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Yakciry Nieto, left, and Eliel Valenica Palomino participate in fourth grade math class at Lords Park Elementary School on March 24, 2022, in Elgin. Fourth graders enrolled in the dual language program at Lords Park Elementary would need to sit for state assessments at least three times a year under an Illinois State Board of Education proposal that is facing opposition from educators, including some at Elgin-based Unit School District 46. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

“You can find evidence that in police departments across the country is that when there is pressure to recruit, they loosen up sometimes, and then later, they’ll call a blue-ribbon panel together to say, ‘Hey, what happened here? How do we have this corruption in the particular city or how did we have this misconduct come about?’” Malinowski said. “And oftentimes, when they deconstruct it, they’ll say, ‘Well, some of these folks came in during a period of time when we, admittedly, maybe needed you, but we had to loosen up the standards or weaken backgrounds.’”

It was a psychedelic, tea-like drink called ayahuasca, brewed from two tropical plants, and it produced hallucinations that Wigg, a Chicagoan, compared to “‘Alice in Wonderland’ meets ‘Fantasia.’” On the second of four ceremonial sessions, he said, he met a spirit figure called Mother Ayahuasca who lifted his burden.

Now through June, nominated companies that agree to participate will distribute to employees an easy-to-complete, confidential survey developed by the Tribune’s research partner, Energage, which will calculate the list of top workplaces. Last year, Energage surveyed more than 2 million employees at more than 8,000 organizations on these topics.

Michael Fassnacht, president and CEO of World Business Chicago, is seen during a press conference at the Chicago headquarters Nature’s Fynd on Oct. 28, 2021, to discuss the company’s expansion to a new production facility on the South Side. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Vaccination has been a major point of contention in our relationship with Sarah over the years. Over the past two years, she had repeatedly spread misinformation about COVID and the vaccine, and her young children have not received even the most routine childhood inoculations. It’s also not the first time we’ve caught her in a lie.

The win, however, did not secure qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar for the Americans. Earlier in the day, Costa Rica defeated El Salvador 2-1, meaning the U.S. will go into the final matchday of qualifiers in Costa Rica on Wednesday needing to lock up a berth for this year’s tournament in November.

“Last year, first full season, didn’t really want to rush anything,” he said. “This year, as far as I know, I’ll be good for more extended outings. Hopefully a spot start every now and then, but I haven’t heard anything in relation to that. But really whatever role they cast me into in, I can’t wait to fill it.

A CTA Red Line train sits at the 95th Street station on March 27, 2022, where a man who was allegedly disturbing Red Line riders early Saturday morning was shot and wounded by a CTA employee. The 37-year-old suffered gunshot wounds to the back, abdomen and leg and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Figel, who is the co-chair of the Kyiv Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, an initiative of a public-private nonprofit organization called World Business Chicago, was referring to a livestream broadcast with leaders, activists, artists, actors and athletes voicing their solidarity with Ukraine.