Cannabis sales top $44 million in May
Illinois’ pot shops have been open the entire time other businesses have either been shuttered or severely limited because of COVID-19 concerns, and they’ve been doing well.
State regulators announced more than $44 million in recreational pot sales for the month of May, making it the most successful month of sales since they began in January.
In the two full months of the COVID-19 shutdown, consumers bought more than $81 million worth of weed products. Taxes paid on that can be north of 40 percent.
Springfield best place to live post-pandemic, Business Insider says
Springfield, Illinois, topped Business Insider’s list of top 30 cities to live in after the pandemic.
The publication looked at over 380 U.S. metro areas with a variety of stats and found Illinois’ capital city had a low unemployment rate before the pandemic and nearly 43 percent of jobs can potentially be done from home.
Bloomington ranked No. 4, Champaign No 5, Peoria No. 28 and Danville rounded out the list at No. 30.
Joliet mayor says he won’t resign
Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk is ruling out resigning from office after he was shown on video physically moving a man during a recent protest. More than 36,000 people have signed an online petition for him to resign.
O’Dekirk said he was confronted by a quote “rioter,” and immobilized “the attacker.”
