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Working Lunch Friday, May 2, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. The Illinois Gaming Board issued a stop work order
Thursday at the planned Bally’s Chicago casino site in River West after it was discovered that the construction project was using an unauthorized subcontracted waste hauler previously alleged to have had ties to organized crime. Meanwhile, stocks rose in morning trading on
Wall Street Friday following a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. job market. Employers added 177,000 jobs in April. That marks a slowdown in hiring from March, but it was solidly better than economists anticipated. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | | | | The stop work order is the latest setback for the planned casino complex along the Chicago River. | | | | | However, the latest job figures don’t yet reflect the effects on the economy of Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs against America’s trading partners. | | | | | Around the world, hundreds of thousands turned out for rallies on May Day, a celebration with Chicago origins that commemorates the labor movement. | | | | | Updating the fleet and ticketing options precedes the sale of assigned and premium seats beginning later this year, with seat assignments starting in 2026. | | | | | A Portillo’s Italian beef sandwich is free when you buy one during the month of May. | | | | | The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. | | | |
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