Lightfoot unveils broad relief package for Chicago businesses, consumers
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Lightfoot to unveil restaurant relief package at city council meeting
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is set to unveil a restaurant coronavirus relief package at Wednesday s city council meeting.
CHICAGO - Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a package of ordinances on Wednesday designed to jumpstart recovery for Chicago businesses, workers and consumers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Chi Biz Strong Initiative, introduced at Wednesday s City Council meeting, aims to provide financial relief to small businesses and offer new protections for workers and consumers, according to a press release from the mayor s office.
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According to the mayor s office, some restaurants are incurring third-party delivery fees as high as 40 percent of the price for the customer order. (Shutterstock)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN Mayor Jacob Frey Monday sign an emergency regulation that puts a cap on third-party foodservice delivery fees at 15 percent in Minneapolis. The mayor and Council Member Lisa Goodman developed the measure to protect restaurants while indoor dining is banned in the state.
According to the mayor s office, some restaurants are incurring third-party delivery fees as high as 40 percent of the price for the customer order. Our restaurants have stepped up to continue serving their communities while safeguarding the health of their employees and customers, Frey said in a news release. We need to provide every ounce of available support to them. Our restaurants are cultural institutions throughout Minneapolis, and this is urgently needed relief at a critical time.
It has been another big week of news across the country and in Oregon!
Governor Kate Brown issued a video statement Monday as the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine began arriving at Oregon hospitals. A light at the end of a still-long tunnel ahead.
Tuesday morning, the Governor announced the third special session of 2020, to occur next Monday, December 21, to deal with our many COVID and wildfire-related needs.
Later on Tuesday, all five coastal counties â Tillamook, Clatsop, Lincoln, Coos and Curry - were elevated to the highest COVID risk level after state data showed continued spread during the most recent two-week monitoring.