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Thursday, Dec 21 Workers at O'Hare International Airport's restaurants, bars and coffee shops walked off the job at noon Thursday, seeking higher wages and affordable health care. |
| Food stamp benefits will be restored by week's end for tens of thousands of Illinois households that lost them because of computer woes, officials said Thursday. |
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| A number of Illinois hospitals announced cuts, layoffs or both this year in response to financial pressures experts say are likely to continue into 2018. |
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| Five suburban counties in Illinois filed lawsuits Thursday against more than seven pharmaceutical companies, joining a growing effort to hold manufacturers accountable for the nation's opioid epidemic. |
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| Shares of the aircraft-maker Embraer were up 17 percent following media reports that the Brazilian company has spoken with Boeing about an acquisition. |
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| Chicago-based Conagra Brands plans to buy the Milwuakee-based maker of frozen flatbread breakfast sandwiches. |
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| Illinois suffered the greatest numeric population loss of any state in the country in 2017, according to newly released Census data. |
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| The software giant said this week it was scrapping employment agreements that require workers to settle harassment complaints in private. |
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