Amy Yee

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Amy Yee

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from collecting tariffs from Learning Resources and Hand2Mind, family-owned toy makers based in Vernon Hills, north of Chicago. A law Trump invoked to help launch his trade war “does not authorize the President to impose the tariffs,” wrote U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in his order.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Amy Yee

Chicago area small businesses gathered last week in Uptown for an expo organized by nonprofit Chinese Mutual Aid Association. Conversations with some of the two dozen companies there give a snapshot of how commerce has been affected by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “A lot of small businesses are struggling with uncertainty, with how they should price and plan,” said Chettha Saetia, economic development director at the Chinese Mutual Aid Association in Uptown.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Amy Yee

A group of port workers at Iroquois Landing, where Lake Michigan and the Calumet River meet, were on strike for the seventh day Wednesday to protest logistics operator QSL America’s unfair labor practices, said the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150. Workers picketed near the entrance of Iroquois Landing, as well as at two other QSL sites in Chicago. The labor union claims that Iroquois Landing is operating at reduced capacity.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Amy Yee

The Obama Foundation’s economic development partner, Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative, on Thursday launched a program that aims to let small businesses collectively negotiate better terms for vendor services such as waste hauling. The Shared Purchasing Network gives businesses and organizations access to benefits typically reserved for larger counterparts that reduce operational and administrative costs.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Shannon Tyler |Amy Yee

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Fuertes vientos arrastraron el polvo de las granjas del centro de Illinois hacia Chicago el viernes, marcando la primera tormenta de polvo que la ciudad había visto desde el Dust Bowl en 1934. Algunos autos en toda la ciudad estaban cubiertos de polvo, y los propietarios acudieron en masa a los lavados de autos durante el fin de semana y hasta el lunes, lo que impulsó los negocios.