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Dec 31, 2025
Over the past few months, the City Council in this town of about 14,000 has approved a flurry of housing projects
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Dec 31, 2025
As Northwestern wraps up a second season of playing football at a small lakefront field shared with the lacrosse and soccer teams, workers are busy building out a new $862 million football stadium in Evanston.
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Dec 31, 2025
This year alone, Hallmark has 80 hours of original holiday-themed programming, including two unscripted series, two scripted series, a holiday special and 24 movies.
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Dec 30, 2025
New tax on online bets in Chicago is projected to raise $26.2 million in 2026 and was included in the recently passed city budget.
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Dec 30, 2025
Naperville's Riverbrook Shopping Center to be new home to a 99 Ranch Market, slew of other Asian businesses opening in 2026.
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Dec 30, 2025
Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping the rate unchanged, minutes released Tuesday show, underscoring the divisions and uncertainty permeating the central bank.
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Dec 30, 2025
The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying off credit card debt, saving for a new house, or simply getting more educated about money.
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Dec 30, 2025
Warren Buffett will remain chairman and plans to continue coming into the office each day to help spot new investments and offer Greg Abel any advice he asks for.
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Dec 30, 2025
Wall Street is largely unchanged early Tuesday as trading for 2025 nudges closer to the finish line. Gold, silver and copper all resumed their ascent after steep declines Monday.
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Dec 30, 2025
This five-bedroom brick Colonial home has four full bathrooms, one half bath and a main-floor office with backyard views.
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Dec 30, 2025
This year was a difficult one for Americans looking for work. Forecasters don't see much improvement in their prospects coming in 2026.
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Dec 30, 2025
Although the WNBA is bringing in more than ever from sponsors and ticket sales, many players still find themselves financially unsteady when the final whistle blows.
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Dec 30, 2025
This four-bedroom home has five full bathrooms, hardwood floors and smart home features.
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Dec 29, 2025
The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural health care — money that's part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from the measure, state health leaders say.
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Dec 29, 2025
The interim chair of the Chicago City Council's Zoning Committee is halting its meetings to try to force Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint a permanent head of the critical committee.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Chicago Board of Education voted to slightly increase its property tax levy, to yield up to an additional $25 million for district schools.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Chicago Board of Education voted to slightly increase its property tax levy, to yield up to an additional $25 million for district schools.
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Dec 29, 2025
Chicago Public Schools is challenging the Service Employees International Union's petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous workers, stalling the effort.
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Dec 29, 2025
Kevin Considine, the president and CEO of Lake Partners, said, "The region is proving its strength."
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Dec 29, 2025
Stocks slipped in morning trading on Wall Street Monday to kick off another holiday-shortened week.
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Dec 29, 2025
Silver retreated sharply after smashing through $80 an ounce for the first time, halting a record-breaking rally powered by Chinese speculative demand.
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Dec 29, 2025
The week between Christmas and New Year's Day an important one for dealerships as the year comes to a close.
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Dec 29, 2025
As he runs for an open Illinois House seat representing part of Chicago's North Side, Karim Lakhani promotes being a small business owner. But the family business powering his campaign has drawn scrutiny in the past.
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Dec 28, 2025
The Tribune in 1989 characterized Kadet as having a "sultry voice and easy style." Kadet, 96, died Nov. 9 in her Streeterville home, her daughter said.
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Dec 28, 2025
Former Chicago Bears running back Khalil Herbert has his four-bedroom, 2,461-square-foot town in Buffalo Grove on the market for $630,000.
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Dec 28, 2025
Though many Illinois libraries already have supplies of medications that can reverse opioid overdoses, a new state law will soon require all public libraries to stock them.
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Dec 28, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 28, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 27, 2025
The Clarendon Hills Lions Club's biggest annual fundraiser is its Christmas Tree sale that has taken place for more than 60 years.
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Dec 27, 2025
The quirky e-commerce startup is quietly executing a turnaround after years of downsizing and red ink.
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Dec 26, 2025
It's been a rollercoaster of a year for U.S. trade policy.
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Dec 26, 2025
Stocks are mostly flat in quiet trading on Friday as investors returned from the Christmas holiday. Trading is expected to be light.
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Dec 26, 2025
Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as traders return from the Christmas holiday.
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Dec 26, 2025
Returns come with an environmental cost, but there's a lot consumers and companies are doing to minimize it.
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Dec 26, 2025
As employers tighten up hiring criteria in the loosening labor market, it's becoming even harder for the roughly 60% of Americans without a degree to land a job.
