Proposed parking garage at Naperville’s Nichols Library tabled after residents say downtown parking’s satisfactory – Chicago Tribune

There’s no need to add more downtown parking at Nichols Library in Naperville — for now, city officials say. For more than a decade and a half, the idea of a new parking garage being built on the library’s Jefferson Avenue lot has circulated again and again, most recently coming up early last year. But… Continue reading Proposed parking garage at Naperville’s Nichols Library tabled after residents say downtown parking’s satisfactory – Chicago Tribune

How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid

The first terrifying wave of Covid-19 caused 60,000 deaths among residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities within five months. As the pandemic wore on, medical guidelines called for promptly administering newly approved antiviral treatments to infected patients at high risk of severe illness, hospitalization or death. Why, then, did fewer than one… Continue reading How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid

6 Months After the Ohio Train Derailment, Residents Are Still in Crisis

When Jessica Albright returned with her family to their home in East Palestine, Ohio, last month after four months away, she opened the car door and took a deep breath — then stopped and thought: Maybe not too deep. Hauling suitcases up the steps, she tried to discern whether the acrid scent in the air… Continue reading 6 Months After the Ohio Train Derailment, Residents Are Still in Crisis

More than 47,000 Illinois residents lose Medicaid

More than 47,000 Illinois residents lost Medicaid health insurance coverage this month — joining millions of people across the country losing Medicaid as states ask recipients to prove they’re still eligible for the program, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. In all, 47,625 Illinois residents lost coverage as of Aug. 1, said… Continue reading More than 47,000 Illinois residents lose Medicaid