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A state audit covering the early months of the pandemic, released in July, found IDES paid hundreds of claims to people whose birthdays would have made them older than 90 or younger than 14, sometimes just weeks old. Lawmakers have since directed state auditors to do a deeper review of IDES’ unemployment programs after Senate Republicans accused the administration of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, of hiding the scope of problems.
Advocate announced last month that the shortage would affect only those needing elective surgeries and would be resolved by mid- to late-September, but doctors have been told it’s possible they won’t fully staffed for another nine to 12 months, said Dr. Tom Stanley, vice chair of surgery at Sherman, and Dr. Christine Estes, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Midwest Center for Women’s HealthCare.
Paige Ince, 29, of Lincoln Park, and CC Belmont, 26, of the Gold Coast, said the Starbucks near Millennium Station in the Pedway used to be a regular workday stop. Now that they work from the office once a week, it’s “more of a special occasion,” Ince said.
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A hiring sign is placed at a booth for prospective employers during a job fair Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market’s recovery, at least temporarily. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
In this July 13, 2021, file photo, the logo for Boeing appears on a screen above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to build a new type of drone military aircraft in Australia. Boeing said Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, it has selected Toowoomba city in Queensland state as the final assembly point for its unmanned Loyal Wingman planes. The first test flights were completed earlier this year. (Richard Drew/AP)
Customers arrive at a Target store, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in North Miami Beach, Fla. Target says Thursday, Sept. 23, it will hire fewer seasonal workers than last year and instead offer more hours to its current hourly staffers as it navigates a tight labor market. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has fought against Texas’ abortion ban through other means. A Chicago economic development arm she heads purchased an ad in the Dallas Morning News earlier this month inviting corporations there to relocate to Chicago, where there are liberal abortion and voting laws. The latter was a shot at another Texas law, also signed this month, adding voting restrictions that critics say could erode minority turnout.
“This is an extraordinary moment for Northwestern … ,” said President Morton Schapiro, in a statement. “Thousands of our alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends came together to support the astonishing trajectory of Northwestern and increase our impact on the world, and I am truly humbled by their generosity.”
With more people flying, travelers can’t count on breezing through near-empty airports. Meanwhile, some restaurants and shops, struggling to hire back workers, remain temporarily closed, leaving travelers without the range of services they expect, said Michael Taylor, travel intelligence lead at J.D. Power.