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“It’s a daily issue that people are waking up and reading about,” said state Rep. Tom Demmer, the House GOP’s budget point man and a candidate for state treasurer. “People are, themselves, or their loved ones, being directly impacted as (a) victim of a crime. And the governor’s talked about additional money that he’s put into these programs, but what are the results? Why are we not seeing the budget rhetoric from the governor match up with the actual results that people are dealing with every day?”
Real estate experts and landlords aren’t worried about companies deserting the urban core, but as the need for office space changes, so does the outlook for downtown. Fulton Market, which at one point seemed overbuilt, is now in demand, thanks to its newer, amenity-heavy buildings, said CBRE Vice Chairman Todd Lippman. Dated buildings in the heart of the Loop, however, are struggling.
A double-decker bus takes passengers through Times Square in October on a staged tour pointing out Chicago innovations found around New York City. The tour was filmed and made into a video as part of a new guerrilla marketing campaign aiming to promote Chicago as an influential world city. (Energy BBDO / HANDOUT)
State law calls for expanding the industry to include social equity applicants, defined as people from areas of poverty or that had high arrest rates for cannabis offenses. After more than a year delay in awarding the licenses, and complaints about the unfairness of the process, the state this summer awarded the first 40 craft grower licenses, before the court prohibition took effect, so those are going forward.
Inducted into the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 2019, he will be remembered as one of the giants in Chicago sports history, and his monument was the Arlington International Racecourse, the lavish state-of-the-art racetrack he built and renamed after its famous predecessor, Arlington Park, was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1985.
Amita continued to perform many elective surgeries throughout this latest surge, though there were more delays in surgeries at some of its larger hospitals, he said. Now, the number of people needing hospitalization because of COVID-19 has dropped significantly enough that, as of Thursday morning, “virtually every site was back to full activity around elective surgery,” he said.
A U.S. flag waves outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. Stocks are falling again in early trading on Wall Street, Friday, Jan. 28, continuing a miserable opening to the year for markets that has put the S&P 500 on track for its fourth straight weekly loss. (John Minchillo/AP)
A Puckett Machinery Company technician walks past a new heavy duty Caterpillar excavator that awaits modification at Puckett Machinery Company in Flowood, Miss. Sept. 18, 2019. Caterpillar continued to see a healthy surge in sales during its fourth quarter of 2022, as the economy strengthens. Sales climbed 23% to $13.8 billion. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
A Chicago motorist pumps gas at a BP station at Marine Drive and Lawrence Avenue on the North Side. Oil prices, which have a big impact on the price of gasoline and home heating oils, have been on an up-and-down ride since the fall. And while oil prices are usually pretty volatile, the constantly change nature of the coronavirus pandemic has made predicting the ups and downs even harder. (Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago chef Rick Bayless, who operates the Frontera Grill and other acclaimed Mexican restaurants, says his business is at 45% of pre-COVID-19 levels, and that restaurants across Chicago are in danger of closing without federal relief. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)