Economic conditions took a turn for the worse late in the year for small businesses in Illinois. The small business network Alignable reported that nearly half of the small business owners in Illinois (48 percent) said they could not pay their rent on time and in full in November. Only one other state, Arizona, had a higher percentage.
Remember the Family Guy episode where Ringo gave the other Beatles a copy of a song he wrote? After he left, they attached it to the refrigerator.