Beat Kitchen owner Robert Gomez is suing the city, alleging his Riverwalk license was not renewed due to racial ...

Small Business Advocacy Council President Elliott Richardson prides himself on tirelessly pushing the envelope when it comes ...

The current climate in Chicago has made it challenging to run a small business. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget plan makes it worse.

A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

A Chicago city council committee has advanced an ordinance that would ban most hemp sales in the city. Chicago 13th Ward ...

Thirteenth Ward Alderman Marty Quinn is leading the charge. This proposed city-wide hemp ban would mean that businesses would ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and members of Illinois' billion-dollar hemp industry are fighting the effort to ban hemp-derived THC ...

A City Council committee advanced a measure to ban intoxicating hemp products, despite opposition from Mayor Johnson and ...

Proponents of the hemp product ban argue it would make Chicago safer by speeding up a pending Congressional prohibition on the products that get users high.

The full Chicago City Council will vote on whether or not to ban hemp-derived THC products Wednesday. The License and ...

The License and Consumer Protection Committee voted 10-6 to send the measure to the full City Council, where it faces an ...

The resolve of a coalition of aldermen attempting to approve a budget over Mayor Brandon Johnson's objection is set to be ...