Bally’s Chicago pauses construction on hotel, other amenities over video gambling dispute with city • As Chicago’s mayoral race takes shape, social media influencers step in — including for Brandon Johnson
Working Lunch Monday, August 10, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The house currently is listed in an agents-only network. | | | | | Raising the stakes on the standoff with the city over the advent of video gambling terminals, Bally’s Chicago is pausing construction on nearly all non-gaming amenities at its $1.7 billion casino complex going up in River West. | | | | | Paying for social media posts is a political strategy in campaigns that raises thorny questions about compensation and disclosure but one that will likely only grow more common. | | | | | Gold steadied after its biggest weekly gain since January, with traders assessing a surprise contraction in the US jobs market that allayed concerns around an interest-rate hike. | | | | | The Beverly flagship location of Rainbow Cone celebrated its first century with balloons, temporary tattoos and a giant ice-cream-shaped cake Sunday. | | | | | The experimental drug, called daraxonrasib, does not cure pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat cancers, but it gives many patients the next best thing: more time. | | | | | Chicago-based podcasters Respair Media showcase neighborhood resistance to the quantum center on the Southeast Side. | | | | | Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday that aims to place protections around a drug discount program that hospitals and other healthcare providers say they rely on to help them care for vulnerable patients. | | | | | American Airlines is ending free economy-to-business-class upgrades for its most loyal customers on select long-haul domestic routes where the carrier offers three classes of service. | | | |
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