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A passenger gets into a ride share car near the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago on Aug. 2, 2019.

Uber will start showing public transit routes to Chicago-area app users Monday

September 7, 2019 at 8:05 p.m.

Uber Technologies plans to start rolling out a new feature to Chicago-area app users Monday that shows public transit routes and arrival times, in addition to its usual ride-share options....

Naperville bans recreational marijuana sales — throwing into question one of the first licenses awarded by the state

September 10, 2019 at 7:31 p.m.

One of the first recreational marijuana licenses awarded by Illinois has encountered a hitch after Naperville's City Council voted Tuesday to opt out of such sales. Last week, the state...

A joint menu with the names of marijuana strains is on display at the Euflora 3D Cannabis Center, a recreational dispensary, on March 12, 2019 in Denver. Winning trademark protection for elements of the marijuana industry can be complicated.

SharksBreath, Bio Jesus and Kiwi Skunk: Marijuana companies need to protect their brands. But trademarks are a tricky situation.

September 5, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

Illinois' burgeoning marijuana industry has a trademark problem. Since selling weed is still illegal on a national level, cannabis companies can get federal trademarks on some — but not all...

Marijuana plants grow in a flowering room in Illinois.

Illinois awards its first five recreational marijuana licenses, including locations in Naperville, Mundelein

September 10, 2019 at 7:32 p.m.

Illinois awarded its first licenses to sell recreational marijuana to five medical dispensaries on Thursday, even as many municipalities around the state debate whether they'll allow pot sales. The five...

Code for America founder and Executive Director Jennifer Pahlka, left, speaks at a news conference in Chicago on Aug. 27 as Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx listens. Pahlka and Foxx announced a historic partnership about Clear My Record technology that will be used to clear tens of thousands of eligible cannabis convictions under a newly passed Illinois law.

Cook County is partnering with a tech nonprofit to expunge cannabis records. Here’s what to know about Code for America and Clear My Record.

August 27, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Cook County will use technology from a California nonprofit to automatically clear tens of thousands of cannabis convictions from people's criminal records. The move comes as Illinois prepares to implement...

SpotHero raises $50 million and is hiring more software engineers

August 23, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

SpotHero raised $50 million in funding to help continue its quest to digitize the parking industry. The Chicago-based company plans to hire 50 software engineers this year, said founder and...

A worker trims marijuana buds Dec. 12, 2017, at Revolution Enterprise's medical cannabis cultivation facility in Delavan, Ill. llinois' new recreational cannabis law gives medical dispensaries already in operation the first shot at the industry, but also includes social equity provisions meant to encourage diversity.

75 new marijuana store licenses will be up for grabs soon in Illinois, but some worry ‘people of color are going to be left out’

September 11, 2019 at 2:11 p.m.

Advocates are concerned that the state has not yet set up a funding program meant to make it easier for those with marijuana-related arrests on their records to start businesses...

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