Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Both lawmakers and labor unions have ...

Illinois has issued its first two social equity marijuana dispensary licenses, and at least one of them is expected to open by next week in Chicago’s River North area. Green Rose Dispensary is ...

As CBS 2's Tara Molina reported, issues at the state level ... Parnell - like so many other social equity cannabis license holders in Illinois - has been up against years of state delays, COVID ...

Raising capital is a huge issues. Jackson said that to date ... licenses was done purposefully and, given where Illinois now stands with its social equity program, it worked." ...

When 16-year-old Shreya Nallamothu from Normal, Illinois, scrolled through social media platforms to ... and mental health issues,” McCarty said. “A lot of consumers assume that children ...

Illinois. The event will gather industry leaders, investors, and policymakers to discuss the cannabis sector's impact on community engagement and social issues and highlight the industry’s ...

Ivy Hall is the first of nearly 200 license recipients to open its doors using the state’s social equity application process. Pritzker spoke on how the cannabis industry in Illinois is thriving.

In the event of a ballot scanner issue ... voting in Cook County, Illinois, a ballot scanner in Schaumburg, a Chicago suburb, stopped working. This incident prompted social media posts the ...

with one of the issues centered at a precinct in Chicago. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The update comes after some Illinois and Chicago area voters posted on social media that ...