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Working Lunch Thursday, March 13, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Opening day for the White Sox is two weeks away and there is still no carriage agreement for the fledgling Chicago Sports Network to air on Comcast, essentially blacking out a rite of spring for
1 million pay-TV viewers in the city and suburbs. DirecTV has come up with an alternative option for Chicago sports fans with a new local streaming package — MyHome Team — just in time for the baseball season. Meanwhile, Illinois had a record year for solar growth in 2024 and can now draw enough energy from the sun to power 930,000 homes, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Get news alerts | Top business stories | Real estate | | | | MyHome Team features 20 regional sports networks, including the Cubs on Marquee Sports Network and the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks on CHSN. | | | | | Solar accounted for 66% of all new electricity generating capacity added to the U.S. grid in 2024, outpacing wind and natural gas. | | | | | Farmers told an Illinois House committee that they’re being hurt by funding freezes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. | | | | | The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index slipped into a correction last week, defined as a 10% drop from its most recent peak. The broader S&P 500 neared that level Tuesday. | | | | | Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen. | | | |
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