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Soaring US Egg Prices Put Pressure on Consumers, Businesses

A lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has led to U.S. egg prices more than doubling over the past year and hatched a lot of sticker shock on grocery aisles.

Promontory Point’s Bid for Landmark Status Gets Preliminary Hearing Thursday

The road to city landmark status for Promontory Point starts at Thursday’s meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Supporters have been fighting to protect the lakefront peninsula for more than 20 years.

New Mega Millions Jackpot of $1.35B Is Game’s 2nd Highest

The new jackpot drawing on Friday night will be another milestone in the game, Mega Millions said in a statement early Wednesday.

FAA Lifts Ground Stop on Flights Following Computer Outage

The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting a ground stop on flights across the U.S. following a computer outage early Wednesday that resulted in thousands of delays and hundreds of cancellations quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

Pritzker Quickly Signs Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Into Law: ‘We Got It Done’

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the law Tuesday night , hours after it passed the legislature on the final day of the General Assembly’s session, and roughly six months since the July 4 mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade.

Rare Green Comet May Soon Be Visible with Naked Eye

According to NASA, the comet would last have been seen in the night sky more than 10,000 years ago — millennia before the birth of human civilization — and it may never pass this way again.

Thousands of Cook County Residents May See Medical Debt Disappear Under New Program

Medical debt affects 27% of Cook County residents. Of those, 42% are people of color.

How Much COVID-19 Is in Your Wastewater? New Online Tracker Shares Illinois Data With Public

Wastewater sampling has been a key early-warning tool for detecting spikes in the spread of COVID-19, and now Illinois is making its data available to the public through an interactive online dashboard.

How Republicans are Transforming the US House in the Majority

Lawmakers no longer have to walk through metal detectors before gaining access to the House floor. And any time they do vote, they will have to do so in person — no more voting by proxy from home. Those are just some of the changes.

Average Chicago-Area Driver Spent 155 Hours Waiting In Traffic in 2022, Report Says

Chicagoans are all too familiar with having to sit in traffic. A recent report shows that the average Chicago-area driver spent 155 hours in traffic last year. That's the highest number in North America and second highest in the world.

Jan. 10, 2023 - Full Show

What's the new GOP-run house going to be like? We talk with two local congressmembers. The latest on the assault weapons ban in Springfield. How to erase medical debt. And we take a look up at the sky, where you'll see a bright green comet.

Bears GM Poles Expects Fields to Be Starting QB Next Season

Fields, the No. 11 overall pick in 2021, emerged as one of the NFL's most exciting players in his second season. But he was drafted by former general manager Ryan Pace — not current GM Ryan Poles.

Chicago Man Pointed Rifle at Parents, Children During Carjacking, Prosecutors Say

“This was probably the most terrifying thing these victims ever experienced in their life,” Judge Ankur Srivastava said during a court hearing Tuesday while explaining why he was denying bail for 22-year-old Sederick Wright.

EPA to Award $100M to Boost Environmental Justice Programs

The funding, established through the 2022 climate and health law signed by President Joe Biden, marks the largest environmental justice grants the agency has ever offered.

It's Triplets! Lincoln Park Zoo Welcomes Three Lion Cubs

Lincoln Park Zoo announced it welcomed not one, not two, but three lion cubs on Monday. The zoo had been on lion watch since early December, when staff confirmed 4-year-old African lion Zari was pregnant.