Center Square: Amid push to raise Illinois' wage for tipped workers, study shows servers’ tips would decrease
As the calls for raising the tipped minimum wage grow louder in Illinois, a new study reveals raising the tipped minimum wage has a significant negative impact on state tip percentages in full-service restaurants.
Chicago Tribune: Illinois saw cooler spring housing market as inventory remained tight and mortgage rates high
The Illinois housing market is seeing the anticipated higher sales volume and prices associated with the season, but this spring’s market was less hot compared with last year given that high mortgage rates and low inventory remain.
Chicago Sun-Times: Few winners, many losers as office building debt and vacancy worsens
Only a handful of downtown buildings get most of the new leases as downsizing tenants give up space and commercial debt gets pressured.
WTTW: Pritzker focuses on business development, clean energy jobs at Joliet assembly plant opening
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent much of his time in recent weeks promoting the state’s electric vehicle industry and touting the impact of his signature Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, or CEJA, including during a weeklong trade mission to the United Kingdom.
Daily Herald: Metra crime grows with ridership, but 'it is a very safe system,' officials say
How safe is riding Metra? A review of data between 2017 and 2022 shows crime decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic but has inched back up despite low ridership.