Small Business
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Rauner vetoes state bill to raise minimum wage to $15
Aug 25, 2017 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday vetoed a minimum wage measure that would have hiked the state's hourly rate to $15 by 2022. The current minimum wage is $8.25. But under the ...
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Naperville native to open School of Rock in SchaumburgAug 25, 2017 1:00 am - Naperville native Jason Fein will bring both his performing know-how as lead singer of the punk band The Run Around and his experience owning School of Rock locations in...
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When your office wins the lottery but you don'tAug 24, 2017 5:30 am - Rich Semelsberger had only been a Barrington Hills police officer for three weeks in May 1989 when he heard about the department's weekly lottery pool. If he wanted in, ...
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Schaumburg approves first tattoo businessAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - A U.S. Marine from Addison who in the spring fought for Schaumburg to allow tattoo businesses now will open the very first in the village by mid-September. Schaumburg tr...
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Quarterly taxes may require a bigger checkAug 21, 2017 1:00 am - If you pay quarterly estimated income taxes, you know that the third quarter payment isn't far off. You may want to add some dollars to your state quarterly payment next...
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Longtime Arlington Heights funeral director Glueckert diesAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - John W. Glueckert Sr., the Arlington Heights native synonymous with his local funeral home business, has died after battling cancer since last year. Glueckert, 82, died ...
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Beer Market wants to expand, rebrand in Vernon HillsAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - A popular locale for craft beer in Vernon Hills is seeking village approval for a building addition, but the reason for the expansion has raised questions for town offic...
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Car wash at Ritzy's site in Rolling Meadows approvedAug 13, 2017 1:00 am - Plans for a Fuller's Car Wash at site of the former Ritzy's restaurant site in Rolling Meadows earned final approval this week from the city council. Aldermen gave initi...
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Consultant scores with different approach, MBA outreachAug 13, 2017 1:00 am - Paul Vragel has a different approach to consulting: He listens to the employees who do the work at the businesses where Vragel has been brought in to solve a problem. Th...
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Andy's Frozen Custard drawing a crowd in Mount ProspectAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - The logo has a 1950s feel to it, with a bow-tied cartoon character wearing a white chef's cap holding aloft an oversized double-decker vanilla ice cream cone. It conjure...