Rescinded dinner invitation is at the center of a suit filed against the Union League Club of Chicago • Skokie mayor touts downtown hotel progress, possible CTA train extension, as Chamber fetes 101 years
Working Lunch Friday, May 15, 2026 | | |
| | | | | When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs. | | | | | The Union League Club of Chicago, a storied private institution founded nearly 150 years ago in the wake of the Civil War, is facing a lawsuit over a rescinded dinner party invitation. | | | | | The Skokie Chamber of Commerce celebrated 101 years as Mayor Ann Tennes discussed gave downtown hotel, CTA Yellow Line updates. | | | | | Kai Modern Japanese Kitchen in downtown Aurora recently celebrated its grand opening, with normal hours to start next week. | | | | | Ahead of its May 18 return to negotiations, BP posted multiple letters to the union, asking to meet, on its website Wednesday afternoon. | | | | | Spirit Airlines’ abrupt shutdown this month was too abrupt under the law, a group of terminated employees allege in a proposed class-action lawsuit. | | | | | Senators unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to withhold their pay during government shutdowns, an attempt to make federal closures financially painful for lawmakers after a string of record-breaking impasses in the past year. | | | | | The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged lower this week, its first drop after rising the previous two weeks. | | | |