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Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is leading an effort to ask the Financial Stability Oversight Council to weigh the financial risks of a speculative “bubble” around the artificial intelligence sector.
Foster told us this week he was growing “increasingly concerned about the collapse of the AI bubble.” The letter, Foster said, will ask FSOC to publish a report and convene a working group to study the phenomenon.
Washington, DC — Today, Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) led 25 colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to ensure that Ukrainians in the Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program are not unfairly burdened by processing delays that trigger a new $1,000 fee.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement:
“Tonight, I voted against the Senate government funding deal. Since open enrollment began, I’ve heard from countless constituents that their premiums are more than doubling next year—and many are not sure they will be able to afford health coverage at all. I cannot support a bill that leaves them behind.
Tina Ruiz isn’t sure how she will be able to pay bills and keep food on the table if Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are not restored.
Ruiz, a Kane County resident, said she had received emails and letters about SNAP getting cut off and also saw it watching TV.
She said she Friday had not yet received November benefits – the same day the Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling ordering full funding of SNAP.
Tina Ruiz has been turning more to food pantries to provide food for her family recently. The 58-year-old Kane County resident is currently without access to SNAP.
She is eating more soup these days.
“Ramen noodles, things like that,” she said. “Things that the pantry gives us.”
At least for now, despite the uncertainty associated with the federal government shutdown, local agencies are continuing to accept applications for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
“Right now, we are still able to serve clients – at least until mid-December – thanks to some carry over funds and state funding,” said Michelle Allen, the executive director of the Will County Center for Community Concerns.
The 2025 corn and soybean growing season ended as it started — ideal conditions — along with the usual and unusual challenges sandwiched in between.
Crystal Williams, Pioneer agronomist in DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, recapped the northern Illinois growing season.
Planting began ahead of schedule.
The 28-mile Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was the product of a monumental feat of engineering that reversed the flow of the Chicago River, but no one can deny it is saddled with a rather unpleasant name.
A coalition of nonprofits, government bodies, elected officials, businesses, and residents has decided it's time for a name change for the canal — and the public can vote on the name through Friday afternoon.
The Eagle Street Gateway project, which broke ground in March of this year in Naperville, is finished and open to the public.
A key goal of the project was to improve accessibility between the upper and lower paths along the Riverwalk.
The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month. Millions of people stand to lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are set to expire, and there are few real talks between the parties over how to end it.