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03 Jun 2025

Illinois bill to push renewable energy dies after businesses balk

A plan aimed at generating new power in Illinois died in the final days of the legislative session in Springfield after business groups argued that the proposal was too expensive and would be a burden to electricity customers.

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30 May 2025

Leading Business Groups Oppose Sweeping Legal Overreach

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ business community is united in opposition to proposed legislation that would drastically expand Illinois’ jurisdictional reach. House Amendment #2 to SB 26 would expose out-of-state companies to lawsuits in Illinois courts—even when the underlying claims and parties have no connection to the state.

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10 Apr 2025

Chicago-area residents brace for impact of China tariffs as trade war escalates

As China and the U.S. continue ratcheting up tariffs in a hotly contested fight over trade, consumers in downtown Chicago are bracing to see what it could mean for their pocketbooks.

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09 Apr 2025

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce statement on tariffs

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce represents business impacted by the recent federal trade policies across virtually every industry sector. The actions taken earlier today to suspend some of the recently implemented tariffs will provide important relief for businesses and workers throughout our state.

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Core Site

CoreSite, an American Tower Company, operates data centers where enterprises locate servers and networking equipment to communicate, store and process data, connect to clouds and bring products and services to market. With a 20+ year history, CoreSite has transformed physical facilities where telecom provider networks converge into data centers, such as the former Western Union Telegraph building in the heart of Chicago’s financial district, as well as developed purpose-built facilities enabling world-changing technologies – CoreSite’s CH2 data center is certified by NVIDIA as an optimized environment for AI deployment.

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