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jpIllInoIs · #1 Posted **Jan 25, 2019, 8:03 PM**

Lipinski Named Chairman of Congressional Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Jan 24
Lipinski's subcommittee's jurisdiction includes all federal laws and programs regulating railroad transportation, including railroad safety, rail infrastructure programs, economic regulation, and railroad labor laws, as well as all federal laws and programs regulating the safety of gas and liquid pipelines and the safety of transporting material and hazardous freight.

Lipinski has been successful bringing in $$$ for CTA and CREATE programs, should contiue that as the Chairman

emathias · #2 Posted **Jan 26, 2019, 8:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by jpIllInoIs

Lipinski Named Chairman of Congressional Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Jan 24
Lipinski's subcommittee's jurisdiction includes all federal laws and programs regulating railroad transportation, including railroad safety, rail infrastructure programs, economic regulation, and railroad labor laws, as well as all federal laws and programs regulating the safety of gas and liquid pipelines and the safety of transporting material and hazardous freight.

Lipinski has been successful bringing in $$$ for CTA and CREATE programs, should contiue that as the Chairman

I wish they'd just fully fund CREATE. For what it is, it's not all that much money in the big picture.

k1052 · #3 Posted **Jan 27, 2019, 2:41 PM**

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I wish they'd just fully fund CREATE. For what it is, it's not all that much money in the big picture.

Agreed. It's a fairly small dollar amount now in comparison to all the benefits gained between commuters and freight rail operators.

Lipinski is also going to pressure Amtrak on the CUS rehab which has so far entirely shorted Metra even though they are such a huge portion of the traffic. The platform width issues on the south side (BNSF) and concourse circulation should be high priority items.

the urban politician · #4 Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 3:22 PM**

From Crains today about Common Spirit Health which is about to be based here:

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/heal...join-big-blues

pullmanman · #5 Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 9:59 PM**

Great news on a local tech company expanding, with new job postings available now and a larger leased space commensurate with continued growth!

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G2 Crowd, which launched in 2013 and today houses most of its roughly 250 total employees in Chicago, signed a deal to lease 66,000 square feet at 100 S. Wacker Drive, a company spokesman confirmed.

That marks a drastic expansion from the roughly 20,000 square feet it leases today in the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive. The company has more than doubled its headcount in the past year and projects its staff will surpass 500 by 2023, the spokesman said, which called for finding room to grow.

With approximately 100 open jobs on our job site, now was the right time to relocate the G2 campus to our new home in 100 S. Wacker

the urban politician · #6 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 6:48 PM**

Tech company expanding downtown:

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...est-loop-lease

Kenmore · #7 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 7:05 PM**

lol @ anyone who believed the foxconn news when it broke, embarrassing stuff

the urban politician · #8 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 7:49 PM**

Cinespace Studios to pick up 2 new Amazon and Netflix series:

https://patch.com/illinois/westside/...x-amazon-shows

Interestingly, one of these shows is set in LA. Think about that—a show based in LA being filmed in Chicago!

LouisVanDerWright · #9 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:01 PM**

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Cinespace Studios to pick up 2 new Amazon and Netflix series:

https://patch.com/illinois/westside/...x-amazon-shows

Interestingly, one of these shows is set in LA. Think about that—a show based in LA being filmed in Chicago!

And there's the Netflix rumor, Cinespace is building more studios at 31st and Kedzie for this Netflix show according to the article. I heard they bought a building over on Kedie the other day, didn't connect it to the rumors posted here about Netflix.

tjp · #10 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:04 PM**

What was the Netflix rumor? Something about moving production here from Atlanta?

Via Chicago · #11 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 11:28 PM**

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And there's the Netflix rumor, Cinespace is building more studios at 31st and Kedzie for this Netflix show according to the article. I heard they bought a building over on Kedie the other day, didn't connect it to the rumors posted here about Netflix.

id still rather have the Washbourne building. what a boneheaded shortsighted demolition.

ardecila · #12 Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 3:24 AM**

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id still rather have the Washbourne building. what a boneheaded shortsighted demolition.

Different sites. Cinespace bought Crown Steel at 3355 W 31st, west of the old Washburne site.

