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Illinois Climbs To #13 In CNBC’s Top States For Business, Marking Historic High
WJOL - Illinois
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July 11, 2025
FILE PHOTO — Investor analyzing stock market investments with financial dashboard, business intelligence (BI), and key performance indicators (KPI) on smartphone and computer screens CNBC released its 2025 Top States for Business rankings, with...
Illinois quick hits: State Farm home insurance rates rising
The Center Square
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July 11, 2025
State Farm home insurance rates rising Consumer advocacy groups are calling for government oversight of home insurance rates ahead of Bloomington-based State Farm increasing rates 27% next month. Illinois Public Interest Research Group said 1.5...
Science-backed ‘food is medicine’ movement may reverse American health decline
New York Post
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July 10, 2025
As the health of Americans continues to decline, researchers at the University of Florida are urging a national rethink about fruits and vegetables. Their message is that it’s time to treat produce not just as food but as medicine. In a recent...
Chicago Sky partners with Ordr to enhance fan experience through new payment platform
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
The Chicago Sky, a team in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), has announced a new partnership with Ordr, a company known for its payment data and processing solutions in sports and entertainment. This collaboration aims to enhance...
Chicago nonprofit fights to keep Head Start funded
Chronicle Media - Illinois
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July 11, 2025
Diana Rauner (center), president of the Chicago-based nonprofit Start Early, which advocates for early childhood funding and policies at the local, state and federal levels, talks with participants at the Start Early annual lunch in May. Rauner...
State Farm raising Illinois homeowners' insurance rates, watchdog group warns
FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois
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State Farm is raising Illinois homeowners' insurance rates this summer. Here's why – and what advocates are calling for. CHICAGO - State Farm is raising Illinois homeowners' insurance rates by 27% this summer, citing rising costs from extreme...
Today in Culture, Friday, July 11, 2025: Chicago Exhibition Weekend Three | The New Lincoln Yards Plan | Alfredo Jaar at MoCP
Newcity - Illinois
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July 11, 2025
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Third Chicago Exhibition Weekend Set For September The third annual Chicago Exhibition Weekend has been set for September 19-21....
Chicago chipmunks are evolving fast — and our food may be why, Field Museum says
FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois
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For more than a century, Chicago’s Field Museum has been collecting animal specimens. CHICAGO - For more than a century, Chicago’s Field Museum has been collecting animal specimens. Now, the Field’s collection of a Chicago-area rodent is showing...
Will Illinois People Start Drinking Cockroach Milk?
US 104.9 - Iowa
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July 11, 2025
It's time to pour out your almond milk, because there's a new kind of milk in town, and it has all the nutrients you could ever want. You may be thinking, “Well, if it's this good for me, I need to try it.” Before you get your hopes up, this milk...
Chicago Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. wants son to replace him after retirement, drawing criticism
ABC 7 Chicago - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The longest-serving member currently on the Chicago City Council is retiring at the end of the month. Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. of the 27th Ward wants his son Walter Burnett III to be appointed to replace him. Some critics say...
P. Scott Carney named chair of Stony Brook University's mechanical engineering department
Suffolk Reporter - New York
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July 11, 2025
P. Scott Carney has been appointed as the chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University, effective September 1, 2025. He will serve as a visiting professor from July 1 to August 31. Carney is an applied theorist who...
Tax-by-mile measure stalls during Illinois legislative session
State Journal-Register - Illinois
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An Illinois bill proposing a pilot program for a mileage-based tax on drivers failed to pass the state senate. The program would have studied the feasibility of collecting road usage data and payments from voluntary participants. The bill aimed to...
Illinois students bring home medals from SkillsUSA national conference
Illinois Business Journal
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July 10, 2025
Illinois students have once again claimed national championships, earned bragging rights against the best skilled young competitors across the county and taken a major step forward in their career success. Nearly four dozen students from SkillsUSA...
Illinois hospitals fear cuts under Trump domestic policy law
The Herald-Whig - Illinois
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Hospital officials in Illinois say they will have to make some difficult decisions in the next few years that could involve laying off staff, cutting back services and even closing some facilities entirely. That’s the expected...
Scientists looked at the centre of our Galaxy and found strange structures they were not expecting
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Star formation remains something of a mystery in space science and astronomy. How do small dust grains and diffuse gas form into a main-sequence star like the Sun? There are many methods astronomers can use to study star-forming regions, but one...
San Diego FC takes road win streak into matchup with the Chicago Fire
Lethbridge Herald
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July 11, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 11, 2025. San Diego FC (12-6-3, second in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Fire (8-8-4, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Chicago +148, San Diego +153, Draw...
Chicago baseball report: Cubs give struggling Matt Shaw a breather — while Luis Robert Jr. watch keeps ticking
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
The Cubs are trying to avoid stumbling into the All-Star break. Their National League Central lead dwindled to 1½ games after dropping a second straight to the Minnesota Twins, who go for a series sweep Thursday afternoon. The Cubs will head into...
Chicago area nonprofit aims to help foster kids find forever homes
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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More than 7,000 children are currently in foster care throughout Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. With so many kids entering the system each year, one local nonprofit is exercising its...
Illinois hospitals fear massive cuts under Trump domestic policy law
Capitol News Illinois - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Article Summary President Trump’s domestic policy bill contains massive cuts in federal Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. One analysis predicts $48 billion in spending reductions in Illinois over a decade. The cuts limit states’ ability to...
Illinois quick hits: Median personal income down from 2021
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 10, 2025
Median personal income down from 2021 Illinois’ median personal income for 2023 was $115,000, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday. That ranks 19th among all states. Illinois’ ranking is up two spots from 2013 where...