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Molson Coors becomes the White Sox’s domestic beer, craft beer and hard seltzer marketing partner, the beer company said in a statement. In addition to Miller Lite, baseball fans can expect to see brands such as Leinenkugel’s, Vizzy Hard Seltzer and ZOA Energy Drink at the ballpark, Molson Coors said.

The College of Computing and Digital Media includes more than 5,400 undergraduate and graduate students, according to the university. It offers programs for computer science, cybersecurity, data science, game design and other areas. The college will be renamed the Eugene P. Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, the release said.

In this Sept. 3, 2019, file photo, a Walmart logo forms part of a sign outside a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass. Walmart Inc. will no longer be selling cigarettes in some U.S. stores, a complicated move since tobacco is a money driver for many retailers. The nation’s largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, said the removal is on a store-by-store decision based on the business and particular market. (Steven Senne/AP)

A Southwest Airlines ticketing agent helps a traveler at the check-in counter at Denver International Airport in Denver on June 16, 2021. Customer-service agents at Southwest Airlines will be voting on a new contract that would give them pay raises totaling more than 16% over the next three years. The machinists’ union said it reached the tentative agreement on Monday, March 28, 2022. (David Zalubowski/AP)

While the budget would elevate funding for education, public health and provide $48 billion to increase the supply of affordable housing, it fails to spell out what the broader successor to Biden’s stalled “Build Back Better” agenda would be. That proposal from last year included money for child care, preschool, clean energy and lower health care premiums, but it was blocked by Manchin, the decisive Democratic vote.

The couple paid $1.12 million in 2018 for the house. Built in 1903, the house has 6-1/2 bathrooms, high ceilings, hardwood floors, a circular floor plan on the first floor, a family room with a fireplace, a formal dining room, an office with built-ins and a reading nook and a mud room. Other features include a kitchen with a fireplace and a wall of windows overlooking the back deck, a second-floor primary bedroom suite with a fireplace and a balcony, and three other second-floor bedrooms, all with cedar closets.

Now through June, nominated companies that agree to participate will distribute to employees an easy-to-complete, confidential survey developed by the Tribune’s research partner, Energage, which will calculate the list of top workplaces. Last year, Energage surveyed more than 2 million employees at more than 8,000 organizations on these topics.

Michael Fassnacht, president and CEO of World Business Chicago, is seen during a press conference at the Chicago headquarters Nature’s Fynd on Oct. 28, 2021, to discuss the company’s expansion to a new production facility on the South Side. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

The Illinois International Port in Chicago, pictured in 2013, has long been underused, and mid-20th century infrastructure such as the giant grain elevators are empty while “finger” piers protected by barrier islands cannot accommodate modern shipping traffic. A new plan hopes to increase logistics opportunities on the lake’s southern half while opening the lake’s northern section for “community access, recreation and natural resource activities.” (Alex Garcia / Chicago Tribune)

Dixon visits high schools to talk to students about real estate careers. The Marshall Bennett Institute, which offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in real estate, has hosted the Real Estate Exchange (REEX) Summer Program, a two-week residential program for current high school juniors that exposes them to commercial real estate. Pangea Real Estate, a real estate investment and management company with 13,000-plus apartments and townhouses in Chicago, Indianapolis and Baltimore, hosts paid internships for high school juniors and seniors through its Foundations program. For six weeks during the summer, interns rotate between Pangea’s downtown headquarters, contract center and neighborhood offices picking up knowledge from various departments while also working on their life skills like interviewing, resumes and LinkedIn profiles. Pangea also partners with Chicago Hope Academy, on the Near West Side, to share information about real estate as a career and mentoring.