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Is the worst behind us? What unemployment data for metro Chicago indicates

For the first time since before the pandemic, metro Chicago posted jobless rates below 4% across three consecutive months.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rebuild Illinois is paying off for our infrastructure, labor workforce

The $40 billion project is modernizing our highways, bridges and other infrastructure. It’s also supporting the long-term workforce supply pipeline needed in the booming construction industry.

Chicago Sun-Times

Packers PFF grades: Best, worst players from Week 1 vs. Bears

Based on grades from Pro Football Focus, here are the best and worst performers from the Packers’ Week 1 win over the Bears:

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Explosion, fire at Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injures 8 employees

An explosion and fire at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois has injured eight employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air

The Independent UK

Packers 38, Bears 20: Game balls, highlights, best photos

Game balls, highlights and best photos from the Packers' 38-20 win over the Bears.

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Explosion erupts at Illinois processing plant, injuring at least eight

The fire was contained by the fire department, but the extent of the injuries have yet to be disclosed

The Independent UK

7 standouts from Packers’ 38-20 win over Bears

The seven standout individuals or position groups from the Packers' 38-20 win over the Bears.

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Photos from the Bears’ Week 1 loss vs. Packers

The Bears opened the 2023 season with a 38-20 loss to the Packers. Take a look at the action:

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Gotion To Build $2 Billion EV Battery Factory In Illinois

Gotion High-tech Co, one of the largest Chinese EV lithium-ion battery manufacturers, will build its first battery factory in the United States.

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8 biggest reasons why the Packers blew out the Bears in Week 1

Winning by three scores isn't easy in the NFL. The Packers did a lot of things right in all three phases en route to blowing out the rival Bears in Week 1.

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Instant analysis and recap of Packers’ 38-20 win over Bears in Week 1

Analysis and recap of the Packers' 38-20 win over the Bears in the 2023 regular season opener at Soldier Field.

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Illinois lands Chinese EV battery plant as Pritzker, Duckworth seek more deals with Asian companies

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth are trying to seal deals with Asian companies — the governor with a direct line of communication with business heads, and Duckworth with two Asian trips under her belt this year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: This week’s 15 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

DuSable Lake Shore Drive welcomes cyclists, beachgoers enjoy the remaining days of summer, and the Sun-Times visits the Illinois governor’s mansion.

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5 Bold predictions for Bears vs. Packers

D.J. Moore snapping the 100-yard receiving drought & Tyrique Stevenson getting his first pick are just a few of our Bears bold predictions.

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Reintroducing a rival: Jordan Love-led Packers face new-look Bears in Week 1

The Packers will face a new-look Bears team on Sunday in the season opener. Bears Wire helps highlight what's new about Green Bay's biggest rival before kickoff.

Chicago Sun-Times

Criticism comes with the job, Mayor Johnson

The mayor claiming criticism of him is racism is being thin-skinned, a Hyde Park resident writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governor’s mansion haunted by history, hijinks, heirlooms and art — but no ghosts

First lady M.K. Pritzker gave columnist Michael Sneed a tour of the quietly elegant, Illinois artist-infused, dreamily redecorated mansion and exclusive details on the book she’s written about its history and secrets.

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds tell Ed Burke’s lawyers they don’t plan to call Danny Solis at racketeering trial

Prosecutors have called former Ald. Danny Solis one of Chicago’s “most significant cooperators in the last several decades.” He also helped them build a case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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Associated Press Illinois high school football rankings for Week 3

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nearly five years after pleading guilty to a felony, Chicago cop remains on the force

Joseph DeRosa pleaded guilty to resisting and obstructing police. It’s supposed to bar him from being a cop in Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Madigan won’t run for committeeperson, marking full stop end to his political career

Ald. Marty Quinn is circulating petitions for the 13th Ward spot after Madigan, 81, opted not to run. Madigan’s racketeering trial is set for April 1 — 13, days after the March 19 Illinois primary.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias to testify at Durbin’s Senate hearing on growing number of book bans

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who drafted the state’s first-in-the-nation ban against book bans, will testify at a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday on book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dying and disabled prisoners who aren’t a threat shouldn’t be kept behind bars

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board, as of mid-August, has denied nearly two-thirds of medical release requests.

Chicago Sun-Times

An unusual public dove hunt in Illinois times it right at the crack of dawn

A rare morning dove hunt at a public site in Illinois offers advantages and timing around other Labor Day activities.

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7 Bold predictions for the 2023 Bears season

From a Pro Bowl nod for D.J. Moore to a career year for Yannick Ngakoue, here are our bold predictions for the 2023 Bears season.

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