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Last week, following the release of a lackluster jobs report for April, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called for an end to the $300 weekly supplement to unemployment insurance benefit, arguing it was providing an incentive for people to not actively seek work. Companies have sweetened wages and offered perks such as sign-on bonuses as a result.
In North Carolina, at least five school systems announced Thursday that they would shift to remote learning as the gasoline supply crisis continued. Among them: Durham, Franklin, Vance and Wake counties, which canceled in-person learning for Friday. The email sent to parents in the Wake County system, the largest in North Carolina, cites “the impact of the gas shortage on staffing availability and student transportation.”
Jessica and Aaron Foutch, of Kenosha, were visiting Thursday with relatives from Kentucky. Aaron, who works for the FAA and knew as much if not more about jet engines as the display and cutaway of the Pratt & Whitney turbofan, said he was suitably impressed. As was son Holden, 8, who liked seeing the landing gear run; he and cousin Alex Oliver, 12, had just come the flight simulators and the end of the balcony.
Sandberg, 61, whose All-American image and on-field heroics cemented his place in Cubs lore, is arguably one of the greatest second basemen in baseball history. He’s also one of the least likely celebrity endorsers of cannabis, having never tried weed until this year.
For more than 30 years, Lasky, who is the chairman and president of Spectrum Real Estate, has developed loft renovation projects in River North and elsewhere. In 2017, he paid $2.787 million for a four-bedroom, 4,300-square-foot condo unit in the former Playboy mansion on the Gold Coast from Marlene Iglitzen, the widow of the late Tribune film critic Gene Siskel. Lasky told Elite Street he plans to sell the Playboy mansion unit.
An Amazon truck drives in Philadelphia on April 30, 2021. Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people in a tight job market and is offering bonuses to attract workers, including $100 for new hires who are already vaccinated for COVID-19. (Matt Rourke/AP)
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks April 21 2021, at the U.S-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona. Ducey on May 13 joined a growing number of Republican governors who are stopping payment of an extra $300 per week in pay for unemployed workers. (Randy Hoeft / AP)
A fuel tanker driver delivers a 9,000-gallon load of fuel May 13, 2021, at the Sheetz in Raleigh, North Carolina. Operators of the Colonial Pipeline say they began the process of moving fuel through the pipeline again on May 12, six days after it was shut down because of a cyberattack. (Travis Long/AP)
The hackers, which the FBI said are linked to a group called DarkSide, specialize in digital extortion and are believed to be located in Russia or Eastern Europe. On Wednesday, media outlets including the Washington Post and Reuters reported that the company had no immediate intention of paying the ransom. Those reports were based on anonymous sources.
President Joe Biden speaks May 5, 2021, during a visit to Taqueria Las Gemelas restaurant in Washington. The restaurant was a beneficiary of a pilot version of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which is facing a legal challenge for prioritizing women- and minority-owned businesses. (Evan Vucci/AP)