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The statewide campaign against tipped wages is expected to face fierce opposition from the restaurant industry, who say it would hurt businesses.

The 2024 calendar may go down in history as the enemy of romance. It lists Mardi Gras, better known in Chicago as Paczki Day, on Feb. 13 and Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, Feb. 14. That presents two problems. Bakery managers have acknowledged that while they do booming business on Paczki Day, it’s not the greatest thing to have Valentine’s Day fall on Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence that begins the 40-day Lent period for Christians, according to previous reporting and area pastors.... Читать дальше...

An Illinois man was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for trying to prevent the opening of an abortion clinic in Danville by crashing his car into the building and attempting to set it on fire, as reproductive healthcare services across the state and nation have faced a spike of violence and harassment since the end of Roe v. Wade. Philip Buyno, 73, of Prophetstown was also ordered to pay more than $300,000 restitution, the Justice Department said in a statement. Authorities said Buyno... Читать дальше...

The Indiana Senate passed an array of bills on Tuesday, which marked the deadline for the body to approve legislation originating in the Senate. Senate Bill 139, which would establish a pathway for funding psilocybin research, and Senate Bill 253, which would mandate the installation of safety equipment along Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline, were both passed by the body unanimously. “This bill provides hope to many individuals that are today in the hopeless situation,” SB 139 author Sen. Ed Charbonneau... Читать дальше...

A Valparaiso man is in custody and charged with attempted murder after he told officers responding to the scene Monday afternoon that he “killed somebody in that house,” according to charging documents. Conner Kobold, 19, of the 1300 block of Diamond Boulevard in the Greenfield Creek subdivision, also is charged with aggravated battery, a Level […]

The 4-2 vote came after a three-hour meeting that began with Mayor Tiffany Henyard announcing her veto of the action taken at the Jan. 2 Village Board meeting, where trustees, also by a 4-2 vote, approved the spending plan.

Federal prosecutors have charged three Chicago residents in a 2020 carjacking and murder spree that terrorized victims over the course of a week

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi made the $100,000 infusion in an apparent escalation in his fight against an adversary on the county’s Board of Review.