Ford City Mall restores broken fire suppression system and gets temporary reprieve from a shutdown • Illinois House approves latest proposal to help Chicago Bears build stadium in Arlington Heights
Working Lunch Thursday, April 23, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Oak Forest city officials asked Bremen High School District 228 to approve an extension for a tax increment financing district. | | | | | A Cook County judge agreed to postpone until May 15 a hearing originally set for Thursday, when the judge could have ordered the giant indoor mall’s immediate closure due to what city attorneys described as unsafe conditions. | | | | | The Democratic-run Illinois House passed the latest proposal to help the Chicago Bears build a new stadium in Arlington Heights. | | | | | On April 23, 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less (accounting for 80% of all U.S. flights) went into effect. | | | | | This five-bedroom home has five full bathrooms, four half bathrooms and four private outdoor spaces. | | | | | We’ve become inured to doomsday prophecies. But in this case, those predictions are about to come true. And the impact will be felt throughout our healthcare system — even by those who pay their own health insurance premiums, or have coverage through their jobs. | | | | | Trump in his second term has taken a strong interest in Silicon Valley, bringing powerful tech leaders into his orbit. | | | | | An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line. | | | |