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Clearcover CEO Kyle Nakatsuji plans to begin selling car insurance in Illinois after his company's recent $43 million round of funding.

This Chicago tech company just raised $43 million and is about to take on car insurance in the land of Allstate and State Farm

January 29, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

Chicago startup Clearcover has raised $43 million to expand its auto insurance business in Illinois and other states, betting that its online platform is more efficient and its policies cheaper...

A Lyft vehicle on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. The number of vehicles involved in ride-hailing for Uber, Lyft and Via has skyrocketed in the last three years.

Lyft will show CTA and Metra schedules in its app

January 14, 2019 at 3:09 p.m.

Lyft on Monday began displaying public transit routes and schedules in its app for some Chicago-area users. The ride-hailing company is updating users’ apps on a rolling basis to display...

Rick Armstrong, general manager of Mission Chicago South Shore Medical Marijuana Dispensary, expects to see increased demand for medical marijuana as Illinois is set to roll out its Opioid Alternative Pilot Program.

Prescribed opioids but want to try medical marijuana instead? A new Illinois program will let you. Here’s how.

January 14, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Mission South Shore medical marijuana dispensary is experiencing a growth spurt. It expanded its parking lot, tripling the number of spaces, and in the past six months has tripled the...

Items mark parking dibs in late November 2018 on Chicago's Northwest Side after an overnight snowstorm.

Chicago is in the thick of snow season. Here’s what to do if you don’t want to shovel.

January 13, 2019 at 12:53 p.m.

LouAnne Ooton’s 86-year-old mother lives up on a hill in West Chicago. There’s a winding sidewalk that leads to a substantial driveway, all of which becomes treacherous when the snow...

A device mounted on the back of a Griffith Police Department vehicle is used to scan license plates passively.

Motorola Solutions acquires license plate recognition company it says will help police solve crimes faster

January 7, 2019 at 3:10 p.m.

Motorola Solutions, known for providing technology to first responders and law enforcement agencies, has acquired a company focused on license plate recognition technology. Chicago-based Motorola Solutions paid $445 million in...

Grubhub delivery person Robert Wold hands over food from Granite City Brewery as he completes a delivery in Rockford on Dec. 4, 2018.

Chicago-based Grubhub has come to Rockford, pop. 147,000, as the on-demand economy transforms America

January 8, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

As a recent gray day in Rockford turned to night, Grubhub delivery driver Robert Wold’s phone chimed. Orders were coming in, one right after the other. It was the kind...

Karen Sauder, vice president of sales and site lead for Google's Midwest Headquarters, will oversee growth at the tech giant's Midwest headquarters, which already employs about 1,000 people.

These 10 people could change Chicago’s business world in 2019

January 3, 2019 at 9:57 a.m.

Whether they’ll be battling economic inequality, attempting to salvage the vestiges of an American retail icon, or investing in the burgeoning marketplace for legal marijuana, these Chicago business leaders have...

Pedestrians walk by a Gap store on May 25, 2018, in San Francisco. The Gap plans to close stores at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, Town Square Wheaton and Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills. Gap's 775 stores globally are underperforming.

Gap to close stores in Aurora, Wheaton, Vernon Hills as part of bid to boost clothing brand

December 28, 2018 at 2:19 p.m.

The Gap plans to close three Chicago-area stores next month amid disappointing performance from the clothing brand. The stores at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, Town Square Wheaton and Hawthorn...

Instagram rolled out an update Thursday morning that had Chicago users demanding via Twitter that the Facebook-owned company change it back.

Instagram update: Don’t panic, it was an accident, and a short-lived one

December 27, 2018 at 4:22 p.m.

Instagram rolled out an update Thursday morning — accidentally, apparently — that had Chicago users demanding via Twitter that the Facebook-owned company change it back. The update, which required users...

Tammy Machulis trims marijuana buds Aug. 8, 2018, at the Cresco Labs medical marijuana cultivation facility in Joliet. Cresco is acquiring two more dispensaries, one in Rockford and another in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.

Medical marijuana company Cresco Labs buys dispensaries in Wrigleyville, Rockford

December 20, 2018 at 3:48 p.m.

Medical marijuana company Cresco Labs signed a deal to acquire two dispensaries, one in the Lakeview neighborhood and another in Rockford, weeks after the Chicago-based company went public in Canada....

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