Greta Johnsen
Explore the Art Institute’s new app
The Art Institute of Chicago gets as many as 7,000 visitors every day. And with collections spanning 8 buildings and a square footage of over 15 football fields, it’s easy to picture getting lost.
You don’t have the ‘stomach flu’
So, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, what’s the difference between the flu and the norovirus?
Flu is upon us: to call in sick or not to call in sick?
But for some people, being sick doesn’t always mean you can stay home. At least 40 percent of the people who work in the United States don’t have paid sick leave, according to one expert.
Illinois law takes aim at aquatic invasives
The state fears bad boat hygiene is letting too many invasive plants and animals hitch rides around the Great Lakes, hence a new mandate to clean your boat.
City bikers get new 2-way lane, stoplight on Dearborn
For the first time in Chicago, bicyclists are getting a stoplight and two lanes. But car traffic lost a lane.
ComEd workers head east to provide relief
As the East Coast slowly recovers from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, some Chicagoans are actively lending a hand. More than 700 employees of Chicago-based utility Commonwealth traveled to Baltimore and Philadelphia to help restore electricity to the region.