{"id":14167,"date":"2026-03-16T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/editorial-the-city-council-must-act-to-protect-our-prized-restaurants-chicago-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:00:37","slug":"editorial-the-city-council-must-act-to-protect-our-prized-restaurants-chicago-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/editorial-the-city-council-must-act-to-protect-our-prized-restaurants-chicago-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: The City Council must act to protect our prized restaurants &#8211; Chicago Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPeFJuREt5OXBhZVJQdHUwMUlKZFc3R3Q4UFE5Vlp5SGIwSXUxNW9BWTJDRnBfMDM1cEZSazlKM1UwLS01NDR5TzI3OEZFX0w5b0RwWGlpZjBqS0RGVXZwLUVCZ1ExOGY0REIzeTl2WTVONlhYUHhsTTFYczYzdWtsb3VmZTdEOVBCaEN3SGxjcFQxVVlWWm5OcmVCdE5yeGdTdTlJRzBMXy1qSVBvWmt3RlFULVJGVW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial: The City Council must act to protect our prized restaurants<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Chicago Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNU0dYNGFSYy1QdjdjMVdJckVDUnpMS2xTVXQ0Ul95dXF4Y2trZWV5T2tteUxuM09pZDR3R1FmOGpzeUJyN0U5ajFyQlZmeU8yeXlMY3lwdkIyTXprbng4SjFfeE1peXlJX2J2UTc5YW1zLXRNeTgxcmp2ejFKVjA3TEx4cC0zT2hXaWMzX2liNzE2dDB2eF9zRG12X1h0bnYyZW04bTJhdWpvQkd3NzktNw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Johnson brands freezing subminimum wage for tipped workers &#8216;not only tone-deaf, but irresponsible&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQblg0ZnRpeEJBY0VlWk9kRzYtdE9uMF9xekJPc0l4WGxoWlpELUI4Rm5Ka3VIbHRrSHdlRjZ2LUV6R21oZjFEWXJ2Q0FKMERhR0FTNHBibDM3QjJGQ2hPTEI2VmxDeUU3WkwzRFJIdjRtSGc2RGFsOHlLakg4eWRoakU3aFA3cGNmX0JXZnQ4MXNVczEyaFRqWGxNc19WNmJGTWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Aldermen move to undo Johnson\u2019s tipped wage victory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Crain&#8217;s Chicago Business<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE45NHJ6bVVHV1pHZWRnbHNMc0Fwd2RRTlNtUno0RFJKWk5vXzRyb0RMQkRtSjhaWkRIU1VzejNQWk1CV0dOZmxtUU5NRng5YmpVXzAycHdhLUdOY0U5?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FOX 32: What Chicago\u2019s tip credit fight means for restaurants<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Illinois Restaurant Association<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE1rcXRxbXhSeTVtRmNiTl9nTURQdUctTmgwUEE3ZFpYaDktLWhqUkRtNUhwUTlUdk5zdkxNSUZpRXIySkw1TVJsWkhxTldwT1ZKZWhmLVJBcEhEYWJx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Call to Action: Join Us at City Council to Support a Tip Credit Freeze<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Illinois Restaurant Association<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial: The City Council must act to protect our prized restaurants&nbsp;&nbsp;Chicago Tribune Mayor Johnson brands freezing subminimum wage for tipped workers &#8216;not only tone-deaf, but&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/editorial-the-city-council-must-act-to-protect-our-prized-restaurants-chicago-tribune\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}