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The laws governing Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar liquor industry are set to change and the state’s smallest craft brewers to the largest national brewers have expressed support.
A sweeping measure passed by the state Assembly yesterday would affect every level of the state’s alcohol industry governing the licensing, producing, selling and distribution of beer, wine and liquor.
“Alcohol has a rich history in the state of Wisconsin but it does need to be regulated,” said the measure’s Republican cosponsor, Rep. Rob Swearingen. “It’s regulated because we’re not selling chocolate milk. We’re not selling Jolly Good Soda.”
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Criticism continues against Gov. Pritzker’s move closing health care enrollment for immigrants
Backlash continued to rain down on Gov. J.B. Pritzker following his decision last week to close enrollment for a state-funded health insurance program for immigrants under 65 as other Illinois officials highlighted that a bill is sitting on the governor’s desk that would allow the state to issue regular driver’s licenses for noncitizens.
Newly released surveillance video shows when shots rang out during Willowbrook mass shooting
When the shooting started, Ashley Miller heard three pops at first, and then gunfire that “lasted for what seemed like a lifetime.” From her hiding spot, she saw the father of her two children running.
“I know he was trying to make sure I was OK,” she said, tears streaming down her cheeks. Reginald Meadows — her junior high sweetheart — was killed in a mass shooting that injured at least 22 others during a Juneteenth celebration. Surveillance footage released Wednesday shows people scattering or ducking for cover as several dozen gunshots are heard.
Carnival chaos prompts Tinley Park to bring in outside security
In the wake of a “flash mob” that wreaked havoc at a carnival last month and saw multiple fights, Tinley Park is tapping an outside security firm to bolster its own police presence at an upcoming four-day fest.
Chicago Street Course takes shape around Grant Park
Summer is always road construction season in Chicago. But a trip down DuSable Lake Shore Drive this week reveals a construction season unlike any other, with NASCAR building the first street course in its 75-year history.
Metra weighing changes to fare prices
Metra is weighing changes to trip prices, as it looks to create fewer fare zones and eliminate a pandemic-era $100 monthly pass.
The proposed changes are an attempt to simplify the fare system for riders and ticket collectors, and adjust to changing rider habits that have commuters coming into the city only a few days a week, if at all. Metra hopes the new fares will grow ridership, which, on weekdays in May, was about 51% of 2019 levels.
TacoSur is still the best new taqueria in Chicago
Veronica Fabre couldn’t figure out why so many people were lined up outside TacoSur Birreria Tijuanense, her restaurant that opened in April. “It happened so fast,” Fabre said. “I kept wondering, where are they coming from? Why are there 10 parties waiting to get in the door? Then I found this viral video.”
If any new taqueria deserves to be slammed, it’s TacoSur, writes food critic Nick Kindelsperger.
Column: Cubs take care of business, completing a sweep of the Pirates before heading to London
Manager David Ross, the designated Clark Griswold of this work-related vacation, heads a group of 197 Cubs employees and family members, nearly triple the usual traveling party, for the London Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Everyone was eager to sightsee, take a few selfies and maybe enjoy a pint or two on the Cubs’ first outside-the-box trip since last summer’s Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa.
Mike Tauchman makes 2nd appearance in London Series, this time with Cubs
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“Flash,” meet pan.
Last weekend at movie theaters, DC’s stand-alone superhero film “The Flash” starring Ezra Miller, twice, and featuring three Batmen (Michael Keaton most prominently), fell short of box office projections. A fiscal disappointment in the works, most certainly. This is coming off Disney’s live-action $250 million remake of “The Little Mermaid,” which has done … eh.
Film critic Michael Phillips asks: How much longer can this recycling continue?
