The online grocery delivery company is ditching the Chicago suburbs in favor of the Windy City itself.

The jobs will be a combination of new hires and transferred workers from Walgreen’s headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois.

In her Dec. 5 ruling, a Cook County Circuit Court judge said Chicago’s oppressive food truck regulations serve legitimate city interests. But evidence shows the only interests the rules protect are those of politically connected restaurant owners and politicians.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Anna Helen Demacopoulos squelched a ray of hope for Chicago food trucks Dec. 5 as the court upheld two of the city’s most oppressive regulations. In recent weeks, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been coming after these small-business owners. But they’ve faced the city’s wrath for years, even after City Council...

Calls for a minimum-wage hike nationwide and in Illinois are increasingly met with businesses’ use of technology to cut costs.

The franchise tax is complicated and confusing, and compliance wastes the time and economic resources of Illinois’ businesses.