Abbott Labs Hiring 2,000 Employees For New Gurnee Facility Handling Rapid COVID Testing
Abbott Labs is looking to hire 2,000 people for a new facility in Gurnee that will be handling rapid COVID testing.
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Abbott Labs is looking to hire 2,000 people for a new facility in Gurnee that will be handling rapid COVID testing.
Poverty numbers will go up here, not just because of the pandemic but also because of the way the State of Illinois has handled unemployment and paying out claims, according to a professor at the University of Chicago.
We're seeing parts of the economy recover months into the coronavirus pandemic, but this week's numbers tell the other side of the story.
There were 1,006,000 new claims filed across the country last week.
This week, we're digging deeper into what are called "behavioral" questions in an interview.
In addition to more than 14,000 identity theft claims at IDES, there have been 107,000 more fraud claims that came through Illinois under a new federal benefit called Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
More than half of U.S. states have been approved for the additional unemployment benefits, but Illinois is not among them yet.
Many who can't get through to the Illinois Department of Employment Security over the phone and can't wait for their benefits any longer have resorted to driving to the offices, but they are closed.
The application process opened Friday. The application window closes on August 31 at 11:59 p.m.
There were less than 1,106,000 new jobless claims filed in the U.S. for the week or August 10.
Lincoln Park resident Michael McKee is accused of the killing of his ex-wife and her current husband inside their Columbus, Ohio, home.
A cardiologist said he's seen a real-life increase in hospitalizations during playoff games.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on May 22, 2023, a 62-year-old man was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of South State Street when he was attacked.
A man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line train along the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning.
Fans were jubilant this weekend after the Chicago Bears sent the Green Bay Packers packing in a stunning victory.
Illinois State Police did not release how many people were hurt or the severity of those injuries.
Police did not provide a date or time when the incident took place.
The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
At least seven burglaries were reported between Dec. 14 and Jan. 9.