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Watt’s Happening: Toni’s Weekly Energy Highlights (6/6/2025)

The National Interest - Washington D.C. · June 6, 2025

Watt’s Happening aims to provide breaking news, sharp analysis, and thoughtful commentary from the cutting edge of the energy sector as this dynamic area of the world continues to expand and grow before our eyes. Weekly Highlights: Nuclear Energy...

Ex-Cinespace Chicago Film Studios boss Alex Pissios faces court fights over millions from studio's sale

Chicago Sun Times - Illinois · June 6, 2025

Nearly four years after Alex Pissios and his partners sold their Chicago movie studio and its Toronto counterpart for a reported $1 billion, Pissios is battling his cousin and a scrap dealer who claim in separate lawsuits they were cheated out of...

Chicago Sports Network expected to air on Comcast cable Friday

Chicago Sun Times - Illinois · June 5, 2025

Chicago Sports Network is expected to launch on Comcast cable Friday on Xfinity’s Ultimate tier, the Sun-Times has learned, finally putting the new home of the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks on the area’s dominant cable operator. Network...

A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture

KGOU - Oklahoma · June 6, 2025

Archeologists studying a forested area in northern Michigan say they've uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States. The researchers used a drone...

Illinois EPA Issues First 2025 Air Pollution Action Day

Q98.5 - Illinois · June 5, 2025

Wildfire smoke from Canada is drifting south and will impact air quality in Northern Illinois starting Thursday (6/5). Illinois EPA Declares Air Pollution Action Day According to a press release from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,...

A Naked Astronomer and a Twice-Clothed Pope: Trap Door’s Galileo Thrills

Chicago Maroon - Illinois · June 8, 2025

In Bucktown, Trap Door Theatre’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo is brave, chaotic, and full of spectacle. Brecht’s 1938 play (with the full name Life of Galileo), written originally in German and translated into English by Charles...

Saunders moves manufacturing facility from Illinois to Houston, eyes expansion in local industries

The Business Journals · June 6, 2025

The manufacturer relocated one of its two facilities from the Chicago suburbs to the Houston area after realizing a majority of its products shipped to the Gulf Coast. Now, it plans to tap into more key industries in Texas.

Illinois bill to push renewable energy dies after businesses balk

Chicago Sun Times - Illinois · June 2, 2025

A plan aimed at generating new power in Illinois died in the final days of the legislative session in Springfield after business groups argued that the proposal was too expensive and would be a burden to electric customers. Lawmakers spent months...

Illinois Department of Agriculture lifts poultry exhibition suspension

Newsbug.info - Illinois ·

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS - The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is lifting the temporary suspension on the exhibition or sale of poultry at swap meets, exhibitions, flea markets and auction markets. The suspension was initially issued in...

Billy Strings Joins Widespread Panic For Full Second Set & Encore In Chicago [Recap/Photos/Videos]

Live For Live Music - Michigan · June 6, 2025

On Thursday night, Widespread Panic rewarded its patient Midwest fanbase with a show comprised almost entirely of originals songs on its second of three nights at the Chicago Theatre amid a run rescheduled from February 2024… oh, and some guy...

Glitzy, glamorous ‘Chicago’ now on stage at Circa ’21

KWQC - Iowa · June 6, 2025

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) -The roaring ’20s are coming to life at Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse with a dazzling production of Chicago, now on stage through July 5. This Broadway classic, known for its sharp wit, stunning choreography, and...

Global Implant Leaders Visit Dr. Irfan Atcha & New Teeth Chicago™ to Recognize U.S. Innovation in Full-Arch Dentistry

WFMZ - Pennsylvania ·

Straumann® Global Board Visits Dr. Irfan Atcha's New Teeth Chicago™ in Rare Recognition of U.S. Implant Leadership. It's an incredible milestone to have world's top implant innovators recognize the level pf precision, esthetics and patient...

MUSIC INDUSTRY: Eliot King Smith Teams Up With Audrey Martells (Chic) To Bring To Life The Story Of Josephine Baker

All About Jazz · June 6, 2025

In the 1920s, faced with the grinding poverty and segregation of East St. Louis, Josephine Baker took her dancing and musical talents first to New York, and then, at 19, arrived in Paris to perform with the Folies Bergère. Entranced by her...

Chicago mayor pushes to keep 1% grocery tax that state will drop

FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois ·

Illinois retailers are pushing back on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's call to keep a 1% grocery tax. CHICAGO - Illinois retailers are pushing back on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's call to reinstate a 1% grocery tax in Chicago. This comes as the...

Private Chicago equity firm linked to GHF funding, aid distribution

The Jerusalem Post · June 6, 2025

A Chicago-based private equity firm, controlled by a member of the family that founded American publishing company Rand McNally, has an "economic interest" in the logistics company involved in the new aid distribution operation in Gaza. McNally...

Illinois issues Air Pollution Action Day alert due to wildfire smoke

Shaw Local - Illinois ·

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has declared Thursday an Air Pollution Action Day for parts of northern Illinois due to elevated levels of particle pollution from Canadian wildfire smoke. The alert includes Cook, DuPage, Kane,...

Chicago chef taps AI to cook up the future of fine dining

Straight Arrow News · June 4, 2025

Artificial intelligence is heading to the kitchen — and not just to take your order. A Michelin-starred chef in Chicago is creating a full tasting menu with the help of AI. A futuristic spin on fine dining Chef Grant Achatz, known for his work at...

Illinois’ Prescription Drug Affordability Act heads to Pritzker’s desk

Week 25 - Illinois · June 4, 2025

SPRINGFIELD (25News Now) - Illinois has passed a bill designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs while providing financial support for small pharmacies. The bill, known as the Prescription Drug Affordability Act, passed 56-1 in the Senate...

Construction begins on Paddle Up Pickleball Club’s indoor arena in Quincy

WGEM - Illinois · June 5, 2025

QUINCY (WGEM) - In February, the Paddle Up Pickleball Club announced that an indoor facility would be coming to the Gem City. Wednesday marked the official groundbreaking ceremony for Quincy’s soon-to-be newest attraction. According to officials...

Capitol News Illinois | Despite victories, major higher education policy bills stall in General Assembly

The News Gazette - Illinois ·

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker got some of what he requested from the General Assembly in the area of higher education, but some of his biggest requests fell short. Pritzker’s wins include a $10 million increase in need-based student financial...