Aldermen Advance Plan To Allow Marijuana To Be Sold — Legally — Downtown – WTTW (Chicago)

That will help dispensaries that won licenses in a lottery designed by state officials to help Black and Latino Illinois residents get a piece of the lucrative legal pot business, Lightfoot policy analyst Will Shih said. Unless the City Council changes the rules, more dispensaries could choose to open in the suburbs, where the rules are less onerous, costing Chicago tax revenue.