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U.S. GDP Revised Down to 0.7% in Late 2025
U.S. economic growth slowed at the end of 2025, as consumer spending cooled and a falloff in government activity and exports weighed on output, according to new government data released Friday. Real gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the economy, grew at an annual rate of 0.7% in the…
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Pentagon’s Iran War Tab Nears $1 Billion a Day as Unfunded Weapons and Operations Top $11 Billion in First Week
The war with Iran is costing the United States roughly $1 billion to more than $1.5 billion every day, according to early government estimates. In closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill, defense officials estimated that U.S. operations in the opening days of the Iran War have already consumed at least $11.3 billion in munitions, fuel, deployment…
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Hawley Unveils Bill to Pull FDA Approval of Abortion Pill, Open Manufacturers to New Lawsuits
Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) has introduced new legislation that would rescind federal approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. Titled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, the measure declares that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for terminating intrauterine pregnancies—along with any generic versions referencing that approval, would be “deemed to have been withdrawn”…
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IHSA moves state football championship to Bloomington-Normal
The IHSA state final location is being moved from the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium to Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium from 2023 to 2027. The State Final hosting contract with Illinois State University (ISU) and the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (BNACVB) was announced Wednesday afternoon. “We appreciate all of the hosting bids…
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New Mahomet electric aggregation program rate to begin Feb. 2023
Village of Mahomet residents have a choice to make: join the municipal electric aggregation, choose a different supplier or elect to remain on utility default supply. Village residents were notified by mail on Dec. 5 that they are automatically enrolled in the program that gives the municipality the authority to arrange for the supply of…
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Bulldogs on an 11-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten seventh-grade boys’ basketball team won its 11th consecutive game on Tuesday (Dec. 6), blitzing Bloomington George Evans, 40-22 at home. Five days earlier (Thursday, Dec. 2), M-S thumped Rantoul Eater, 44-23, at home. Jackson Golden registered a season-high 19 points against Evans to lead the Bulldogs. Konner Fisher drained two…
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MSJHS girls’ basketball seasons come to an end
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s bid by the seventh-grade girls’ basketball team fell one win short of qualifying for the state tournament. In the IESA Class 4A sectional championship game at M-S on Wednesday (Nov. 30), the Bulldogs dropped a 38-18 decision to Mount Zion. M-S trailed at halftime, 18-10. Marley Cloward and Kennedy Ashby each…
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Mahomet Christmas Light Guide
*This Christmas Light Guide does not include all Christmas Light Displays. The displays on this map are Mahomet’s iconic displays. If one has been missed, please let us know and we will do our best to add a short description this year, and will try to write a story next year. Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden…
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Christie Clinic Photos: 2022 Breakfast with Santa
This photo album of Breakfast with Santa is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Fiona Taylor was the photographer. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2022-Breakfast-with-Santa/.