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Margaret Rainey, 54, is seen outside her home in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2021. Rainey, who received a kidney donation from her daughter, participated in a clinical trial done by Northwestern that allows her to live without immunosuppressant drugs. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
The error, discovered around Oct. 29, was caused by an accidental change to an account type in the health system’s billing software, according to Advocate. The health system was not aware the patient information had been intercepted or misused as a result of the mailing, but said it was taking steps to improve technology and internal processes.
People wait in line for a COVID-19 test Wednesday Dec. 22, 2021, in Chicago. The DuPage County Health Department on Monday announced that 16 DuPage County residents were identified with the omicron variant, with the earliest positive test collected on Dec. 8, 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
The report’s findings are a call to transit agencies to expand their focus to communities and other types of employers outside downtown, in addition to downtown office workers, Freemark said. While moving fixed train lines to do so might not be feasible, agencies could improve bus rapid transit, or take advantage of Metra’s existing rail lines, which serve large swathes of the region, by boosting the frequency of service, he said.
Illinois’ jobless rate has dropped from its pandemic high of 16.5% to 5.7% in November, according to the most recent federal job numbers for the state. With one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, that’s above the national average of 4.2%. Illinois also consistently ranks among the highest when compared to other states, but fared better than California, which had the highest unemployment rate at 6.9%, Nevada at 6.8% and New York, whose jobless rate was 6.6%.
A homes sale sign is shown in front of a new home construction site in Northbrook, Ill., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. U.S. home prices rose briskly in September, another sign that the housing market is booming in the aftermath of last year’s coronavirus recession. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
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.
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.