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Cook County Board of Review Opens Property Tax Appeals for Storm-Damaged Homeowners Ahead of September Deadlines
August 25, 2026
The Cook County Board of Review is urging homeowners across the county to file prefiling property tax appeals after a summer of severe weather that produced confirmed tornadoes, widespread flooding, and structural damage in dozens of municipalities. Board officials announced at an August 20 press conference that residents who document
Illinois Business Financing: Unsecured Loans for Chicago and Beyond
August 22, 2026
A Logistics and Manufacturing State With a Financing Gap Illinois sits at the center of the country’s freight and logistics network, with Chicago serving as a hub that touches manufacturing, distribution, and transportation businesses across the entire Midwest. This concentration of asset heavy, operationally intensive businesses creates a specific financing
Building a Connected Front Office
August 22, 2026
The next gain in law firm operations is not another application. It is connecting the ones already installed. Law firms own more software than ever. You have marketing platforms producing inquiries, while phone systems route calls, and CRMs organize prospects. You would think this has created efficiency, but in reality
Chicago’s Final 2026 Business Resource Expo Brings Soul and Smoke Founders to Malcolm X College on August 29
August 22, 2026
The Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection will host the final Chicago Business Resource Expo of 2026 on Saturday, August 29, at Malcolm X College. The free event, running from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., features a keynote address from Chef D’Andre Carter and Heather Bublick, co-founders of
Moburst Campaign Portfolio and Client Work Across Global Digital Marketing Execution for Major Brands
August 20, 2026
Moburst Campaign Portfolio and Client Work Across Global Digital Marketing Execution for Major Brands Digital marketing campaigns run in an organized setting characterized by algorithms, changes in consumer behavior, and performance measures. Companies can now distribute their marketing activities via search engines, mobile applications, social media, and programmatic ad networks.
Royston G King of Quantum Scaling Partners on the Case for Narrowing an Offer Before Expanding It
August 20, 2026
The instinct of a growing company is to add. New services, new markets, new client categories, each addition justified by an opportunity that appeared genuine at the time. The result, after several years, is a business that does many things adequately and few things distinctively. Royston G King, founder of
Planning a North Shore Home Renovation? 7 Site Logistics Decisions to Make Before Demolition Begins
August 16, 2026
A major home renovation on Chicago’s North Shore often starts with design decisions: finishes, floor plans, cabinetry, fixtures, and contractors. But some of the choices that have the biggest impact on how smoothly a project runs happen outside the house. Before demolition begins, homeowners and contractors need to think through
Shedd Aquarium Receives Four More Beluga Whales from Shuttered Marineland Canada in Largest Cetacean Rescue in U.S. History
August 15, 2026
Four female beluga whales arrived at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium on August 13 after an overnight cargo flight from Toronto, doubling the number of rescued Marineland belugas now living in the aquarium’s 3-million-gallon Abbott Oceanarium and advancing an unprecedented international effort to rehome 30 whales from a financially distressed marine park
When Your Fridge Quits: A Chicago Homeowner’s Guide to Refrigerator Repair
August 14, 2026
A failing refrigerator is one of the few household breakdowns that forces you to act fast. Unlike a squeaky dryer or a slow dishwasher, a fridge that stops cooling puts a clock on hundreds of dollars of groceries. For Chicago homeowners, knowing the warning signs, what a repair actually costs,
How AE Tax Advisors Helps Investors Qualify for Active Loss Treatment
August 13, 2026
Short-term rentals occupy a strange position in the real estate tax code. Operated correctly, they produce some of the most favorable tax outcomes available to real estate investors. Operated without attention to the technical requirements, they produce passive losses that get suspended and provide no current-year benefit. The difference between
NITA Act Sales Tax Takes Effect Across Six-County Chicago Region, Unlocking $200 Million in Transit Funding After Years of Crisis-Level Budget Shortfalls
August 11, 2026
The 0.25% Regional Transportation Authority sales tax increase authorized under the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act took effect on August 1 across Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, activating the single largest new revenue stream for Chicago-area public transit in decades. The increase is projected to generate $199
How Can a Business Owner Use Working Capital Without Falling Into a Debt Trap?