The Washburne site is supposed to become Focal Point, but there's literally zero money for that development and it's led by St Anthony Hospital which has no idea how to put together a huge mixed-use project.

LouisVanDerWright · #13 Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 2:08 PM**

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id still rather have the Washbourne building. what a boneheaded shortsighted demolition.

This is going in the large warehouse that's still stands on the West side of Kedzie. Yes the Wasjbourne school should never have been demoed.

moorhosj · #14 Posted **Feb 7, 2019, 4:54 PM**

Ford investing $1 billion, adding jobs at Chicago factories as it makes cuts overseas

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The move will add 500 jobs at Ford's Chicago-area Assembly and Stamping plants, bringing the total number of employees at the two factories to 5,800, the company said Thursday. Ford is building a new body shop and paint shop at the assembly plants and plans to make major changes to the final assembly area. The company also plans to install some new manufacturing technology, including 3D-printing tools and robots.

It's also spending $40 million to upgrade the facilities for employees, including new LED lighting and cafeteria updates, new break areas as well as parking lot security upgrades.

SIGSEGV · #15 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Cinespace Studios to pick up 2 new Amazon and Netflix series:

https://patch.com/illinois/westside/...x-amazon-shows

Interestingly, one of these shows is set in LA. Think about that—a show based in LA being filmed in Chicago!

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9855...7i16384!8i8192

bnk · #16 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:45 PM**

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opin...tching-reality

January 30, 2019 10:59 AM | 5 hours ago

Foxconn's Wisconsin plan is catching up to reality

The LCD screen maker may not make display panels in Wisconsin after all. Those who’ve been following Foxconn for a long time won’t be surprised.

(Bloomberg) — So Foxconn Technology Group may not make display panels in Wisconsin after all.

Those who’ve been following Foxconn for a long time won’t be surprised. Chairman and founder Terry Gou is as much a salesman as he is a manufacturer, having spent decades honing his pitch not just to clients but also governments.

Then-Governor Scott Walker, backed by President Donald Trump, loved exactly what he sold: the promise of thousands of jobs to make stuff in the U.S. Walker loved it so much that he pledged as much as $3 billion in sweeteners, a deal that likely cost him his governorship.

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SIGSEGV · #17 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:46 PM**

Seriously, with Foxconn you don't need any creativity to come up with the appropriate pun.

the urban politician · #18 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:58 PM**

^ This is an absolute embarrassment for Wisconsin as well as for all of those speculators who bought homes, properties, etc expecting a huge boost from all of those factory jobs Foxconn was going to bring.

However, the industrial boom for SE Wisconsin has no end in sight:

https://www.rejournals.com/building-...onsin-20190121

Not sure how many jobs these would bring

bnk · #19 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 10:57 PM**

And that takes down two new competing hospitals down with it, our plans and Advocate/Aurora plans. That's like a half of a billion in construction and thousands upon thousands of hospital employees and medical professionals. Currently Advocate/Aurora has over 70,000 employees to give one an idea how many jobs hospitals provide and quite a few well paid jobs too. Aurora is in Wisconsin Advocate is in Illinois.

•Advocate is recognized as one of the Top 100 Workplaces to work in Chicago, we are one of Chicagoland’s largest employers with more than 35,000 associates, including 6,300 affiliated physicians and nearly 10,000 nurses.

https://www.bizjournals.com/milwauke...-hospital.html

Froedtert South plans Foxconn-area hospital neighboring Advocate Aurora project

By Sean Ryan
– Reporter, Milwaukee Business Journal

Oct 4, 2018, 11:35am CDT
Updated Oct 4, 2018, 5:30pm EDT

Froedtert South Inc. hospital and medical office building in Mount Pleasant that would share a property line with a $250 million campus proposed by Advocate Aurora Health Care.

LouisVanDerWright · #20 Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 10:58 PM**

A bummer for a business associate of mine who owned several hundred acres directly across the street from the proposed site lol.

Foxconn already faced a total credibility issue as they've done this before. Now I doubt anyone even wants their business. At least Milwaukee got the tech jobs downtown out of this.