Episode

Sidebar: Tipped Wage Hike Paused + DOJ's New 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund

Podcast: The Block Club Chicago Podcast
Published: May 23, 2026
Duration seconds: 2485
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Summary

The City Council decisively moved to delay a planned phaseout of the subminimum base wage for tipped workers by two years, stymying one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most significant legislative wins during his first term in office. The Department of Justice settled a tax lawsuit from President Trump, establishing a fund to pay Americans who feel they were prosecuted unfairly by the government.