Chicago could land the new U.S. headquarters for Mars Wrigley Confectionery, but Newark, N.J. might have the sweeter offer after officials in that state approved more than $30 million in tax credits Tuesday. The candy company, a unit of privately held Mars, is considering both Illinois and New Jersey for its U.S. headquarters. Hundreds of jobs are at stake in the decision. If Mars Wrigley selects New Jersey, Chicago — already home to the company’s global headquarters and other operations — could lose some 200 jobs that would be shifted to Newark and another site in New Jersey, according to

Buyers and sellers at the tip-top of the real estate market often do not make real estate decisions for the same practical reasons as people lower down the ladder. Nevertheless, Ames said, “what’s happening at that end is symptomatic of what’s happening across the board: hesitance about the real estate market because of the financial instability in the state.”

Chicago aldermen have been complaining for weeks about the dangerous precedent Mayor Rahm Emanuel is setting by assuming more financial responsibility for the CTA and Chicago Public Schools and giving those agencies a “blank check” without City Council control.

The Chicago Department of Planning and Development, or DPD, is evaluating a lucrative deal with Presence Health, Illinois’ largest Catholic health care network.

Local barber Bob Anderson has endured two attempts at intimidation since being elected to the McHenry Township Board on a platform of consolidation.