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Thursday, July 2, 2020

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A rendering shows some of the architectural styles Glendale Heights-based Nitti Development LLC is proposing for its 149-home Braxton Woods development on 62 acres in Schaumburg. Nitti is contracted to buy the site from Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211.

Housing proposal could be largest of its kind in Schaumburg since 1990s

A proposed development of 149 single-family homes could become the largest of its kind approved by the village of Schaumburg since the 1990s, village officials said.
Things have been going “absolutely amazing” said owner Matthew Habib of The Red Poppy Bistro, 109 E. Highland Ave. in Elgin, which had a soft launch last week.

Soft launch of The Red Poppy Bistro 'absolutely amazing,' owner says

Things have been in full swing at The Red Poppy Bistro in downtown Elgin, which held a soft launch last week after its planned opening in March was thwarted by the stay-at-home order.
Plans for the first large-scale, age-restricted community for active adults in Lindenhurst have been approved.

Age-restricted community of 228 houses to be built on once-controversial Lindenhurst site

Plans for the first large-scale, age-restricted community for active adults in Lindenhurst have been approved, with work to start soon on a project expected to generate other opportunities. The approval comes more than 13 years after annexation of old Village Green site north and west of Grand Avenue and Route 45.
Entre Commercial Realty represented the buyer in the sale of a 23,108 square foot single-tenant industrial property at 320-350 Industrial Dr. in South Elgin.

Entre brokers sale of S. Elgin industrial building

Entre Commercial Realty represented the buyer in the sale of a 23,108 square foot single-tenant industrial property at 320-350 Industrial Dr. in South Elgin.
Illinois’ minimum wage is increasing from $9.25 an hour to $10 an hour with the aim of reaching $15 an hour in 2025. In Cook County, the minimum wage increases from $12 an hour to $13 an hour.
Increases in gas tax, marijuana tax, minimum wage start Wednesday
Tax hikes on gas and marijuana start Wednesday along with a minimum-wage increase throughout Illinois and pay raises for many state workers.
Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza
Mendoza: New fiscal year will be even more challenging than height of budget impasse
Illinois, like most states, began a new fiscal year on July 1, and the person in charge of managing the state's bank accounts said she fears it could be one of the most difficult years in modern memory.
Andy’s Frozen Custard has opened its 13th Chicago-area location at 390 N. Barrington Road in Schaumburg.
Andy's Frozen Custard opens in Schaumburg
Just in time for the hottest days of summer, Andy's Frozen Custard has announced the opening of its 13th Chicago-area location at 390 N. Barrington Road in Schaumburg.
Michael Kasper, the prominent election attorney and longtime lawyer for House Speaker Michael Madigan, is now representing Elk Grove Village in its defense against a local developer's lawsuit.
Elk Grove Village brings in legal heavyweights in annexation dispute
Elk Grove Village officials are bringing in heavyweight attorneys with political clout in their bid to defeat a local developer's long-running annexation suit.
Feder: With no savior in sight, Tribune loses reporter David Jackson
David Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who spearheaded a valiant effort to find a benevolent owner for the Chicago Tribune, has resigned after 29 years at the newspaper.
Most of Chicago’s share of the revenue from a new casino will go toward for police and firefighter pension obligations.
Pritzker signs bill that makes Chicago casino more feasible
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that paves the way for development of a major casino in Chicago, something officials expect to provide significant revenues for the state's recently passed capital improvements plan known as Rebuild Illinois.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has delayed issuing new licenses to grow, transport and infuse cannabis products.
Additional pot licenses delayed indefinitely
Blaming the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday issued an executive order delaying new licenses to grow, transport and infuse cannabis products. The licenses, which were expected to be awarded Wednesday, include 40 for both craft growers and infusers and an undetermined number for transporters.
Pat Szpekowski
Business Ledger | Szpekowski honored for communications
Pat Szpekowski, APR, president of PR Strategies & Communications, Inc./PmS advertising, inc. in Elgin, has received recognition from the National Federation of Press Women and the Illinois Woman's Press Association, an affiliate of NFPW in their recent 2020 communications contests.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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