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Cherish Matias combined her passion for early childhood education with her love of baking to create Cheri’s Berries Cafe and Play in Metropolis.
It’s a one-of-a-kind space where kids can play, learn, and build social skills while parents enjoy homemade food, coffee, and baked goods. Since opening in 2025, Cheri’s Berries has become a welcoming gathering place for families in the community.
Chicago lawmakers will have to close an anticipated $882.4 million budget gap during the upcoming budget season, and while it’s lower than what earlier projections forecasted for the 2027 fiscal year, a fight over how to close it is still to be expected.
A U.S. military veteran running in the increasingly crowded race for Chicago mayor says she wants to bust open the city’s books to find ways to reallocate wasteful and unnecessary spending to programs more beneficial to Chicagoans.
The City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy on Tuesday approved an ordinance to include data centers in the city’s energy benchmarking program for large buildings.
The City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy on Tuesday will consider an ordinance that would remove an exemption in city code that excludes data centers from the city’s program that intakes and reports on large buildings’ energy use.
The environment committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
An analysis from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office showed that homeowners faced more of an increase in their property taxes this year compared to businesses and that the entire property tax levy increased beyond the rate of inflation.
Illinois received its second credit upgrade in a week Tuesday when S&P Global Ratings bumped the state’s general obligation bond rating.
Illinois co-led a coalition of states Tuesday in sending a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) opposing two proposed rule changes to radiation safety standards and protection and environmental review.
A federal appeals court ruled last week that states can regulate prediction markets, a major win for states trying to crack down on the platforms.
For Illinois, the decision could have a significant impact after the state legislature passed a tax on the markets that is being challenged in court.