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Cannabis legislation falls apart at the last minute in Springfield — again
Somewhere on the long road to the finish line in Springfield, an effort to rein in hemp products and another to keep struggling new weed companies afloat both sputtered. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. John Pletz is a senior reporter covering technology, aviation and cannabis for...
Illinois has some of the biggest home insurance rate jumps in the nation
The housing market has been hampered by rising home prices and high interest rates. Now add a surge in home insurance costs into the mix. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Citing the equal protection clause, the suit takes aim at the city's first-in-the-nation effort to repair...
U of C pays nearly $5 million in COVID-tuition settlement
The University of Chicago has agreed to a $4.95 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit with students and former students who allege the university breached its contract by moving classes online as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. Chicago is trying to improve...
Eli Lilly, Amazon pump billions into Indiana's industrial resurgence
An industrial renaissance is fueling record capital inflows into Indiana, putting the Midwestern state on pace to surpass last year’s almost $29 billion in investments. Subscribe and get unlimited access to Crain's Chicago Business. "Illinois is the epicenter of soybean production," declares one industry expert. It's an advantage that...
Opinion: Defense innovation can drive Midwest economic growth
“The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed.” That famous quote from science fiction writer William Gibson is usually applied to new technologies, but it applies equally well to the economic development those technologies can bring. A great example of that uneven distribution – and an under-tapped resource for the upper-Midwest — is defense innovation.
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