Now that Chicago has lifted its ban on food carts, Chicago’s food entrepreneurs can openly provide food to consumers – and established restaurateurs gain an opportunity to sell their products in new markets.

The city’s culinary entrepreneurs may now pursue an affordable path to a legal livelihood.

The new law encourages state agencies to weed out rules and regulations that hurt Illinois' entrepreneurs.

State lawmakers from both parties are advancing legislation to repeal three of Illinois’ most costly and misguided policies.

Despite a unanimous recommendation of approval, the Naperville City Council voted to deny Little Jimmy’s Italian Ice a permit to operate a food cart in Naperville, while allowing John’s Rib House and Joey’s Red Hots to continue to operate.

The intent of the law is to prevent binge drinking and drunk driving. But it’s not clear this is the best policy to address either of these problems.

A thriving entrepreneurial culture depends on the ability to experiment and take risks without begging for permission from the government.

Leibundguth Moving & Storage has been in Downers Grove, Illinois, since 1928, and for over 70 years it has had a hand-painted sign on the back of its building facing the Metra commuter rail tracks.