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The CTA pledged to accelerate improvements to more than 125 of its 145 rail stations, nearly 90% of the system’s rail stations, according to a news release, with each station to be repainted and power washed this year at a minimum. Nearly a third of the identified stations in the “Refresh & Renew” program announced Wednesday will undergo more extensive maintenance, including upgraded lighting, concrete repairs and improved amenities such as trash bins and benches.
At 9:48 a.m., he then walked up to the driver’s side door of a car, aimed the rifle at a 30-year-old woman, and demanded she get out and give him her valuables, police said. The woman, who was not physically injured, complied, but he didn’t take the car, he just walked away.
As an example of the profits some homes make, state regulators cited one unnamed large for-profit group that made almost $18 million from homes that had high Medicaid populations and understaffing, compared with a $1 million loss at homes that had more private payers and proper staffing. In other words, regulators said, the current payment model rewards understaffing.
The prosecutor said Storm, 20, and the woman, 20, had previously dated, and met Tuesday night in a Palatine parking lot to talk. After about 30 minutes, the woman began to leave and Storm came up behind her and pinned her against a car and tried to kiss her, Ferrara said.
“The Great Lakes system, being how large it is, it takes time to really transition out of record highs or record lows,” Apps said. “You really need persistent conditions to last over several months to even years. So this drier period is a start, definitely, but we won’t know for several months potentially if this is really the beginning of another transition period.
Investigators found that allegations about Philbert’s conduct had reached campus officials at certain points of his career but no one intervened. In Anderson’s case, no one took meaningful action, despite a “destructive pattern of sexual misconduct,” according to a report by the WilmerHale law firm, which was hired by the school to interview victims.
Based on population counts, some states gained seats and others lost them, including Illinois. Texas is the only state that gained two seats. The states that gained one congressional seat are Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon. The states that lost one seat are Illinois, California, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
According to court documents, Francis Graef was gored while working at a Bonduel livestock yard in 2012. The attack triggered a bout with depression and a doctor prescribed medication for him. The livestock yard’s worker’s compensation insurance carrier, Continental Indemnity Co., initially covered the cost of the medicine.
The man, 49, also was taken to the University of Chicago with gunshot wounds to the head and neck, according to police, and he was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. Preliminary information from the medical examiner’s office listed the man as 48.
In fact, when we spoke on a recent Wednesday afternoon, the wait was over two hours. That’s impressive for any restaurant, especially for one that just opened its doors Feb. 28. But behind the restaurant’s phenomenal success has been years of hard work, a successful pandemic pivot and one incredible sweet tea recipe.