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Local Business & Education: UI business seniors launched a “Senior Class Gift Initiative” to fund scholarships for students, turning case-competition teamwork into a campus legacy. Real Estate & Safety: Chicago’s Ford City Mall is set to close its main portion to the public June 22 after a judge partially granted the city’s emergency motion citing long-running safety and leak concerns. Tech & Policy: Illinois Senate Democrats unveiled an eight-bill package to regulate AI amid frustration that Washington hasn’t acted, aiming to pass before May 31. Healthcare & Consumer Watch: Illinois Medicaid spending data show local ambulance/transport bills jumping sharply in places like Belleville, while the FDA flagged a Straus Family Creamery organic ice cream recall in 17 states for possible metal fragments. Business Moves: Whole Foods is expanding its small-format “Daily Shop” concept to Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Workforce: IDOT launched a pilot to repay student loans for up to 50 newly hired civil engineers who stay on for four years.

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