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Big-box chains still draw the crowds, but many shoppers prefer to support local merchants. They’re getting a push from Chicago-area festivities planned for Small Business Saturday.

The ordinance would require 10 days off a year — five sick days and five vacation days. Companies with 100 or more workers would be reqired to pay out up to seven days of unused time when employees leave.

(The Center Square) – A new National Retail Federation study finds that Chicago now ranks among the worst cities in the country for retail thefts at a time when robberies

(The Center Square) – A new National Retail Federation study finds that Chicago now ranks among the worst cities in the country for retail thefts at a time when robberies have also skyrocketed across the region. With re...

Grocery news

CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellness West, a coalition of Chicagos health and safety-net institutions, and Instacart , the leading grocery technology company in North America, today...

While grocery stores are leaving Chicago due to shoplifting, Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to replace them with state-run grocery stores. 

A sweeping set of recommendations about what Chicago-area transit could look like in the future is making its way to lawmakers, with regional planners eying new sources of funding for the CTA, Metra and Pace and raising the prospect of consolidating them into one agency. But already, influential business groups have raised concerns about some of the proposed recommendations, pushing back on a ...

MANTENO Governor JB Pritzker and Gotion today joined local Illinois leaders and officials to announce the company’s decision to locate its new state-of-the-art

MANTENO, Ill. (WAND) - Governor JB Pritzker and Gotion announced the company’s decision to locate its new state-of-the-art $2 billion electric vehicle (EV) lithium battery manufacturing plant in Manteno.