The ILLBA Roundup

Monday January 13, 2025

Upcoming Events

Ring in the New Year With the ILLBA !

Tuesday January 21st, 2025

4:30 - 8:30pm

Carlucci

Rosemont, IL

Join us for a fantastic new year celebration!

We're excited to bring together members and friends for a night of networking, celebrating, a 3 course Italian dinner, plus prizes and surprises.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Contact the ILLBA Office for sponsorship opportunities

City of Chicago Updates

Webinars and Workshops

Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection’s

FREE business education webinars .Click here for the schedule

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Compliments? Complaints, Incidents?

Report it!

Non Emergency - call 311

Emergency numbers

O'Hare 773-894-9111

Midway 773-838-9111

Incident Report - issues, complaints and compliments

Click here for incident report

If you witness an incident, do not confront the individual(s) for safety reasons. The CDA encourages you to use one of the above ways to inform authorities.

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CITY OF CHICAGO OFFICE CLOSINGS

Monday January 20, 2025

(in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday)

Wednesday February 12, 2025

(in observance of Lincoln's Birthday)

Monday February 17, 2025

(in observance of Washington's Birthday)

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Important Updates from Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Public Vehicle Industry Resolutions For 2025 Click here

Public Chauffeur License Fee Update Click here

Pay Public Vehicle and Public Chauffeur License Fees Online Click here

NEW ! Steps to Ensure Public Vehicle and Chauffeur Licenses Remain in Compliance and Good Standing Click here

City of Chicago Events and Traffic Restrictions

Wrigley Field Transportation Restrictions Maps 2024 - click here

Soldier Field Transportation Bears Game Restrictions Map Nov 2024 - click here

Transportation Restrictions for Bally's Temporary Casino 2024 - click here

Uptown Entertainment District Transportation Restrictions Eff 12/22/23 - click here

Continued Closure Of Canal St. At Union Station - click here

McCormick Place Events Calendar

Stay up to date on traffic and road closures by downloading and using the Chicago OEMC App: Chicago.gov/OEMC

News You Can Use

Beneficial Ownership Reporting on Indefinite Hold

Source: NFIB

What it means: New nationwide beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements are on hold while the court considers NFIB’s lawsuit challenging the law. Most small businesses are not required to comply with the BOI reporting requirements at this time.

Click here to read the January 9 2025 edition.

BACP Buzz: January/February Newsletter

A Message from BACP Acting Commissioner Ivan Capifali

City Council to Decide Whether to Lower Chicago’s Default Speed Limit to 25 MPH

Source: WTTW News

The Chicago City Council is set to decide Wednesday whether to reduce Chicago’s default speed limit to 25 miles per hour from 30 miles per hour, an effort to make the city’s roadways safer after a surge of deaths in recent years.

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st Ward) said Friday he would ask his colleagues to vote Wednesday on the measure advanced by the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee in October after working for months behind the scenes to marshal support for the measure.

Opponents of the change say it will only increase gridlock in Chicago, which already has the fifth worse traffic in the world, according to a recent report, and give city officials a way to ease Chicago’s financial crunch by hitting drivers who refuse to slow down with fines and fees.

JetBlue Fined $2 Million for Flight Delays

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is fining JetBlue $2 million in a first-ever penalty for what it considers to have been “chronically” delayed flights.

Half of the penalty will go to compensate JetBlue customers affected by the airline’s delays or any future delays within the next year. Those affected will receive at least $75 for the delays. The other half of the penalty will go straight to the U.S. Treasury.

The DOT rules prohibit airlines from making unrealistic flight schedules that they cannot actually carry out, calling it an “unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practice that disrupts passengers’ travel plans, denies them reliable scheduling information, and allows airlines to unfairly capture business from competitors by misleading consumers.”

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