Hemp product sales curtailed in Chicago with City Council vote • Chicago paid $26.5M in OT to ineligible employees, report says
The Spin Wednesday, January 21, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel chafed at the idea a teachers’ strike and blowback to his closing of schools during his tenure would dampen enthusiasm for his future educational plans. | | | | | The ban does not outlaw hemp topicals, beverages or animal products. And it allows affected products to continue to be sold in state-licensed marijuana dispensaries. | | | | | Over 1,000 likely ineligible employees received the extra pay from 2020 to 2024, according to the report by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg. | | | | | Joseph Haggerty’s conviction for threatening Republican Sen. Andrew Chesney of Freeport comes amid growing concerns Republicans and Democrats have been subjected to violence and threats. | | | | | A Cook County judge denied Keith Pekau’s request to dismiss an order requiring him to remove confidential information from his blog. | | | | | New campaign commercial for Melissa Conyears-Ervin is technically for state central committeewoman spot, allowing her to boost her congressional bid to replace U.S. Rep. Danny Davis with state campaign funds. | | | | | Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, | | | | | A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. | | | |