CHICAGO – Last month, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) proposed a $18 to $20 an hour minimum wage increase instead of $15 per hour. The Congressional Budget Office warns that a $15 increase alone could put nearly 1.3 million jobs at risk.

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Join the LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois for our Annual Summer Boat Cruise! 2018 featured a record-breaking 175 guests, and we hope you will be there in the number as we reach for 200 guests!

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the first steps toward the development of a new casino for the City of Chicago with consent on the selection of an independent consultant to perform an economic feasibility study.

New residential development is coming to North Avenue, with a company breaking ground on a seven-unit rental building in late June along the oft-overlooked commercial corridor.

Mark Bilek, senior director of communications for the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), fears that the trickle-down effect from a new Illinois law that caps trade-in tax credits on most motor vehicles at $10,000 could have devastating consequences for the industry.

A right-wing political group’s event was cancelled the day before it was scheduled to take place, resulting in the group’s founder threatening to sue a Chicago theater and its artistic director.

The Governor’s Office of Executive Inspector General recently concluded an investigation of a complaint alleging preferential treatment by the former Manager of Support Services at the Department of Employment Security Marlene Meriwether and General Services Manager John Rogers.

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Skender CEO Mark Skender and community and business leaders for the ribbon cutting of a new advanced manufacturing facility on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

Twenty-one nursing homes in Chicago received below-average scores from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) after the federal agency updated its nursing home rating system for consumers in April.

What? Wait a minute. The vaunted, costly expansion of O'Hare International Airport was supposed to double its capacity, to more than 1.6 million flights annually.

The LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois is excied to be partnering with the Mid-America Club for our Chicago Pride Business Expo.

Mark your calendar and make plans to join us for OUT of the Office 2019: Thursday, May 30.

California Gardens Nursing & Rehab Center, a 297-bed skilled care facility in Urbana, was cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act in the first quarter of 2019.

In 2018, our country contributed more than $410 billion in charitable giving.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and World Business Chicago (WBC) today announced the official launch of ChiBizHub, an innovative new web platform that connects expert service providers to Chicago’s fast-growing business community.

The LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois & DePaul University are partnering to help further the Chamber’s mission to promote the LGBT community & provide resources to develop LGBT Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) throughout the Chicago area.

Employing more than 25% of the region’s workforce, the Chicago-area middle market is a driving force in economic development and growth.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year allows states to collect sales taxes from online retailers, even if they don't have a physical presence in the state.

A strike by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is headed toward a third week as the musicians and management remain at odds over proposed pension benefits and pay raises.