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Illinois Crop Snapshot from USDA

Released November 2, 2026 — Illinois Crop Snapshot from USDA. The Illinois soybean harvest increased from 81% to 91% complete, while corn harvest advanced from 74% to 86%. Both crops are ahead of their five-year harvest averages. Days Suitable for Fieldwork 6.1. Winter Wheat Planted 84%. Topsoil Adequate/Surplus 51%...

Illinois · 5d

quadcitiesbusiness.com

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Holland named development manager at JA of the Heartland

Junior Achievement of the Heartland recently named Tony Holland as its new development manager. Mr. Holland will focus on building relationships with businesses, donors, and community partners to grow financial support for JA’s mission and expand its impact across the region. “Tony brings valuable experience in fundraising and relationship-building,...

Illinois · 6d
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WCIA

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Illinois gas prices fall with seasonal demand, refinery maintenance, GasBuddy reports

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Drivers may finally see some relief at the gas pump in the coming weeks after months of rising prices. GasBuddy published its weekly report on prices Monday morning, and the fuel savings platform reported that average gasoline prices fell in almost every state in the last week. Diesel prices also fell […]

Illinois · 6d

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Sunraycer Grabs 325 MW Illinois-Missouri Solar Portfolio, Eyes Power for 78,500 Homes

A Maryland-based power producer just picked up two solar projects totaling 325 megawatts of alternating current across Adams County, Illinois, and New Madrid County, Missouri, with developers projecting enough electricity to power roughly 78,500 homes once the panels are up and running. The deal adds two advanced-stage projects to a company that says it already has nearly 3 gigawatts of solar and battery storage in its pipeline.

Adams County, IL · 5d
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Realty Today

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Open Real Estate Draws 826 Industry Letters as Major MLSs Back Shared Listing Data Push

Eight hundred twenty-six brokerage leaders have now signed letters of support for Open Real Estate, the national listing data initiative launched last week by four of the country's largest brokerages, according to an announcement Monday that marks the effort's first significant public milestone. The letters arrived in roughly the week...

Illinois · 5d

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County’s jobless rate continues to drop

Unemployment dropped in Crawford County again in September. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, 3.4% of the county’s workforce was jobless during the month. This was down from 4.1% in September 2025 and 3.5% in August. Clark County posted an unemployment rate of 3.9%. This was down...

Crawford County, IL · 6d

Main Street Dollars

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Restaurant owners were billed $85 a month by Toast for payment processing while their doors were closed, the FTC says

Toast Inc. billed restaurants $85 a month for payment processing even while they were temporarily closed, the Federal Trade Commission says. The agency filed a complaint on Oct. 29 in federal court in the Northern District of California. It argues that a fee for processing payments should not run when a restaurant is not taking […]

Nebraska · 8d

Main Street Dollars

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Winter shutoff protections begin Nov. 1 in Montana for customers 62 and older, disabled or low-income, Nov. 15 in New Jersey and Dec. 1 in Illinois and Memphis

Winter shutoff protections start on three different dates, and who is covered depends on the state and the utility. Montana’s moratorium begins Nov. 1. New Jersey’s Winter Termination Program starts Nov. 15, and Illinois and Memphis follow on Dec. 1. Montana and Memphis single out older and disabled customers. Illinois protects heating customers more broadly, […]

Illinois · 7d

CleanTechnica

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The Future of Buildings in Illinois Is Electric

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media, inflation, and other hurdles. The Illinois Commerce Commission authorized a study of the most affordable way...

Illinois · 5d

The Cool Down

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Illinois households could face $2 billion in data center grid costs, consumer advocates warn

"We don't want to pay for grid bridges to nowhere."

Illinois · 8d

My Journal Courier

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State opens enrollment to insurance marketplace

Illinois' state insurance marketplace opened its annual enrollment Sunday with some advice for people affected by federal Medicaid and marketplace eligibility.

Illinois · 6d

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Base Power Will Be Installing 100 MW Of Batteries Per Month By Year-End

The following story is brought free of charge to readers by VertexOne, the exclusive EDI provider of EnergyChoiceMatters.com. Base Power, by the end of this year, "will be installing roughly 100 MW of batteries per month." As reported last week, Walmart has made a strategic investment in Base Power, along...

Illinois · 6d

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Dynamat Taps EMA To Be Midwest Representative

Dynamat has appointed Electronic Marketing Associates (EMA) as its home, architectural, and custom integration representative across Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas. EMA will support Dynamat’s dealer, distributor, integrator and custom installer relationships throughout the five-state territory, helping customers select sound-deadening and sound-encapsulation solutions for residential and commercial projects.

Nebraska · 6d

The Center Square

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Report author: Illinois has 'unique' debt problem

(The Center Square) – According to a new report, Illinois is one of five states with more than $30,000 in debt per capita. Mariana Trujillo, managing director of government finance at Reason Foundation, said state, county and local governments and school districts are accumulating a lot of unfunded obligations. “So this means there's a share of your taxes that are currently and will continue to go to paying for services and goods that were already enjoyed and services already rendered,” Trujillo told The Center Square. Trujillo co-authored the State and Local Government Finance Report that found Illinois has by far the highest state and local pension debt in the United States. “It's convenient for politicians to give benefit increases that they don't have to pay for and push their problem into the future, but the problem in Illinois is unique and its scale stands out. It's almost unheard of,” Trujillo said. With $31,582 in overall per capita debt, Illinois trailed only New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Trujillo said the debt is not evenly distributed, with Chicago residents facing almost $50,000 in per capita debt. A different Reason Foundation report released in August said Illinois’ debt ratio of 276% was

Illinois · 9d

takingthekids.com

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Investors Are Quietly Buying Up These 9 Illinois Towns, And Locals Have Noticed

A real Dutch windmill, built in the Netherlands and shipped across the ocean in pieces, now stands beside the Mississippi River in a small Illinois town. That is the kind of oddball charm that gets people talking. It also gets people buying. Across the state, small river towns and old...

Illinois · 10d

CBS News

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More Illinois households can apply for energy assistance for utility bills

Illinois · 6d

capitolcitynow.com

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IL plan could create tax credits for independent grocery stores, pharmacies

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – A new bill in Springfield could help eliminate pharmacy and grocery deserts statewide. Lawmakers and business leaders hope to encourage investment and help sustain access to essential goods and services. This plan could create a new tax credit to incentivize small businesses to establish, expand,...

Illinois · 6d

Newsweek

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Three Kids in ICU as Pumpkin Farm E.coli Cases Probed: How to Stay Safe

Three children are in intensive care as E.coli cases at pumpkin farms raise concerns ahead of Halloween.

San Luis Obispo County, CA · 9d

WGN News

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Illinois nuclear plants receive federal funding to bolster the grid

The U.S. Department of Energy announced $5 billion in federal grants to modernize eight nuclear power plants, with the majority of the funding designated for six reactors in Illinois.

Illinois · 7d

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Knob Hill Landscape Company Prime Time Performer: October 26-31

Here are this week’s candidates for the Knob Hill Landscape Company Prime Time Performer. You can vote once every 12 hours until the polls close on Friday at 5 p.m. The winner will receive a $20 gift card to Dublin Pub. Gift cards will be mailed to the school...

Illinois · 6d