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And even while it was still being sold in the campus bookstore for $6.50, “GSU Jazz Live!” was making waves. In 1976, Joliet native Steve Rodby, a graduate student at Northwestern University in Chicago, made the album a centerpiece of music camps he gave at University of Portland in Washington and University of Saskatchewan in Canada, according to a contemporary edition of GSU’s Faze 1 newsletter. A few years after that, Rodby started a three decade stint as bass player for the Pat Metheny Group.
Twitter said the move, formally called a “limited duration shareholder rights plan,” aims to enable its investors to “realize the full value of their investment” by reducing the likelihood that any one person can gain control of the company without either paying shareholders a premium or giving the board more time. Poison pills are often used to defend against hostile takeovers.
Natalia Ponce De Leon, owner of Custom Window Furnishings, sits on the back of her nine-year-old Toyota RAV4 after visiting with a client, April 13, 2022, in Delray Beach, Fla. Ponce De Leon traded her 2018 Toyota Tacoma for a more efficient car where she estimates will save her hundreds of dollars a month. She is also able to carry all the tools she needs for her business. (Marta Lavandier/AP)
Quiniones, who formerly headed the New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state public power generator, became CEO of ComEd in November, inheriting a utility with an improving performance track record, and a lingering political scandal. In 2020, ComEd agreed to pay a $200 million fine in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping charges against the utility in an alleged bribery scheme to pass favorable legislation.
In Lincoln Park, the house on Geneva Terrace that Phair once owned was built in 1897 and has a restored facade, 3 ½ bathrooms and a kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, floor-to-ceiling custom cabinetry, a walnut butcher block island with bar seating and an eat-in table overlooking the backyard. The home’s primary bedroom suite is on the second floor and has a fireplace, built-ins, a two-story ceiling and two walk-in closets, along with an updated bathroom with dual sinks and a stand-alone tub. The top floor has a bedroom, an enclosed glass wall, south-facing skylights and walkout deck potential.
“The challenges we’re facing in healthcare across Chicago and the nation are real, and I believe the sustainability of Sinai Chicago and other safety nets is about partnership, finding collaborators willing to work together, along with our community residents, to address disparities. We need to be looking at what impacts people’s health — jobs, housing, available healthy food, neighborhood safety, and transportation for getting to school, work or the doctor. We need creative and innovative solutions to ensure that everyone has access to quality care, no matter where they happen to live,” Ezike said.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk said in the filing. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
“PepsiCo has made the difficult decision to close the Barrington, IL R&D site,” the company said in a statement. “The expectation is for the site to be fully closed in June 2022. A vast majority of the roles will be moving to our three key hubs: Chicago’s Old Post Office; Plano, TX; and Valhalla, NY.”
A CTA Orange Line train passes above as Chicago Transit Authority workers march in the Loop to bring awareness to assaults on bus and rail operators on Dec. 11, 2021. CTA employees and labor union representatives called for increased policing on bus and rail systems, in addition to stronger prosecution of offenders. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois has nine operating retail sportsbooks, seven of which offer online sports betting. FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM, the three largest online sportsbooks in the U.S., are all partnered with downstate casinos. The amended law opened up the floodgates for the sportsbooks to woo Chicago-area customers, precipitating a seemingly nonstop blitz of TV ads throughout the month.