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Dec 26, 2025
As employers tighten up hiring criteria in the loosening labor market, it's becoming even harder for the roughly 60% of Americans without a degree to land a job.
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Dec 26, 2025
Metro Detroit cannabis dispensaries say sales have ticked up in recent weeks as customers stock up ahead of a new 24% tax set to take effect Jan. 1.
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Dec 26, 2025
The condo at 401 N. Wabash Ave., Unit 48A, has floor-to-ceiling windows and unobstructed north and east views of the lake, river and skyline.
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Dec 26, 2025
Imagine a future where you board an American Airlines flight without a gate agent scanning a boarding pass.
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Dec 26, 2025
Riders on CTA buses and trains have a low chance of being a violent crime victim, a Tribune review shows, despite high-profile crimes this year.
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Dec 25, 2025
The Northwest Indiana casinos had a rough three months with revenue declines reported in September, October and November.
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Dec 25, 2025
Brevard County's southern barrier island is one of the least developed areas on Florida's Atlantic coast. It's a quaint, still pristine paradise, but all that seemed at risk just a few years ago.
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Dec 25, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 25, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 24, 2025
Chicago Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland over the summer paid $1.27 million for a four-bedroom house in Long Grove.
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Dec 24, 2025
NiSource's new GenCo subsidiary was set up to supply power to consumers like data centers without affecting other customers' rates.
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Dec 24, 2025
Wall Street closed higher and reached more records Wednesday on a holiday-shortened trading day.
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Dec 24, 2025
Wall Street was largely unchanged early Wednesday as markets hovered near record levels on a holiday-shortened trading day.
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Dec 24, 2025
A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia sued over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.
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Dec 24, 2025
A Christmas Eve Powerball drawing could add new meaning to holiday cheer as millions of players hope to cash in on the $1.7 billion prize.
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Dec 24, 2025
The Oasis Foundation was formed to assist patients at Flossmoor-based Oasis Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. and The House of Goshen.
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Dec 24, 2025
The freeze is "an authoritarian move to punish the city of Chicago," one expert said.
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Dec 24, 2025
The freeze is "an authoritarian move to punish the city of Chicago," one expert said.
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Dec 24, 2025
Simply put, chicken money is money set aside to let you sleep at night, no matter how the stock market fluctuates. It is not just something you need at a certain age or a certain level of wealth. No matter what your personal finances, everyone should have some chicken money.
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Dec 23, 2025
There's another Wall Street truism that's relevant here: Bull markets climb stairs, but bear markets ride a slide. In other words, stocks go down far faster than they go up.
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Dec 23, 2025
Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due on their payments. The department must give borrowers 30 days notice before their wages can be garnished.
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Dec 23, 2025
The new owners of the Kenilworth mansion have explored seeking a variance to add a swimming pool on the tableland portion of the bluff of the half-acre property.
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Dec 23, 2025
If the Chicago Bears decide to build their new stadium in Northwest Indiana, the South Shore Convention and Visitor Authority will be ready to chip in however it's needed.
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Dec 23, 2025
At least one person was fatally wounded and one injured in a possible robbery on the CTA Pink Line, according to a police report obtained by the Tribune.
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Dec 23, 2025
This seven-bedroom, 6½-bath waterfront home in Oak Brook has views of Mayslake from an outdoor patio, terrace and balcony.
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Dec 23, 2025
The new proposed federal classification of marijuana would allow more research, and would let cannabis businesses take normal tax deductions.
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Dec 23, 2025
The new proposed federal classification of marijuana would allow more research, and would let cannabis businesses take normal tax deductions.
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Dec 23, 2025
The Fortune 500 company has broadened its protein offerings in recent years, adding convenient deli option Columbus Craft Meats, healthy ground turkey and snack staple Planters nuts.
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Dec 22, 2025
Family & Crab will the 25th when it opens Friday.
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Dec 22, 2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias released this year's rejected vanity and personalized license plate applications.
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Dec 22, 2025
From department stores to grocery stores, most retailers across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours.
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Dec 22, 2025
Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration and slumping demand for a product that needs years of aging before it is ready.
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Dec 22, 2025
Construction on the new $360 million Hollywood Casino-Aurora resort has shifted indoors as officials say the outside is nearly complete.
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Dec 22, 2025
In merger application, railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago's West Side.
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Dec 22, 2025
Most Americans aren't making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar's final month to reach budget targets.
