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This week, the FAA said airlines have reported 3,715 incidents involving unruly passengers since Jan. 1, with about three-fourths of the events involving people who refuse to wear face masks, as the federal government requires on airline flights. The FAA said it started investigating more than 600 incidents — nearly double the numbers for 2019 and 2020 combined — and has proposed fines in 99 of them.
Launched in 1991, Lollapalooza put down roots in Chicago in 2005, becoming a major tourism draw for the city, attracting hundreds of thousands of festivalgoers and infusing millions into the local economy. Canceled last year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s festival ran from July 29 to Aug. 1.
In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. Genesis Healthcare, the nation’s largest nursing home operator which has 70,000 employees at nearly 400 nursing homes and senior communities, told its workers this week they will have to get COVID-19 vaccinations to keep their jobs. (David Goldman/AP)
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“Our ultimate duty is to protect the health and safety of our team members, patients and communities,” President and CEO Jim Skogsbergh told employees in a video Wednesday. “The data is overwhelming. This vaccine is safe, and it’s highly effective in preventing infection and even more so, serious illness and death.”
In Evanston, Mike and Marcia Flannery’s new town home was built in 1990 and has 2-1/2 bathrooms, an upper-level terrace, a patio, exposed brick walls, floor-to-ceiling windows and a kitchen with solid cherry cabinets, granite countertops and a breakfast bar. Other features include a family room with a gas fireplace, a primary bedroom suite with a Juliet balcony and a walk-in closet, and a two-car garage.
In Evanston, Mike and Marcia Flannery’s new town home was built in 1990 and has 2-1/2 bathrooms, an upper-level terrace, a patio, exposed brick walls, floor-to-ceiling windows and a kitchen with solid cherry cabinets, granite countertops and a breakfast bar. Other features include a family room with a gas fireplace, a primary bedroom suite with a Juliet balcony and a walk-in closet, and a two-car garage.
Growers and infusers will need $5 million to $10 million to get going, Magelli estimated. First they’ll need financing, then to build their facilities, and stock them with plants, equipment and employees, which will likely take a year to 18 months to accomplish. The state requires licensees to become operational in six months, but has indicated it will give more time to those who are making progress.
Nurse Marquesha Morrow administers a COVID-19 vaccine at the Orr Building in the Illinois State Fair Grounds on July 9, 2021, in Springfield. The Related Companies, including its Chicago-based arm Related Midwest, is requiring employees to get at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of August. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
“We’re working around the clock to mitigate the travel disruptions caused by overlapping operational challenges including weather, system outages and staffing shortages in some areas of the operation,” spokesman Erik Hofmeyer said. “We’re working to provide refunds for cancellations and, when possible, to re-accommodate our guests” on other flights.