The AI effect: University of Chicago Law School opts to prohibit electronic devices in some classrooms. • Can Indiana pay for a Bears stadium? Analysts ask how it will pay its debt as some residents balk at new taxes.
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| | | | | “The need for charging is massive,” said Madeline Ebert, senior director of product management at the Mercedes-Benz Charging Network. “We will continue to build our network so the chargers are there when sales pick up again.” | | | | | Come fall, first-year students at U. of C. Law School will be prohibited from using electronic devices like laptops, tablets and phones in the classroom. | | | | | Whether Indiana can pay for a new Chicago Bears stadium is uncertain, analysts say. Much depends on economic development around the stadium. | | | | | The layoffs are projected to save the district $18 million, a CPS spokesperson said. The district did not specify which positions were impacted. | | | | | A City Council committee voted Monday to use $424 million in property taxes to help build new infrastructure around the Chicago Fire’s downtown soccer stadium site. | | | | | Those with a watchful eye and a social media presence may notice there’s been a consistent yet unassuming character in their feeds: Costco. | | | | | A recent operation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital was potentially the first of its kind in the country — a quadruple organ transplant performed on a person who had already had a previous lung transplant. | | | | | Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said in written testimony Tuesday the Fed will make high inflation “a thing of the past,” yet provided no signal about the central bank’s next steps. | | | |