the bills...

Perspective Therapeutics Brings Energy to the Radiopharma World

BioSpace · June 6, 2025

It’s hard to tell if Thijs Spoor and Michael Schultz are talking fast because they are excited about their data or because they just have so much to say. The CEO and CSO/founder of Perspective Therapeutics show me multiple slides of their drug...

Westbound Illinois 149 closure in Murphysboro set for June 9-14

WSIL - Illinois ·

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Transportation announced a closure in Murphysboro for westbound Illinois 149 from 5th Street to 7th Street starting at 6 a.m. on Monday, June 9. This closure is necessary for reconstruction...

The Bomb That Will Hit The US Solar Industry & US Jobs From The “Big Beautiful Bill”

CleanTechnica · June 6, 2025

Last Updated on: 6th June 2025, 12:22 pm Well, I generally agree with Elon Musk on this one — the Republican budget bill in Congress is a “Big Ugly Bill,” a “disgusting abomination,” not a “Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill is proposing we bomb...

Chicago building home to iconic jazz club up for sale

NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois ·

A building in Uptown famous for being home to the iconic jazz spot, the Green Mill, has been put up for sale. A real estate listing went live on Tuesday for the property that was once Al Capone’s Prohibition-era hangout at the corner of Broadway...

Local Illinois spot airs on ‘Bar Rescue’ in June. ‘Nothing was staged,’ owner says.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri ·

A local Illinois bar will be featured on reality television series "Bar Rescue" this month, a year after host entrepreneur Jon Taffer helped revamp the business. In a typical episode, Taffer’s team uses hidden cameras and undercover customers to...

Johnsonville closes Illinois plant, creates 100 jobs in Wisconsin

WBAY - Wisconsin · June 6, 2025

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WBAY) - Johnsonville is creating about 100 new jobs in Wisconsin as it closes a manufacturing facility in Illinois. Johnsonville is closing its Momence Packing Co. plant this week, eliminating 274 jobs. It’s increasing...

The gun industry makes billions. But how many exactly?

The Victoria Advocate - Texas ·

The gun industry makes billions. But how many exactly? Here at Ask The Trace, we get our fair share of questions about the gun industry, specifically the profits and legal protections enjoyed by firearm and ammunition companies. The fewer...

rep don bacon addresses agriculture security and military housing concerns

EC Nebraska News · June 5, 2025

Rep. Don Bacon, who has been serving in the U.S. Congress representing Nebraska's 2nd District since 2017, recently addressed several critical issues via social media posts. Bacon, born in Momence, Illinois, in 1963 and currently residing in...