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Just what impact the U.S. Supreme Court decision on tariffs will have on local business is tough to tell, one local economic development leader said.
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Trump exceeded his authority when invoking tariffs based on an emergency powers act from the 1970s.
But that does not quite settle the question, said Doug Pryor, chief executive officer for the Will County Center for Economic Development.
Elected officials and civil rights leaders in Will County remembered the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as a tireless fighter for equal rights and a voice for the voiceless.
Jackson was 84 when he died Tuesday. He was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran twice for U.S. president.
Woodstock has received $3.15 million in federal dollars for the upcoming Route 47 widening project. But city officials say they’re still on the hook for $9.5 million in project costs.
Woodstock had asked for $3 million from U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, who submitted the request for Community Project Funding.
The request was approved as part of the fiscal 2026 federal budget, officials said Wednesday.
AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- West suburban Aurora marked seven years since the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Company on Sunday.
Russel Beyer, Vincente Juarez, Clayton Parks, Josh Pinkard and Trevor Wehner were killed when a disgruntled employee walked into the company's warehouse and opened fire Feb. 15, 2019. A sixth employee was shot but survived.
A bipartisan pair of representatives are proposing a federal identity fraud prevention innovation grant program for states to modernize their identity systems and create secure digital IDs.
Reps. Bill Foster, D-Ill., and Pete Sessions, R-Texas, introduced the Stop Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Act on Monday in an aim to counter recent increases in identity fraud and artificial intelligence-powered (AI) deepfakes.
House Democrats' support for articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem surged again Tuesday, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) effectively giving his blessing to the effort.
Why it matters: More than three-quarters of the House Democratic caucus is now co-sponsoring the measure, and the list of new signers as of Tuesday afternoon includes some surprising names.
Braving 12-degree weather, protesters in Kane County said their anger over a second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis was what sent them out into the streets.
Hundreds of people gathered around and along the Silver Glen Road Bridge over Randall Road in South Elgin on Sunday, raising their voices to over what they called the “murder” of Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Several federal lawmakers from Illinois vowed to oppose a spending bill for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that passed on Thursday with a 220-207 vote in the House. Seven Democrats joined Republicans to vote in favor of the bill.Before the votes, House Democratic leaders announced their opposition to additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the Associated Press.
On Friday, Jan. 16, the Naperville Heritage Society kicked off a year of historic celebration at Naper Settlement commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a flag-raising ceremony.
A commemorative America250 Flag was raised at Naper Settlement with the help of the Naperville Combined American Legion Post 43/Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 Color Guard.