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Working Lunch Friday, June 6, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Prime Healthcare may ask the state for permission to offer lower-level trauma care at three of the eight Illinois hospitals it bought early this year, compared with what those hospitals were providing before the sale, Prime said in a letter sent to U.S. Sens.
Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth this week. In media news, the eight-month-old Chicago Sports Network is joining the Comcast lineup as part of an inaugural carriage agreement with the cable giant. CHSN will be live in time for fans to watch the Kansas City Royals play the White Sox at Rate Field tonight. And there are just a few hours left to nominate an organization or workplace for inclusion in the Chicago Tribune's 2025 Top Workplaces report. The final deadline for nominations is tonight. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | Transportation | | | | In response to questions from Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, Prime said that Level III trauma designations would be more appropriate at certain hospitals. | | | | | Eight months after launching, the Chicago Sports Network will finally hit the airwaves on Comcast, but it’s going to cost subscribers more to watch the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks. | | | | | Rainy conditions forced NASCAR to shorten the race in both 2023 and 2024, but both events also produced dramatic racing that gave pundits plenty to talk about. | | | | | Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords will stop accepting applications Friday for fiscal year 2025. | | | | | Our annual Top Workplaces report spotlights what companies are doing to recruit and retain the best employees while also cultivating loyalty. There are just a few hours left to enter. | | | |
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