Mayor Brandon Johnson announced on Friday that he is vetoing a Chicago City Council ordinance banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products in the city.

We cannot claim to support equitable economic development while advancing policies that concentrate the market in the hands of a few large entities,” Johnson said.

Unless aldermen can override it, sales of CBD and hemp-derived THC products will continue. The regulations were set to take ...

Southwest Side Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) muscled the ban through the City Council by a vote of 32 to 16 to keep a broad array ...