Some Suburbs Plan Exemptions From Cook County Sick Leave Mandate
Several Cook County suburbs have begun pushing back against the county's newly-approved paid sick leave ordinance.
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Several Cook County suburbs have begun pushing back against the county's newly-approved paid sick leave ordinance.
Medical marijuana sales reached more than $3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout Illinois.
"Wells Fargo is a big financial player in Illinois, and I hope to send the message that their unscrupulous practices are not welcome and will not be tolerated," Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said.
It was once one of Chicago's greatest medical centers, but Michael Reese Hospital was torn down in 2011, after sitting vacant for three years, and now the land where it once stood is being targeted for a major redevelopment.
The S&P 500 dropped 20, the NASDAQ lost 49, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed nearly 196 points, settling to 18,143.
Aiming to boost the economy and improve the quality of food available in Englewood, Whole Foods was opening its new store on the South Side on Wednesday.
Stocks traded sharply higher on Thursday as investors sifted through a host of economic data and have had time to fully digest the latest non-move by the Federal Reserve.
Retailers were speaking out Wednesday amid published reports Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is considering a new tax on sugary soft drinks, up to a penny an ounce.
Evanston says the city's been trying to collect money raised from the sale of yard-waste stickers. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
The Riverline project is a massive undertaking. When it's done, new condos will stretch from Roosevelt Road to Harrison Street between the Chicago River and Wells Street.
Since he was a baby, Jayden Hammond's parents have taught him the benefits of entrepreneurship. Needless to say, his parents were excited when, at 12-years-old, he asked if he could start a gourmet vegan popcorn company.
They say the revenue-generating increase would trickle down to people who use the laundromats. WBBM Political Craig Dellimore reports.
The company says the recipe recently published in the Chicago Tribune is not authentic.
The fast-food chain said last week that it would stop distributing the bands in Happy Meals. Now it's recalling 29 million of them in the U.S., and 3.6 million in Canada.
The Hotel Chicago Downtown, a Marriott hotel at 333 N. Dearborn St., was the only hotel in Chicago among those that might have been hacked.
