The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Regulations are a huge problem for the US cannabis industry as marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, forcing those involved to work around the many hurdles. Fortunately, more and more influential people are joining the effort to help bring about change. We call them friends of the industry. 

Before Illinois took over the issuing of license plates, Chicago made plates from thin, stamped aluminum. Of those, the first-ever made is expected to sell for upwards of $4,000.

State Sen. Darren Bailey, Republican candidate for governor of Illinois, is holding firm to his assertion that Chicago is a hellhole, a designation he first bestowed upon us during a May primary debate, when he called the city, to be precise, “a crime-ridden, corrupt, dysfunctional hellhole.”

Biden administration officials are criss-crossing the nation in August to highlight President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in advance of the November elections.