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Lightfoot implemented a rule requiring city workers get vaccinated by March 13 or lose pay. Asked Monday how the city would enforce its policies, Lightfoot said supervisors would call workers in to verify that they aren’t vaccinated and give them an opportunity to comply. They will then be given an order to get vaccinated and if they don’t, she said, then they’ll be placed on no-pay status, which is considered nondisciplinary.
As part of the sport’s labor contract agreed to by owners and players last week, the sides agreed to the creation of a competition committee that will consider the pitch clock, defensive positioning limits and larger bases for use as soon as 2023. The committee includes six management officials, four union representatives and one umpire, and it can with 45 days notice adopt rules changes. Previously, management was allowed to change rules with union consent or unilaterally with one year notice.
By raising short-term rates, the Fed hopes to make it costlier to buy homes and cars and to boost credit card rates and borrowing costs for businesses. The resulting pullback in spending should, in turn, slow inflation, Powell told Congress two weeks ago. Strong consumer spending, fueled by stimulus checks and steady hiring and pay raises, has collided with supply shortfalls to raise inflation to 7.9%, the highest rate since 1982.
What it means: The deal will include $26.35 million guaranteed. Ogunjobi, who turns 28 in June, enters his sixth season in the league. The 6-foot-4, 305-pound lineman was a third-round pick in 2017 by the Cleveland Browns and played in 60 games over four seasons there. He had 14 ½ sacks, 37 quarterback hits, 180 tackles and 29 tackles for a loss in that span. He played on a one-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021 and had a career-high seven sacks, 16 quarterback hits and 12 tackles for a loss over 16 regular-season games.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reset the first-dose deadline for March 13 after the courts upheld a police union arbitration ruling that sided with the city. She’s shown Feb. 22 alongside Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Dr. Allison Arwady, right. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
Dejah Bennet, 22, was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center at 9:34 p.m. Saturday, according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She was rushed to the hospital after emergency responders located her suffering from a gunshot wound at the Food 4 Less Fuel Center, 1000 E. Sibley Blvd. in Dolton, officials said.
Hundreds of Muscovites line up outside the first McDonald’s restaurant in the Soviet Union on its opening day, in Moscow, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1990. Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s. It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union. But now, McDonald’s is temporarily closing its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion. (Anonymous/AP)
Hundreds of Muscovites line up outside the first McDonald’s restaurant in the Soviet Union on its opening day, in Moscow, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1990. Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s. It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union. But now, McDonald’s is temporarily closing its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion. (Anonymous/AP)
The elbow doesn’t bother the switch-hitting Happ when swinging a bat, Hoyer said. Happ was seen Saturday working with Cubs head trainer PJ Mainville on the agility field at the complex. And during batting practice Sunday, Happ shagged fly balls in center field but lightly tossed them in, sometimes underhanded.
John Rodriguez drops off his preschool daughter, Saoirse, Monday at Blair Early Childhood Center, run by Chicago Public Schools. He welcomed the end of the mask rule and said he was skeptical masks offered much protection against COVID-19. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)