August 10, 2026
Working capital advances are among the most powerful and most potentially harmful financial tools available to small businesses. Used with discipline and full information, they accelerate growth, bridge critical timing gaps, and enable strategic investments that slower capital cannot support. Used without discipline, they create compounding debt obligations that constrain
How VL Medusa Style™ Is Redefining the Art of Eyelash Extensions
August 8, 2026
By: Vita Leibiuk The beauty industry continues to evolve as lash artists seek new techniques that combine artistry, precision, and personalization. While many styling methods focus primarily on density or dramatic effects, true innovation comes from creating techniques that enhance each client’s natural features while maintaining the health of their
Governor Pritzker Announces Second Round of Regional Site Readiness Awards to Drive Illinois Job Creation
August 7, 2026
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced the second round of Regional Site Readiness Program awards on August 5, directing new grant funding to communities across the state for site preparation and infrastructure improvements designed to attract manufacturing, logistics, and technology employers. The
Systems Over Improvisation: How Joel Yi’s Cyber Background Shapes the Way He Builds AI
August 6, 2026
Most founders in artificial intelligence arrive from software engineering or research. Joel Yi took a different route. Before he founded the AI company DeployAIBots, he served as one of the first cyber officers in the U.S. Army’s cyber branch, and the way he thinks about building artificial intelligence still carries
The 97th Bud Billiken Parade Steps Off August 8 in Bronzeville With LisaRaye McCoy as Grand Marshal
August 4, 2026
The 97th annual Bud Billiken Parade and Back-to-School Festival returns to Chicago’s South Side on Saturday, August 8, stepping off at 10 a.m. from 39th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and traveling south through Bronzeville to 51st Street before entering Washington Park. The event, organized by Chicago
Lollapalooza 2026 Opens at Grant Park With All Female Top Billing for the First Time in Festival History
August 1, 2026
Lollapalooza 2026 opened at Grant Park on Thursday, July 30, launching a four-day run through Sunday, August 2, that features more than 170 musical acts across eight stages and marks the first time in the festival’s 35-year history that every premier top-billing headliner slot is held by a female artist.
The Neighborhood Guide to Hair Salons in Lincoln Square, Chicago
July 28, 2026
Lincoln Square has always had a distinct personality. German heritage, live music venues, independent bookshops, and a tight-knit residential vibe that sets it apart from flashier Chicago neighborhoods. That same character carries into its hair salons. This is not a neighborhood of cookie-cutter chains and cookie-cutter results. It is a
Chicago Researchers Explore a New Path Toward More Drought-Resistant Crops
July 28, 2026
Researchers at the University of Chicago are exploring a new approach to improving crop yields and resilience by modifying proteins already found in plants, a development that could eventually have implications for agriculture far beyond the Chicago region. The research, published July 23 in Nature Genetics and detailed in a
Dr. Connor Robertson on the Flywheel Model for Self-Reinforcing Business Growth
July 25, 2026
A flywheel is a heavy wheel designed to resist changes in rotational speed, once spinning, it takes very little force to maintain momentum. According to Dr. Connor Robertson, founder of Elixir Consulting Group and host of The Prospecting Show, the most successful businesses operate the same way: they are not
Abundance Was Never Something You Had to Earn: Julia Young Sandrock’s Decide, Now Is the Permission Slip and the Roadmap All at Once
July 25, 2026
By: Jenna Wilson There is a particular kind of book that the personal development genre occasionally produces when a writer has genuinely lived what they are teaching rather than simply studied it, when the framework they are offering has been forged through actual experience of transformation rather than assembled from
Unsecured Business Loans for High Revenue Businesses With Low Credit Scores
July 24, 2026
High revenue and low credit scores represent the most direct argument in business lending for evaluating cash flow rather than credit history. A business generating $60,000 a month has a more compelling repayment story than a credit score from three years ago, and the lenders who understand this are the
Regional Cycling Routes and Geographic Spread in the Operations of Top Bike Tours Portugal
July 24, 2026
Geographic dispersion of tourism has also taken place in Portugal in recent years. While it is true that tourists continue to arrive mainly in Lisbon and Porto, travel in Portugal does not always have to be within these cities only. As stated by Turismo de Portugal, Portugal attracted over 31
Voices of Oncology Is a Blueprint for the Future of Cancer Care
July 24, 2026
By: Tony Collins The most honest thing Kirk V. Shepard and Ramin Farhood say in Voices of Oncology is also the most uncomfortable: that the pace of progress against cancer has been limited not primarily by the absence of scientific knowledge but by the absence of genuine collaboration among the
Urban Agriculture Takes Root in Chicago as City Sells Vacant Lots for $1 to Local Growers
July 24, 2026
Chicago is converting thousands of vacant city owned lots into working urban farms through a $1 per parcel land sale program, workforce development pipelines and nonprofit farm networks that now span more than 50 acres across the South and West Sides. The City of Chicago’s Food Equity Council opened a
What a Decade of Monday Morning Flights Finally Taught One M&A Executive About Leadership and Why This Book Deserves to Be on Every Business Traveler’s Reading List
July 23, 2026
By: Fabiana Simmons There is a particular kind of professional education that no MBA program is likely to offer and that much of the business book industry has overlooked: the education that accumulates when someone spends a decade watching how people behave in the specific pressure cooker of commercial air
The Million Miler Who Turned Lessons From 35,000 Feet Into an Entertaining Business Book
July 23, 2026
By: Santiago Miller There is a specific kind of professional wisdom that only accumulates in the middle seat of a Tuesday morning flight from Chicago to Dallas, somewhere between the person in 14B who has been aggressively reclined since before takeoff and the person in 14D who is eating a
Pharmabest.ca, Growth and Professional Operations of an Independent Pharmacy Network in Ontario
July 23, 2026
Community pharmacies in Canada have evolved over the past decade to address both traditional prescription needs and broader public health challenges. These establishments increasingly serve as access points for chronic disease management, vaccinations, and mental health support, reflecting a shift toward integrated healthcare delivery. According to the Canadian Pharmacists Association,