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ELMHURST, Ill, March 5, 2012 – America’s recovery from its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression some 80 years earlier has been slow, but …...

Here's what we have our eye on today: Auto manufacturing output in the Midwest increased 17.5% year over year in January, according to the Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index. Total national automotive output increased 12.1% for the month as compared....

The Citizens Utility Board will be hosting six clinics to help people save money on their telephone bills, including one at the Wilmette Public Library. …...

So corn is rockin' north of $7, beans are toyin' with $14, cattle look to be headed to who-knows-where, wheat prices for almost every variety are tall to really tall, and hogs, well, bacon is sellin' for what steak used to. Wow, huh? And here are two...

DETROIT (AP) — More Michigan residents are living in poverty as the state works to free itself from the lingering effects of the nation's recession, according to new census data released Thursday. The poverty rate rose from 16.2 percent in 2009...

As their kindred spirits in New York City drew thousands to Wall Street, those involved in the almost 2-week-old protest Occupy Chicago say they’re seeing growing numbers here coming out to oppose undue corporate influence in U.S. government policy....

The chants of protesters echoed through downtown Chicago this afternoon as marchers descended on theLoop to give voice to a wide cross-section of activist issues. A crowd of about 700 gathered at noon at Congress Parkway andMichigan Avenue to hear...

A day after about 175 of them were arrested for staying past Grant Park's closing time, a few hundred Occupy Chicago protesters were marching again. Just after 7 p.m., protesters who had gathered at LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard began marching...

The city Public Building Commission approved a plan today to connect three South Loop buildings to the city's extensive surveillance camera network. After chairing the commission for the first time, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said it made sense to add the...

The Federal Reserve held policy steady after a two-day meeting, citing signs of improved economic growth. The Fed’s post-meeting statement Wednesday was as expected. Most economists figured the central bank wouldn’t announce any new...