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Dec 22, 2025
Big selloffs and quick reversals have been a feature of stock markets for the past 18 months.
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Dec 22, 2025
Cook County suburban school districts are begging to receive their share of property tax revenues in order to to make payroll.
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Dec 20, 2025
The suit filed by the Harold B. Smith Foundation alleges breach of contract and breach of good faith and fair dealing.
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Dec 20, 2025
The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or not, under the second Trump administration. This tracker is updated monthly using CPI data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Dec 20, 2025
More than two dozen Chicago Public Schools properties remain vacant. Some have been sold, but most are racking up millions in upkeep costs.
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Dec 19, 2025
The owner of Bleuroot in West Dundee says her restaurant's last day will be New Year's Eve; escalating costs became too much.
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Dec 19, 2025
Elon Musk, already the world's richest man, scored another huge windfall Friday when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla doled out in 2018.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Christkindlmarket at Aurora's RiverEdge Park, located at 360 N. Broadway, has been open Thursdays to Sundays since Nov. 21 and is now open every day through Christmas Eve.
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Dec 19, 2025
Federal labor investigators are looking into the overnight death of an airline maintenance technician killed in a crash between two cherry-picker machines at Denver International Airport, authorities confirmed Friday.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Lake County Plan commission heard an initial presentation Wednesday about a proposed data center in Eagle Creek Township about six miles away from Lowell High School.
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Dec 19, 2025
As the Chicago Bears openly consider constructing a new stadium in Northwest Indiana, team officials say the franchise's presence in Lake Forest will continue.
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Dec 19, 2025
OSF HealthCare, Ascension and Hospital Sisters Health System all say they will not take part in medical aid-in-dying.
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Dec 19, 2025
Downtown Homewood businesses dimmed lights, placed candles and extended hours for pre-Christmas shoppers Thursday night.
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Dec 19, 2025
Redevelopment plans for the former CVS Health headquarters and vacant land belonging to Northwestern Memorial Hospital near I-294 in Glenview received a mixed response from a village panel charged with considering the proposal. Developer Scott Gibbel is looking to construct three buildings for "light industrial" uses on 29 acres of land at 2211-2305 Sanders Road […]
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Dec 19, 2025
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May.
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Dec 19, 2025
The La Grange Park Recreation Center expansion will be financed by a $10.7 million referendum passed by district voters in 2023.
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Dec 19, 2025
Ford is recalling more than 270,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the U.S. because of a parking function problem that could lead to them rolling away.
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Dec 19, 2025
The CTA announced Thursday it would boost security on the transit system by increasing the number of police officers as well as K-9 security staffing.
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Dec 19, 2025
A man set himself on fire Friday morning at Damen Avenue on the Blue Line and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, officials said.
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Dec 19, 2025
Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic "Peanuts" and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada's WildBrain.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Illinois Commerce Commission sliced $25.4 million from ComEd's $268.5 million rate reconciliation request Thursday, holding down increases customers will pay for electricity delivery next year.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Illinois Commerce Commission sliced $25.4 million from ComEd's $268.5 million rate reconciliation request Thursday, holding down increases customers will pay for electricity delivery next year.
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Dec 18, 2025
Starting Friday, the Chicago Transit Authority Chicago police will would boost the number of officers patrolling in response to a threat from President Trump.
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Dec 18, 2025
The Chicago Bears announced they will consider moving to Indiana if they can't get the deal they want in Illinois. Illinois lawmakers are skeptical.
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Dec 18, 2025
The owners of the Chicago Bears are threatening to move the team to northwest Indiana, though no one seems to be taking the McCaskeys seriously.
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Dec 18, 2025
The owners of the Chicago Bears are threatening to move the team to northwest Indiana, though no one seems to be taking the McCaskeys seriously.
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Dec 18, 2025
TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States.
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Dec 18, 2025
On Monday, the South Shore Line began running a two-car train along the new rail line to start testing and conditioning, so bugs can be worked out before passenger service is set to start in March, President and General Manager Michael Noland said Tuesday.
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Dec 18, 2025
The specter of losing federal funding has already driven some Chicago area hospital systems to scale back gender-affirming care for minors. But a few hospitals have held out.
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Dec 18, 2025
Trump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies said is valued at more than $6 billion.
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Dec 18, 2025
U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, the government said in a report that was delayed and likely distorted by the government shutdown.
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Dec 18, 2025
The U.S. government admitted that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January.
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