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Illinois won't vote on Bears' stadium until fall
Illinois lawmakers adjourned the 2026 spring legislative session early Monday morning without passing a bill aimed to keep the Chicago Bears from leaving the state. At 11 p.m. Sunday, Illinois state Senator Bill Cunningham (D-Chicago) introduced new legislation that would allow Cook County cities with more than 70,000 residents (like Arlington Heights and Chicago) to create their own sports stadium authority. The Bears would pay for the construction of the new stadium, which the franchise...
Bears edge closer to move to Northwest Indiana
The Bears took a significant step toward leaving Illinois on Friday. The Bears' board of directors voted Thursday to advance their stadium development in Hammond, Indiana with the exact site still to be determined. This is this first time that the Bears' board has voted on any stadium site.
Chicago Bears take major step toward leaving city after more than a century as franchise makes Indiana plans
We could be seeing the end of an era unfold in real time as a legacy NFL franchise with a century of history in its signature American city is moving forward with plans to leave town: The Bears are advancing their stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana. The team announced Friday afternoon that it has taken this significant step toward pulling up stakes from Chicago and even the state of Illinois. The Bears' board of directors met on Thursday, into the evening, and voted to advance...
The Alligator Alcatraz Boondoggle
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US senator warns of Indo-Pacific risks as Hegseth stresses ‘quiet’ tactics
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California lawmaker aims to protect reparations payments to Blacks from taxation
A California lawmaker is trying to make sure reparations payments to Black residents do not get taxed if the effort becomes a reality. "For generations, descendants of formerly enslaved people have been denied both justice and economic opportunity," Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, a Democrat representing Inglewood district, said in a statement announcing the bill aiming to establish the measure. "Reparations are meant to repair harm, not be partially taken back through taxation.
Democratic dread in Maine: From the Politics Desk
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India leads among immigrant founders of US billion-dollar startups
Indian entrepreneurs have emerged as the largest immigrant group behind America's billion-dollar startup ecosystem, founding or co-founding 96 US unicorns, according to a new study that underscores the growing influence of Indian talent on the world's biggest innovation economy. The report by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) found that immigrants have founded or co-founded 455 of America's 775 privately held startups valued at $1 billion or more, accounting for 59% of all...
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The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro
When Marco Rubio was named secretary of State, many in both South Florida Republican circles and the American energy industry exulted. But one man who bridged both worlds knew he had a problem. A longtime investor in Venezuela, the main source of crude oil needed to produce the asphalt that had made his family rich, Harry Sargeant III kept relations with top officials in Caracas even as they seized most foreign oil holdings.