Illinois
Philips Engineer Convicted of Taking X-Ray Technology to Chinese Competitor
A federal jury in Chicago convicted a former Philips Medical Systems engineer of stealing closely guarded X-ray technology for work benefiting a Chinese...
Chinas Student-Exchange Program Urges American Youth to Tell Chinas Stories
When Muscatine High School student Emmanuel Garcia-Gomez Jr. returned from China, his praise was published by Beijing’s state media.“The taste, the feel, the...
Small Illinois Town Battles State-Backed Chinese Battery Project
When Illinois state officials unveiled a $2 billion battery project in 2023 with great fanfare, to be built in a village of roughly...
Several States Contest Federal Orders Keeping Coal-Fired Power Plants Open
The R.M. Schahfer Generating Station’s two-coal fired electricity generators in Wheatfield, Indiana, built in 1983 and 1986, were scheduled to close on Dec....
Southwest Airlines to End Service at OHare and Dulles Airports
A Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport in Chicago on Feb. 12, 2023. Kiichiro Sato/AP PhotoCiting challenging operating conditions,...
Top Democrat on China Select Committee to Step Down
Ranking member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) speaks at the...
Minimum Wage to Rise in 22 States Next Year
The minimum wage will reach at least $15 per hour in 14 states.People shop at Macy’s in New York City on Nov. 13,...
Son of El Chapo’ Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Chicago
Joaquín Guzmán López. U.S. Department of State via APSinaloa cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez—son of imprisoned drug kingpin “El Chapo”—pleaded guilty to federal...
