Pritzker administration to lay off workers and reduce operations at downstate Choate facility • US Sen. Tammy Duckworth pushes legislation to close ‘challenge’ for riders with disabilities
Working Lunch Friday, July 24, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital hopes to move forward with plans to build a new, $175 million cancer and neuroscience center. | | | | | Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is significantly reducing staffing at a long-troubled downstate center for people with mental health issues and developmental disabilities, state and union officials said Thursday. | | | | | Dozens of Metra and CTA stations are inaccessible for riders with disabilities, records show. “It is a real challenge,” explained U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a veteran who uses a wheelchair after losing both legs in the Iraq War. | | | | | Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than half a million Broncos because a wiring harness in the engine compartment can short circuit and increase the risk of fire. | | | | | Officials are gathering Friday in Ontario to take delight in a new U.S.-Canada bridge over the Detroit River. | | | | | Old Fashioned Candies has been a sweet staple in Berwyn since moving from Chicago in 1976 and now the grandkids are set to work there. | | | | | Companies that produce and sell fresh food, school supplies and anything that gets shipped using fuel reported cost impacts from an earlier spike in energy prices. | | | | | WNBA Live, the fan fest of the league’s All-Star Game, has had a “great transformation” since its debut in Chicago in 2022. This year’s event runs through Saturday at McCormick Place. | | | |