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“IEPA (the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency), not the governor, is authorized to act on permit applications such as this,” Jordan Abudayyeh, Pritzker’s chief spokeswoman, said about the proposed Lincoln Land gas plant. “In doing so, the IEPA must follow applicable statutory and regulatory provisions governing that process.”
Chicago resident and Southwest Airlines flight attendant Corliss King, center, was determined to expand Illinois’ paid leave law to cover Illinois airline workers after her employer denied her request to use sick leave to care for her critically ill husband, Terrance Hale, who died in 2020. King is with daughters Nayla Hale, left, and Adurah Hale near the South Shore Cultural Center on Dec. 22, 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
On Jan. 1, the Chicago Police Department, as well as the Cook, DuPage, Will, Kane and Lake county sheriff’s departments, will have to meet the requirement. When contacted by the Tribune, all six departments said they would be able to comply with the law.
Sara Heymann, a member of the neighborhood group Únete La Villita, said the group helped about 50 tenants in Little Village fill out paperwork for rental assistance through the city of Chicago. But after getting the payments, a lot of landlords still filed for evictions or declined to renew leases, she said, making the experience bittersweet.
“With Frank right now, it’s a matter of testing and getting those negative tests in,” said Lakers assistant coach David Fizdale, who is running the team in Vogel’s absence. “But he’s doing well healthwise. His spirit’s right. Obviously, he’s chomping at the bit to get back and start competing.”
“With Frank right now, it’s a matter of testing and getting those negative tests in,” said Lakers assistant coach David Fizdale, who is running the team in Vogel’s absence. “But he’s doing well healthwise. His spirit’s right. Obviously, he’s chomping at the bit to get back and start competing.”
“We had trouble early in the game keeping Trae Young in front of us, and that really led to all those lobs and to those easy baskets,” Bulls interim coach Chris Fleming said. “What worked well for us tonight was when Ayo came in, guarded him, put some length on him. … It’s less about our weaknesses. I thought we played to our strengths in that phase just because we put versatile, lengthy guys on that helped us have a little bit more control.”
After leaving the Hawks, Aldrich was convicted in 2013 in Michigan of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student and is now on that state’s registry of sex offenders, WBEZ reported in a series of stories based on legal filings, police records and interviews.
If the Bears fire Nagy and are intent on uniting quarterback Justin Fields with a bright, offensive-minded head coach, their list of targets should include offensive coordinators Eric Bieniemy (Chiefs), Byron Leftwich (Buccaneers), Brian Daboll (Bills), Josh McDaniel (Patriots), Kellen Moore (Cowboys) and Greg Roman (Ravens). Pederson, who coached the Eagles to a Super Bowl win in the 2017 season but has been out of coaching this season, can be added to that list.
The cancellations, which have numbered in the thousands nationwide since Friday, come as demand for holiday travel converges with the emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. United Airlines had canceled 10 flights at O’Hare on Monday and American Airlines had canceled 12. SkyWest, which operates flights for United, American, Delta and others, reported 45 cancellations, according to FlightAware.