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Chicago Approves 19% Hotel Tax To Fund Tourism Push The Chicago City Council has approved a plan to boost tourism marketing by raising hotel taxes. Under Ordinance 2026-0022544, the total tax rate on hotel rooms will increase from 17.5% to 19% in downtown and nearby areas, according to Fox News. The higher rate will apply to hotels with more than 100 rooms that choose to participate. The report says that alongside the tax increase, the council created a Tourism Improvement District (TID) to fund Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism marketing organization. Revenue...

Idaho Passes Strictest Law In The US For Transgenders Using Incorrect Bathrooms The transgender movement is widely regarded as a political insurgency rather than a civil rights movement, and for good reason.  Leftist activists often declare themselves to be "trans" as a political statement, even when they don't actually suffer from gender dysphoria, a rare mental illness that has little to do with gay rights or "social justice".  Children, by extension, are easily manipulated by such activists in the form of parents and teachers, and they tend to declare they are...

Israeli attacks in Gaza on Thursday have killed at least two Palestinians and injured several others, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported, as constant Israeli violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal continue. WAFA reported that two brothers, Abdel Malek and Abdel Sattar Al-Attar, were killed when an Israeli drone struck the vicinity of a […]