Karen Ann Cullotta

Illinois health department urges schools to watch for monkeypox; COVID-19 measures pulled back

October 3, 2022 at 5:29 p.m.

Monitoring students and staff at Illinois schools for new and unexplained lesions is among the new monkeypox prevention guidance recommended this week by the state's health department as officials pivot...

Pat Mucha, 28, center, passes a sheet of paper while attending an adventure campus staff training session at the Northbrook Leisure Center on Aug. 11, 2022, in Northbrook. The Northbrook Park District recruited new workers by upping pay rates to $15 to $20 an hour, and offering new hires $1,000 signing bonuses.

Long waitlists for after-school care as programs struggle to find workers and demand soars

August 14, 2022 at 1:43 p.m.

With the first day of classes at Chicago Public Schools fast approaching, the directors at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning were desperately seeking qualified workers to staff its before-...

Northwestern names University of Oregon leader as new president

August 14, 2022 at 1:40 p.m.

The president of the University of Oregon and a former University of Chicago law school dean on Thursday was named 17th president of Northwestern University. Michael Schill, who has led...

Saliva samples submitted for testing through SHIELD Illinois are seen at the DePaul University Loop campus on Jan. 20, 2022.

Some Illinois school districts to ditch COVID-19 tests this fall: ‘The demand really wasn’t there’

August 8, 2022 at 7:05 p.m.

Despite the urging of the state's health department to resume school-based COVID-19 testing for students this fall, officials at several Illinois districts said this week they are halting the program...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez listens on June 22, 2022, at a Board of Education meeting.

Schools ‘cautiously optimistic’ about new year, but COVID-19 worries linger. ‘Don’t forget about people with extreme circumstances.’

August 1, 2022 at 8:03 p.m.

For the first time since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois students will soon begin a new school year in which hotly contested virus-mitigation mandates, including masking, have become...

El director de operaciones, Jeovanny Arellano, a la derecha, habla con un compañero de trabajo en LH Rooftop en el hotel LondonHouse el 20 de julio de 2022 en Chicago.

La falta de mano de obra genera una feroz competencia en la industria hotelera de Chicago, con promesas de efectivo y ofertas de trabajo en el acto

July 26, 2022 at 5:51 p.m.

Cuando un gerente de un restaurante del área de Chicago con poco personal se coló en Lucca Osteria en Oak Brook un viernes reciente con un puñado de dinero en...

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Illinois health department urges schools to watch for monkeypox; COVID-19 measures pulled back

Long waitlists for after-school care as programs struggle to find workers and demand soars

Northwestern names University of Oregon leader as new president

Some Illinois school districts to ditch COVID-19 tests this fall: ‘The demand really wasn’t there’

Schools ‘cautiously optimistic’ about new year, but COVID-19 worries linger. ‘Don’t forget about people with extreme circumstances.’

La falta de mano de obra genera una feroz competencia en la industria hotelera de Chicago, con promesas de efectivo y ofertas de trabajo en el acto

Labor shortage drives fierce competition in Chicago hospitality industry, with cash promises and on-the-spot job offers

Gov. J.B. Pritzker ends COVID vaccine mandates at colleges as he tweaks many statewide pandemic restrictions

As school staff shortages worsen, Illinois educators cast wary eye on fall reopening

Health concerns prompt Northwestern president-elect to step down