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CHICAGO AREA GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Exclusive Offer "Roe"

Get $25 main floor seats to performances January 18 – 26 with promo code NORMA.* Purchase tickets here.

ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Study Answers When Moderate to Late Preterm Babies Go Home

For the first time, families can get a data-based estimate at the time of admission

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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Billions Held By State Treasurer Waiting To Be Claimed

The state treasurer is holding $2.9 billion in unclaimed funds that officials hope local residents will try to claim in 2020.

CITY OF CHICAGO: Mayor Lightfoot Announces RFPS for $7.5 Million Investments in Violence Interruption Services and Trauma-Informed Victim Supports

To build on the City’s historic reductions in crime in 2019, the City of Chicago today released two Request for Proposals (RFPs) for a total of $7.5 million in investments to expand community-based street outreach and integrate trauma-informed victim services for those who are at the highest risk of violence.

ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL: Just How Much More Sitting Are Americans Doing?

If you’re sitting while reading this, you might want to stand up.

Chicago police union, citing anti-police bias, petitions state labor board for arbitration in separation cases

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 16, 2020

Chicago’s police union says its members can’t get a fair shake from a disciplinary body, the Chicago Police Board (CPB), so it's petitioning the Illinois Labor Relations Board for the right for officers to select arbitration involving separation cases.

Candidate Fioretti 'extremely disappointed' by recommendation to keep state's attorney Foxx on ballot

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 14, 2020

A representative for Bob Fioretti says the Democratic candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney was “extremely disappointed” by reports that a hearing officer is recommending incumbent state's attorney Kim Foxx remain on the primary ballot despite challenges to her nominating petitions.

ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Michael Is Climbing 80 Flights At Aon Step Up for Kids, Presented by KPMG

“If Michael can climb 80 flights of stairs during treatment, how can you not be inspired? He helps us all to keep going and our team at Lurie Children’s keeps him going.”

COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL: Blood Cancer Patients Annual Town Hall Meeting

Blood cancer patients, survivors and caregivers are invited to our Annual Town Hall Meeting on Sunday, January 26.

AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Weed Is Officially Legal In IL

On Jan. 1, cannabis officially became legal in Illinois, but what does that mean for you?

ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL: The Dangers Of Texting While Doing This

Most people know that texting and driving is a big no-no. But what about texting and walking?

CITY OF CHICAGO: Mayor Lightfoot Announces Alberto Ortega as Director of Workforce Strategy & Business Engagement

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the appointment of Alberto Ortega to serve as Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Engagement.

'You should have been Trump's communications director,' Bannon tells AM 560 host Cortes

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 9, 2020

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon spent at least part of his segment as Steve Cortes’ first official guest on his new AM 560 Radio show reminding the host that he may have actually missed his first calling.

ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Scientists Map Structural Proteins Across an Ovary, Another Step Toward “Ink” Development for 3-D Printing a Bioprosthetic Ovary

For the first time, scientists identified and mapped the location of structural proteins in a pig ovary

CHICAGO AREA GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Free Business Education Workshops

The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers FREE business education workshops every Wednesday and Friday at City Hall

AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Some New State Laws To Look For In 2020

The state's minimum wage will increase by $1 hourly, recreational marijuana will go on sale to those over 21 years of age, and some state taxes and licensing fees will increase when the calendar hits January.

ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL: Here’s What A Recent Study Says About Vaping And Your Lungs

Health experts continue to examine what caused the spate of serious lung injuries linked to vaping that grabbed headlines throughout 2019.

CITY OF CHICAGO: City of Chicago Officials Join Lawmakers, Local Businesses and Advocates to Kick Off First Day of Legalized Cannabis

City of Chicago officials today joined state and local legislators, cannabis businesses and advocates from across the city to mark the first day of legalized recreational cannabis sales in Chicago and across Illinois.

GOP strategist forecasts an accelerated 'fiscal demise' if Chicago approves new 'LaSalle Street Tax'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 5, 2020

Republican political strategist Chris Robling does not mince words about his opinion of a plan to enact a margin tax on "businesses that conduct business in Chicago, minus certain labor costs."