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

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Podcast: [The Block Club Chicago Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-block-club-chicago-podcast-3685203)
Published: 2026-05-23T10:40:00+00:00
Episode link: https://its-all-good-the-block-club-chicago-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/sidebar-tipped-wage-hike-paused-dojs-new-anti-weaponization-fund-L7Abkfkp
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## Resource

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.

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