Controversial $830 million borrowing plan approved by Chicago City Council
A plan to borrow $830 million to finance infrastructure improvements in Chicago narrowly passed the City Council on Wednesday ...
Illinois has erased nearly $350 million in medical debt, Pritzker says
The state of Illinois has erased hundreds of millions of dollars in medical debt as part of a pilot program championed by Gov ...
Obvious Ventures, co-founded by Twitter's Evan Williams, plans to raise $400 million fund
Obvious Ventures, the venture capital firm co-founded by Twitter's Evan Williams, has filed to raise $400 million for its latest fund, according to a regulatory filing.
Is Slack down? Thousands of users report outages in major cities including Chicago
At the peak of the outage, more than 3,000 users reported they couldn’t access the platform, according to the website ...
What is measles? What to know after outbreak leads to first US death since 2015
A child has become the first death from measles in the U.S. since 2015, but what should you know about the virus and its spread?
Agency speeds up Social Security Fairness Act timeline, with lump sums, benefit increases for millions of people
The agency had previously said it could take “more than one year” to process benefit changes following the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act.
Michelle Trachtenberg, actress known for roles in ‘Buffy' and ‘Gossip Girl,' dead at age 39 in NYC
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, known for roles in "Buffy," "Harriet the Spy" and "Gossip Girl" was found dead in New York ...
John Lithgow confirms he's been been cast as Dumbledore in new HBO ‘Harry Potter' series
John Lithgow has confirmed that he will portray the Hogwarts headmaster in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series, which will begin filming this summer. Lithgow, 79, said in an interview with ScreenRant ...
Costco to open 7 new U.S. stores in Spring 2025, including 1 in the Midwest
According to a post on Costco's website, six states will see new Costco locations opening in March and April 2025, with two ...
The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald ...
Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support ‘personal liberties and free markets'; top editor resigns
Jeff Bezos said that Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley decided to resign rather than lead the opinion ...
Trump says Zelenskyy will visit the White House Friday to sign US-Ukraine minerals deal
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal ...