CTA brings in Cook County sheriff’s police to patrol trains as it looks to appease feds • Northwestern Memorial gets approval for $96 million ICU bed expansion, part of larger growth plan
Working Lunch Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Operating under the principle that two heads are better than one, pioneering Chicago craft breweries Half Acre and Maplewood are joining forces under one corporate umbrella. | | | | | The Trump administration has threatened to withhold up to $50 million from the CTA. | | | | | Northwestern Memorial Hospital may move forward with a $96 million project to add more intensive care unit beds and build a two-story connector between buildings, a state board decided. | | | | | Rankin and his wife sold the home through a land trust to Milwaukee-based Eagles Wings Trust on March 3, according to public documents. | | | | | Attorneys for parents and Abbott Laboratories faced off during opening arguments Monday in the first Chicago trial over Abbott’s formula for prematurely born babies. | | | | | Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the latest government shutdown drags on. | | | | | U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady, as the price of oil gets back to climbing. | | | | | Germany and Austria said Wednesday they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency request for members to release a record 400 million barrels to help temper energy price spikes due to the Iran war. | | | |