The Park Ridge City Council considered amending its code for special use permits for tobacco and vape shops at its April 15 Committee of the Whole meeting. Mayor Marty Maloney had for months ...

The case centered on venue-shopping and whether the tobacco company R.J. Reynolds could appeal in the 5th Circuit appeals court, far from its headquarters.

The Park Ridge City Council voted to regulate tobacco and vape shops after complaints about signage at some of the stores, now requiring shop owners to get a special use permit and subjecting them ...