[ad_1] Nic Van Horn is in the middle of finding a new Chicago home for his family, and new rules on real estate agent commissions are adding some stress — even though they’re are intended to help consumers. In August, the National Association of Realtors implemented two major changes as part of a $418 million […]
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[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: When my son got married in 2003, we had many good times with him and his wife. Things have changed now that we have cellphones. It’s nearly impossible to have a relationship with her because when they come to our home, she’s always on her phone! My son talks to his dad,
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[ad_1] Many American institutions have beclowned themselves in the last 10 years — too many to list. To count the right-leaning institutions that have not succumbed to Trumpian populism takes only one hand. But the decline of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page has been particularly galling because, compared to the Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College
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[ad_1] When he exits the White House on Jan. 20 next year, President Joe Biden will close the door on one of the most storied political careers in American history. But if he leaves without granting clemency to people who have been penalized disproportionately, especially those on federal death row, his legacy will be incomplete.
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[ad_1] Illinois drivers can now update their license plate sticker from the driver’s seat. The state’s first drive-thru DMV kiosk opened this week at the Lombard driver services facility at 837 Westmore-Meters Road, offering 24/7 access to renew registrations and licenses, and to obtain license plate stickers. “This creates a better environment for folks who
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[ad_1] Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson pushing to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, the two men were polite on the first day of classes in August as they stood together outside schools ringing oversized gold bells. But as the weeks progressed, no resolution came to pass — instead, controversies piled up and the tension
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[ad_1] The top executive of a food and beverage concessionaire at O’Hare and Midway airports — whose business operations there are regulated by City Hall — contributed $1,000 to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund, elections records show. But mayoral aides won’t discuss whether the contribution from Hyde Park Hospitality CEO Marc Brooks to Friends of
[ad_1] Hendrix Skylan, a singer and songwriter known as Hendi Sky, wears a clown nose and a hat she made herself on Amtrak’s Train 41, the Floridian, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Skylan hopped on the train in Chicago, Ill. and is going to Orland, Fla. for a music festival. “It’s nice to be down here
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[ad_1] Percy L. Julian High School proudly displayed on top of its website a Sun-Times column by one of its graduates. Lashaunta Moore wrote last summer about how her South Side high school journalism program helped her to pursue a communications career. “People are always shocked when I revea l that I am a Percy
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[ad_1] The Palumbo family once oversaw a road building empire in Illinois — until a criminal prosecution in the 1990s sent the family’s patriarch and two sons to prison, and led to a ban on their companies participating in future construction projects involving state or federal funding. More than two decades later, a younger generation