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On Sunday, an enterprising young Girl Scout troop composed of six and seven-year-olds was spotted posting up outside a Chicago marijuana dispensary in order to cash in on Illinois’ recent legalization of cannabis, which went into effect on January 1. This move, captured by…someone with a phone, follows a similar idea pursued by scouts in […]
CNN reports that it was a Happy New Year indeed for Illinois, which saw a haul of nearly $3.2 million in sales of recreational marijuana on its first day. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation revealed that the state’s 37 dispensaries accounted for 77,128 transactions, which totaled more than $3.17 million. According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois’ first-day sales were one of the […]
Illinois just became the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana, which resulted in thousands of drug-related convictions cleared. Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker announced on Tuesday that he had granted over 11,000 pardons for minor marijuana convictions. He added that this is the first of multiple expungement that will arrive as the state moves to address “the […]
Employees from 13 McDonald’s restaurants across Chicago filed a lawsuit against the company on Thursday for putting workers at “daily risk” of violence. As ABC 7 Chicago reports, the group of 17 employees said McDonald’s has not put enough consideration into the safety of workers, citing the threat of dangerous customers. In the lawsuit filed in […]
Never underestimate the ability of rich people to find a new scam. With a new spotlight on the outright bribery that brought down people like Lori Loughlin, wealthy parents have found a new way to game the college admissions system for their kids. The Education Department is investigating the practice of rich families transferring guardianship […]
Friday morning, a press conference held in Atlanta by R. Kelly publicist Darrell Johnson was interrupted by the family of alleged victim Joycelyn Savage. The presser was held the morning after Kelly was arrested in Chicago in the wake of two federal indictments in Illinois and New York, respectively. That arrest, at least according to a report […]
An Illinois man was sentenced to prison for ordering 42 pounds of chocolate edibles. CNN reports that Thomas Franzen of the Chicagoland area pled guilty to possession of upwards of 5000 grams of cannabis and received the minimum sentence: 4 years in prison. In a statement from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, prosecutors made it […]
Federal investigators are looking to solidify the case against R. Kelly by exhausting all possible avenues in order to achieve that end. TMZ reports that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois is conducting several interviews with people associated with the singer, with intentions of discovering the existence of sex tapes with minors. Authorities […]
A University of Illinois student found himself in full panic mode after realizing he had forgot to wear a pair of pants to class. Let us explain: On a particularly warm spring day, 19-year-old chemistry major Jake Wolf decided to take advantage of the nice weather by rocking a pair of shorts to class. The […]
The woman who booked multiple hotel rooms for people without shelter in Chicago during the polar vortex has inspired others to help, CBS Chicago reports. Okay, so I asked my cousins in #Chicago whether it was really as cold as people are saying with boiling water instantly turning to snow. Apparently it is 😮 #PolarVortex #polarvortex2019 pic.twitter.com/KR7BnKoTAw […]
