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After the sudden loss of his father, 21-year-old Ryan Lockwood stepped up to keep his family’s farm alive. With resilience and creativity, he rebranded it as the Pumpkin.Fun Patch — a place where tradition meets innovation, and hope is planted alongside pumpkins.
Gov. Pritzker’s administration says $130 million in federal funding promised to Illinois for expansion of affordable rooftop solar was illegally halted.
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For federal workers living paycheck to paycheck, the shutdown could mean choosing between paying for groceries or prescriptions, says National Treasury Employees Union National President Doreen Greenwald.
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The proposed rule will limit the duration of visas for international students to four years. Democratic attorneys general said it is illegal and will harm students, schools and the economy.
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Kelly’s plan places a focus on “kitchen table issues.” It includes support for a minimum tax on those making more than $10 million and raising the minimum wage to at least $17 per hour by 2030.
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An ordinance that would give residents a say about polluting industries that want to set up shop where they live has the mayor’s support, but faces business and union opposition and Trump apathy.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation backed out of providing $675,000 to downstate McLean County for a project that would finish a 47-mile countywide bike and pedestrian trail, saying the plan “no longer aligns with DOT priorities” to “promote vehicular travel.”
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The new guidance follows an executive order signed by Gov. JB Pritzker this month aimed at expanding access to COVID-19 shots and other vaccines in the state.
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Gov. JB Pritzker says cuts are needed because of the impact to the state of the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes tax breaks for billionaires, cuts to food assistance and anticipated reductions in federal Medicaid funding.
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The immigration agent’s partner said he suffered a “knee injury” and “some lacerations to his hands,” according to police body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. But the feds reported he was “seriously injured” before he fatally shot Silverio Villegas González.
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It came as nearly 50 elected officials at the Congressional, state and local levels signed onto a letter denouncing violence against protesters they also say had come “without provocation.”
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