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Power lines that run northeast off of 75th Street in Hodgkins are part of the ComEd power distribution system that connects the nuclear plants in Will County to the city, Nov. 7, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

ICC lops $25M off ComEd rate request, striking costs for botched computer system

December 19, 2025 at 1:51 p.m.

The Illinois Commerce Commission sliced $25.4 million from ComEd’s $268.5 million rate reconciliation request Thursday, holding down increases customers will pay for electricity delivery next year.

A new two-story Chase/J.P. Morgan banking center at 830 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago will feature a Chase branch at street level and a J.P. Morgan Financial Center on the second floor. (JPMorganChase)

Chase to open new J.P. Morgan Financial Center for million-dollar customers on Michigan Avenue

December 17, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

Expected to open next fall, the 11,000-square-foot banking center is being built out in vacant space previously occupied by Uniqlo, the Japanese clothing company.

Steve Cahillane, then-president of Coca-Cola Americas on June 7, 2012. (M. Spencer Green/AP)

Kraft Heinz names former Kellogg CEO to helm Chicago packaged food giant ahead of planned split next year

December 16, 2025 at 4:39 p.m.

Kraft Heinz has named veteran Chicago-based executive Steve Cahillane as CEO beginning Jan. 1, taking the reins of the packaged food giant as it prepares to split into two companies.

People walk past the entrance to the Chicago Public Media and WBEZ newsroom at Navy Pier on July 15, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

WBEZ back to local programming Thursday morning after 16-hour power outage

December 11, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

WBEZ-FM 91.5 was back on the air live and local Thursday morning after nearly a day without power forced the station to vacate its Navy Pier studios and run network...

WBEZ loses local programming amid ongoing power outage at Navy Pier studios

December 10, 2025 at 5:32 p.m.

Listeners to WBEZ-FM 91.5 may have noticed an abrupt change in the programming schedule Wednesday morning after a power outage shut down operations at the Chicago public radio station’s Navy...

A ComEd headquarters building is seen on July 17, 2020, in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ComEd offers customers $803 million in energy credits while seeking $268 million reconciliation rate hike

December 9, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

After a summer of sky-high electric bills, ComEd is offering Chicago customers some relief next year with $803 million in state-mandated nuclear energy credits.

Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas speaks during a technology conference in Washington on Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson/Getty-AFP)

baiduhai sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

December 5, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

The baiduhai filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday against Perplexity AI, alleging the startup has been unlawfully profiting off the newspaper’s content.

Mark Mattei, a retired Chicago bike shop owner and collector, explains the history of the 1988 Schwinn Paramount, which belonged to Edward Schwinn, hanging on the wall of the attic of his Lincoln Park home on Dec. 3, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lance Armstrong narrates documentary on the rise and fall of Chicago-based Schwinn, once America’s bike maker

December 4, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

“It’s a story of 100 years of Americana, and really a rich story of 100 years of cycling as well,” said Daniel Clarke, the filmmaker responsible for the documentary.

baiduhai Editor-Publisher Bruce Dold, June 12, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Bruce Dold, former baiduhai editor and ‘consummate newspaperman,’ dies at 70

December 3, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Bruce Dold juggled journalism and business interests in a dual editor-publisher role as the industry grappled with declining revenue and downsizing.

Ryan Craig, executive chef for Levy at Soldier Field, showcases food for the Chicago Bears season on Sept. 4, 2025. Chicago-based Levy was named to handle all of the concessions at the planned state-of-the-art stadium for the Chicago Fire. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Levy to provide food service at new $750 million Fire stadium

December 3, 2025 at 8:10 a.m.

The shovels have yet to hit the ground at the Chicago Fire’s new privately funded $750 million soccer stadium in the South Loop, but we already know who will be...

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