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Interview With Charles “Chuck” George Founder of Charles George Group Interviewed on the Influential Entrepreneur Podcast

Jan 16, 2025Jan 17, 2025 News Room

Charles “Chuck” George Founder of Charles George Group Listen to the interview on the Business Innovators Radio Network: Interview With Charles “Chuck” George Founder of Charles George Group Mike Saunders welcomes Charles “Chuck” George, founder of the Charles George Group. Chuck shares his journey in the financial services industry, beginning in 1995 as a door-to-door insurance agent. He discusses the evolution of his career, including the shift to virtual meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation delves into the often-overlooked role of life insurance in retirement planning, challenging the common…

Downtown bike- and bus-lane ticketing program generates more than 3,500 warnings and violations in its first weeks

Jan 16, 2025Jan 16, 2025 News Room

The program allows the city to use cameras to mail tickets to registered vehicle owners for violations in an area that covers much of downtown.

Steep Ravine, formerly Ravinia Brewing, joins forces with Moor’s to launch Logan Square taproom/sports bar

Jan 15, 2025Jan 16, 2025 News Room

Diversey House, which bills itself as an experiential sports bar and brewery, will feature on-site offerings from both Steep Ravine and Moor’s and a new menu from celebrity chef and partner Marc Anthony Bynum.

CTA chief of staff to become interim president after Dorval Carter’s retirement

Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025 News Room

The next CTA leader will face the task of helping to rebuild trust in the agency, after years of complaints about service, personal safety and conditions on buses and trains

Waukegan’s Vista Medical Center East furloughs dozens; ‘We don’t have enough revenue coming in to cover our costs’

Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025 News Room

Vista continues to operate the only hospital in northeastern Lake County in Waukegan, and
navigate its way to financial stability through a variety of sources, though it does not receive the
larger payments which come with a majority of fully insured patients.

Medical sales executive on Lakeside Bank board charged with fraud for allegedly selling mislabeled surgical products

Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025 News Room

Anthony Iaderosa and his company, Synergy Surgical, are charged with removal of labeling on sutures, gauges and other products while the medical devices were held for sale, according to an indictment filed Monday in Chicago federal court..

Walgreens closing five stores on South, West sides of Chicago

Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025 News Room

Walgreens plans to close five stores on the South and West sides of Chicago next month, drawing criticism from local leaders. Four of the stores are on the South Side and one is on the West Side of the city.

RTA proposes more bus and train service, fare hikes and stronger central agency as lawmakers prepare to debate future of transit

Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025 News Room

RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard is expected to lay out a plan before the City Club as a contentious transit debate brews in Springfield.

New York Daily News, NY Times ask federal judge to reject OpenAI, Microsoft challenges to copyright suit

Jan 14, 2025Jan 15, 2025 News Room

Lawyers for the New York Daily News, The New York Times, and other newspapers Wednesday asked a Manhattan judge to reject an effort by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss parts of their lawsuits accusing the tech giants of stealing reporters’ stories to train their AI products.

Starbucks reverses policy on non-paying customers using bathrooms

Jan 14, 2025Jan 14, 2025 News Room

Starbucks has a new code of conduct as part of its plan to make stores more welcoming and win back consumers, the company said.