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The union has more than 150,000 Illinois members and its Local 73 represents 2,600 workers in the secretary of state’s office, more than half the office’s employees, he said. Tom Balanoff, president of SEIU Local 1, said Giannoulias “understands what critical issues are most important to the hardworking families across our state.” Full story here.
“I hear from women working late hours in the hospitality industry, who can no longer afford a safe car trip home from work late at night,” he said. “Instead, they are forced to risk their personal safety using the CTA system. This wasn’t a problem before the obliteration of the taxicab industry.”
The teen, who returned home before contacting police, told officers he entered an apartment building in the 1500 block of Fairway Drive about 8:30 p.m. when he was confronted by three males, one of whom told him to give them his belongings, the release said.
In a social media statement, Berwyn police and fire department said they responded to a “building explosion” and “fire incident” at 2 p.m. Tuesday, which was determined to be accidental in nature. In a livestream by WGN-TV, smoke and debris could be seen in the area and a large portion of a building appeared damaged.
He was 17 when he killed Molley Lanham, 19, of St. John, and Thomas Grill, 18, of Cedar Lake, on Feb. 25, 2019, at his grandparents’ Hebron-area home after a drug deal went bad, then loaded their bodies into the Honda Civic they arrived in and set fire to the vehicle in a wooded area a couple miles away.
As of 2020, 37 states have laws that criminalize HIV exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If Illinois passes the bill, it will join five other states — California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan and North Carolina — that have done away with HIV criminalization laws since 2014.
Because of waning demand, other mass vaccination centers in Chicago also will be packing up in the next few months, Arwady said. Chicagoans, however, will still have access to widely available vaccines, just in a different format, as officials adjust their efforts toward convincing more hesitant residents to get the shot, Arwady said.
Stores that have stuck around, like Central Camera, give customers things they can’t get from big chains, like expert advice, services and specialty products, Arnold said. But e-commerce has grown even more during the pandemic. About 60% of all dollars spent on technology are spent online, up from 44% at the end of 2019, Arnold said.
She and her family decorated the house, cooked a feast and gave out gifts. A few months later, she and her parents, who are scientists, watched news coming out of Wuhan, China, anticipating the novel virus would impact whether they could see one another ahead of expected lockdowns.
Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 regarding Kyrin Carter, the 12-year-old autistic boy from Kansas City, Missouri, who went missing in Hammond earlier this month. His body was discovered Monday evening in the Little Calumet River. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune) (Michael Gard / Post-Tribune)