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The 14 Ascension hospitals in Illinois will now operate under Ascension Illinois, instead of Amita, and their names will change accordingly. For example, AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village will now be known as Ascension Alexian Brothers, and AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago will now simply be called Ascension Resurrection.

Recruitment heading into the warmer summer months is a critical question, given the recent increase in retirements across the department. More than 660 Chicago police officers retired and collected their pensions in 2021, according to data from the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. The number is about double from 2018, when about 350 officers retired and collected their pensions.

The Obama-era standards automatically adjusted for changes in the type of vehicles people are buying. When they were enacted in 2012, 51% of new vehicle sales were cars and 49% SUVs and trucks. Last year, 77% of new vehicle sales were SUVs and trucks, which generally are less efficient than cars.

Angelika Maldonado, right, Amazon Labor Union (ALU) chairwoman of workers committee at Staten Island Amazon warehouse, and Brett Daniels, director of organizing for ALU workers committee, watch a zoom-cast of vote counting to unionize Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, N.Y., March 31, 2022, in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

A “now hiring” sign is posted in Garnet Valley, Pa., Monday, May 10, 2021. America’s employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of a still-destructive pandemic and the highest inflation in 40 years. But job openings remain at near-record levels. (Matt Rourke/AP)

“We did a five-year deal for a reason. This is an investment in him and his future,” president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said. “If there are some growing pains or some assimilation challenges, that’s fine with us because we believe that once he gets used to it, we’re really excited about what we’ll get. We will have to be a little bit patient.”