Center Square: New Illinois law criminalizes impeding picket lines
Penalties for impeding picket lines and other demonstrations or protests will soon be increasing in Illinois.
Chicago Tribune: Illinois regulators reject record rate increase requests from ComEd and Peoples Gas
Both decisions will hold down rate increases for Chicago-area gas and electric customers entering 2024, while putting more pressure on the utilities to justify infrastructure improvements going forward.
Sun-Times: Brandon Johnson has gotten millions in campaign contributions from unions with Chicago City Hall contracts
The Chicago Teachers Union, for which Mayor Brandon Johnson was a longtime member and labor organizer, was pivotal in getting him elected earlier this year.
Chalkbeat: Chicago Public Schools extends contracts for two Urban Prep charter schools
Forced by a court order, the Chicago Board of Education voted Thursday to extend charter school contracts run by embattled Urban Prep Charter Academy.
NBC 5 Chicago: 3 new restaurants coming to Lombard's Yorktown Center as part of major redevelopment
Yorktown Center in Lombard is continuing a major redevelopment with several new retail additions, ranging from fast-food, to a self-pour taproom, to entertainment.
Daily Herald: Will Prestige’s new equipment pass the smell test?
A Mount Prospect animal feed producer that neighbors say has inundated nearby residents with a “burnt cheese” odor for four years will be allowed to operate during the daytime over the next three weeks.