O’Hare overtook Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson as the busiest U.S. airfield in 2025, preliminary data shows • Gov. JB Pritzker’s office inks new deal with outside lawyer to advise in Chicago Bears stadium talks
Working Lunch Wednesday, January 21, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Girding for everything from the proliferation of data centers and EVs to catastrophic weather events, ComEd has unveiled its next four-year grid plan, the utility’s blueprint for the future of electrification. | | | | | O’Hare International Airport was the busiest U.S. airfield in 2025, overtaking Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport for the first time since 2019, according to a news release from the Chicago mayor’s office. | | | | | Gov. JB Pritzker’s office signed a new $25,000 contract late last month with an outside attorney to continue advising the administration in negotiations with the Chicago Bears. | | | | | The publisher of the Daily Herald filed notice with the state earlier this month that it is considering a sale of the northwest suburban newspaper. | | | | | The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has tapped Gene E. Robinson as the new executive director and CEO of the Discovery Partners Institute. | | | | | President Donald Trump is set to address the World Economic Forum, where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies. | | | | | Kraft Heinz warned investors that Berkshire Hathaway may be interested in selling its 325 million shares in the name brand food giant that Warren Buffett helped create. | | | | | If you are retired, this is the perfect moment to review your investment exposure and — if you will be older than 73 this year — to calculate your required minimum distribution (RMD) and plan for withdrawals from traditional IRAs and employer-sponsored retirement plans. | | | |