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Tribune Publishing is laying off nearly 200 workers at its Freedom Center plant beginning April 22, about two months ahead of the newspaper company’s planned relocation of printing operations to Schaumburg. The layoffs, reported to the state last week, reflect the outsourcing of a weekly pre-printed advertising package that has long been assembled at Freedom Center, but exceeds the capacity of the new printing facility, the company said Tuesday. Last year, Bally’s agreed to pay Tribune Publishing, owners of the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, $150 million to vacate the Freedom Center by …

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