By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network A new study links the nation’s declining number of teenage workers to how much businesses are required to pay them under minimum wage laws. The report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University explored why 16- and 17-year-olds had dropped…
The House on Thursday passed legislation that would create additional requirements for filing lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The legislation, which passed 225-192 largely along party lines, would prevent people from filing lawsuits alleging violations of the ADA unless business owners are given written notice and fail to offer a written response describing…
Source: WSDI Kevin Owens February 15, 2018 After a Federal Judge dismissed efforts by out-of-state interests to upend Illinois’ liquor laws last year, a three-judge panel is set to hear an appeal challenging the state’s direct-to-consumer shipping laws. Under current Illinois law, alcohol retailers, who wish to sell to Illinois consumers must obtain a license…