Center Square: Coalition of spirits groups lobby for direct-to-consumer shipping in Illinois
Some national groups are getting behind the Illinois Craft Distillers Association to back legislation to allow direct-to-consumer shipping of distilled spirits. The Illinois Legislature is considering two bills, House Bill 3160 and Senate Bill 2069, that would allow distillers to ship their liquor products directly to adult consumers just as wineries have done for more than three decades in the state.
Sun-Times: $21 million in grants targets carjacking surge in Illinois
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday plans to announce $21 million in grants to police departments and task forces across the state in an effort to tamp down on a three-year surge in armed carjackings.
More than half of that funding is earmarked for the Illinois State Police and the Chicago Police Department as the city grapples with some of its highest numbers of carjackings in at least a generation.
ABC 7 Chicago: United Airlines plans air taxi service between O'Hare and Near West Side launching in 2025
Imagine you could get from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to the city in just 10 minutes flat.United Airlines is planning to make that dream a reality with a new air taxi service.
The plan, which is set to start in 2025, would have passengers take off in an electric air taxi from the Illinois Medical District on the city’s Near West Side. They’d land at O’Hare minutes later, ready to board their flights.
Chicago Tribune: Horse track/casino proposed for south suburban Richton Park as lawmakers seek to eliminate Hawthorne veto power
A group of investors wants to build a casino and horse race track in south suburban Richton Park, officials said Wednesday, and Illinois lawmakers have proposed eliminating a major roadblock to the idea.
Daily Herald: Voters to decide whether Round Lake village clerk should be appointed or elected
After six months without a village clerk and no candidates on the ballot running for the unexpired two-year term, Round Lake voters will be asked their preference of how the position should be filled.