Child care providers and parents worry about federal freeze of $1B for Illinois. ‘It really helps these parents.’ • Why Hawthorne racetrack was temporarily shut down over the weekend: ‘This is another embarrassing failure’
Working Lunch Thursday, January 8, 2026 | | |
| | | | | T.J. Maxx signed a lease for 26,000 square feet on a prominent retail corridor in Lincoln Park, and will open a street-level store by the third quarter of 2026. | | | | | Child care professionals, parents, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and other local leaders expressed horror Wednesday after the federal government announced that it would freeze about $10 billion in funding for child care and family assistance programs in Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York. | | | | | Hawthorne Race Course has been beset by financial troubles, including liens seeking to recover unpaid debts, and its inability to open a proposed new casino. | | | | | The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper will shut down later this year, with a final edition slated for May 3. | | | | | Lawyers representing an array of news organizations suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing and distorting their reporters’ work have asked a Manhattan judge to sanction ChatGPT’s parent company, alleging the tech behemoth deleted millions of conversations they were required to hand over as evidence of copyright infringement. | | | | | The regulations would require licenses for the rentals and enable the county to levy fees for violations of the county code. | | | | | This three-story penthouse home has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, one half bath, a private four-car attached garage and nearly 1,800 square feet of exclusive outdoor space. | | | | | Hobart Mayor Josh Huddlestun called the $47 million upfront cash the city is poised to receive from Amazon, if plans go forward to build a data center at 61st and Colorado, “record breaking.” | | | |