Becky Yerak

A day after the Cook County Board voted to repeal its controversial penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened drinks, a lawsuit against 7-Eleven for allegedly misapplying the charge has been settled, a...

Michael Moyer's memories of the Congress Theater include taking his son, then in the fifth grade, to a Billy Idol concert. The Logan Square institution closed in 2013 after a...

Daniel Stein estimates Cook County's sweetened beverage tax has cost his vending machine company about $75,000 so far, a figure that doesn't even include lost sales. The Dec. 1 repeal...

Chicago's once-dismissed lawsuit against Kankakee and Channahon to recover lost sales tax revenues got new life last week after a state appellate court said the case may move forward. Chicago...

The city of Chicago is suing Equifax, hoping to impose penalties on the credit reporting bureau and seeking restitution for Chicagoans whose sensitive data might have been stolen as part...

It has been a decade since Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. closed its Chicago chewing gum factory, but former employee Gwendolyn Carter lives with a constant reminder of the years she...

Cristina Vais has loved animals since she was a child and wanted to turn that love into a profession. She paid $5,500 to the Academy of Dog Grooming Arts in...

TransUnion continued to have problems with its website Wednesday, a day after the Chicago-based credit reporting bureau acknowledged that service had been subpar for worried consumers seeking help in the...