In the Loop and on the Near West Side alone, there were at least five projects with price tags over $100 million — the amount that would qualify for the megaprojects bill — under construction in 2025 alone, the study said.
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Dana Kozlov,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
Not only do the records feature scuff marks and price tags, but poems and doodles—as if the blankness was begging to be filled in.
Those reductions are part of a deal agreed to last month that ended a lawsuit challenging the size of the fees and a possible ballot measure that could have eliminated the fees in fiscal years 2028 and 2029.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
These can include account setup, annual administration and storage fees.
Short-term competitive pressure, profit-seeking, and political convenience are driving regulatory decisions whose costs will be borne by everyone — not just the banks and their shareholders.
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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
In several instances, the Tribune found, the private guardian and its lawyers billed the former hospital patients for thousands of dollars in fees on top of hefty nursing home costs, quickly draining lifelong savings.
While gasoline prices have fallen for two consecutive weeks, Americans continue to feel the effects of higher fuel costs.
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Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
In addition to prices keeping many fans away, many USA fans on the eastern seaboard will be thousands of miles away from Team USA’s three group games in Los Angeles (where the Americans play twice) and Seattle.
After an eight-week trial, a jury on Wednesday awarded the boys’ parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their younger brother, Zachary, $176 million in wrongful death and emotional distress damages.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Braun urged the jury to start at zero and go from there when computing any damages.
Inspired by figures like Jack Greenberg, the longtime head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Dan chose public service, centering his path on helping the underserved while challenging entrenched systems of inequality.
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Joel Rubin,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
An alliance of prominent French business, publishing and film figures has joined forces to revive one of the most storied venues in Paris cinephilia, with luxury house Chanel serving as lead partner behind the reopening of the historic Saint-Germain-des-Prés cinema.
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