As Chicagoans and tourists spilled out of Navy Pier on Wednesday night, a crowd of taxicabs waited for the post-shows and post-fireworks crowd. Their roof-lights all were lit, indicating availability for a ride. Chicago’s taxicab regulations require those drivers to take folks without prejudice or favor wherever they want toContinue Reading
A little over a year ago, we wrote about how Peoples Gas’ overbudget, unaffordable pipe-replacement project needed to be rethought completely. Thankfully, the Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates utilities, agreed and called a halt to the Chicago natural gas utility’s massive infrastructure plans. Since then, Peoples, the ICC staff andContinue Reading
Uptown Smokes on Chicago’s North Side is a spacious and friendly place to shop, with colorful, inviting packages lining its shelves — and that’s part of the problem. Unlike licensed dispensaries that follow rigorous regulations in doling out marijuana-based products to adults only, Uptown Smokes is among a slew ofContinue Reading
First announced in 2020, the case against Long Leaf Trading Group could hardly be simpler: A boiler-room operation based in Chicago cold-called unsuspecting marks to push a commodity-trading scheme. Practically all the customers lost money while the traders collected $1.2 million in commissions. As rip-offs go, that one seems almostContinue Reading
Frrrommmm Chicago! News last week of Derrick Rose’s retirement from the National Basketball Association brought many Chicagoans back to those exciting years beginning in 2008 when the Bulls improbably won the right to take hometown star Rose from the first pick in the draft, to his MVP season and finallyContinue Reading
There’s never a good time to lay off U.S. factory workers while adding jobs in Mexico or other foreign countries. But Moline-based Deere, the top farm equipment maker in the U.S., is discovering that doing so during a presidential election is a particularly lousy idea. Former President Donald Trump, speakingContinue Reading
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