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True Food Kitchen to expand — with Oprah’s help

December 12, 2018 at 9:03 p.m.

True Food Kitchen announced Wednesday that Oprah Winfrey, the iconic television personality long tied to Chicago, is making “a significant equity investment” in the health-driven restaurant chain. With 23 U.S....

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and 10 other state attorneys general, including Lisa Madigan of Illinois, are investigating hiring practices that critics say prohibit minimum wage workers from seeking better positions or pay.

Illinois, 10 other states take aim at ‘no-poaching’ clauses that critics say limit fast-food workers’ pay

December 12, 2018 at 8:55 p.m.

Illinois and 10 other states are investigating hiring practices that critics say prohibit minimum wage workers from seeking better positions or pay at different fast-food franchises within the same restaurant...

Lara Schneidewind takes a photo during a Wendella Sightseeing architecture tour on the Chicago River on June 14, 2018.

Architecture tours lead the way in bringing visitors to increasingly congested Chicago River

July 6, 2018 at 9:20 p.m.

New Jersey resident Bob Sickles took Wendella’s nighttime architecture boat tour down the Chicago River with his wife last year to see the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,...

Pressbox founders Drew McKenna, left, and Vijen Patel launched Chicago dry-cleaning startup Pressbox. The company is being acquired by Procter & Gamble, the companies announced Tuesday.

Chicago-based dry-cleaning startup Pressbox acquired by Procter & Gamble

December 12, 2018 at 8:28 p.m.

Chicago-based dry-cleaning startup Pressbox is being acquired by consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, the companies announced Tuesday. Pressbox, launched in 2013 by University of Notre Dame graduates Vijen Patel...

Charter boat captain Al Skalecke tidies up the Many Times II, one of his two boats, June 27, 2018, in Chicago's Burnham Harbor. He says his business has suffered due to illegal charters by unlicensed and uninsured private boats.

Coast Guard warns of illegal charter boats in Chicago: ‘They’re taking your money, and they might also take your life’

December 13, 2018 at 7:14 a.m.

Just like a tourist visiting Chicago might scroll through Airbnb to find a place to stay, travelers are increasingly using websites and apps to rent boats along the Chicago River...

Jenn Frymark, a co-founder of New York City-based Gotham Greens, shows off lettuce crops at the company's Chicago rooftop greenhouse on Feb. 10, 2016.

Gotham Greens urban farming receives $29 million in new funding

December 13, 2018 at 6:46 a.m.

New York City-based urban farming startup Gotham Greens on Wednesday announced a new $29 million round of equity funding. The investment, which closed last month, brings the company’s total equity...

A Cook County judge recently dismissed a lawsuit the Illinois attorney general's office filed against Volkswagen in November 2016 seeking up to $1 billion in damages for alleged violations of state environmental laws.

Illinois, other states hit roadblocks pursuing environmental claims against VW

December 13, 2018 at 6:37 a.m.

Nearly three years after Volkswagen was caught marketing “clean diesel” vehicles equipped with software to beat emissions testing, Illinois and other states are hitting legal obstacles in their attempts to...

Dyson design engineer Sean Hopkins takes apart a Dyson DC65 Animal cordless vacuum cleaner in 2014 at the company's old U.S. headquarters in Chicago. Dyson, whose U.S. base is now in the Fulton Market district, has won $16 million in a lawsuit against competitor SharkNinja.

Dyson wins $16 million in false-advertising case against SharkNinja

December 13, 2018 at 6:19 a.m.

When SharkNinja said its Rotator Powered Lift-Away vacuum sucked more than Dyson’s DC65, Dyson sued — ultimately winning $16 million in damages. A federal jury in Chicago sided with Dyson...

Customer Evan Tapper, 43, chats and vapes with Cignot employee Laura Roesch on June 7, 2018, at the Oak Park vape shop, Tapper said he agrees with raising the state's smoking age to 21. Cignot's owner says doing that would hurt small businesses and expand the black market.

Bill to raise smoking age would hurt convenience stores, vape shops, retailers say

December 13, 2018 at 6:02 a.m.

A bill on its way to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk would raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21 statewide, a move praised by...

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