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Working Lunch Thursday, January 30, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Endeavor Health is eliminating inpatient psychiatric services at Northwest Community Hospital and laying off “a small number of individuals” across the health system, Endeavor said in a statement Thursday. About 100 workers at Northwest Community will be affected by the change at the Arlington Heights hospital, and Endeavor said in a statement it’s “hopeful that many will join us in other positions across our system.” Meanwhile, as avian influenza has forced farmers to slaughter millions of chickens, egg prices have more than doubled in cost since the summer of 2023. And shoppers across Chicagoland are seeing egg shelves looking stark. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Get news alerts | Top business stories | Real estate | | | | About 100 workers at the hospital and “a small number of individuals in other areas across the organization" will be laid off. | | | | | In some parts of the country, people are finding empty egg shelves in their local grocery stores. And some stores are limiting how many cartons customers can buy. | | | | | Developers say new downtown construction won’t grind to a halt. Some projects will score financing and the number of apartments completed in the neighborhood is expected to increase in 2026 and 2027. | | | | | A jet collided with an Army helicopter while approaching the Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. Everyone on board is feared dead. | | | | | Under his estimates, homeowners will pay 49% of Chicago’s property tax burden, while commercial owners take on 51%. It’s an exact flip from the year before. | | | | | The IRS expects 140 million people will file returns by April 15. The agency has debuted a new online tool to help taxpayers check the status of any refund they may be entitled to. | | | |
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