State Farm to issue $5 billion in auto insurance dividends — or about $100 per car • Chicago credit downgraded, which will mean higher borrowing costs
Working Lunch Thursday, February 26, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The CEO of Northfield-based Medline cheered the company’s successful initial public offering late last year following the company’s first earnings call Wednesday. | | | | | Home insurance rates may be going through the roof, but State Farm has some good news for its auto insurance customers. | | | | | Two ratings agencies have downgraded the city of Chicago and kept their negative outlooks intact, citing the city’s back-to-back budget shortfalls since 2023. | | | | | The racial disparity has raised some eyebrows, including those of State Rep. Kam Buckner, a Democrat who sponsored the legislation that allowed the transit systems to start suspending riders. | | | | | Can the Obama Presidential Center stick to its guiding principle of attracting investment and helping longtime South Side working-class neighbors build wealth without pushing them out? | | | | | With utility rates rising across Illinois, consumer groups are backing proposed legislation to wring $40 million per year in hidden expenses out of customer bills. | | | | | This six-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom home offers multiple patios, a landscaped side yard and a passenger elevator. | | | | | NIPSCO will be one of five utilities included in the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s inquiry into energy affordability. | | | |