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A patient at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL, pats and chats with Gracie, a 5-year old Pug who visits with patients as part of the hospital’s Wags Animal Assisted Therapy program. With them is Gracie’s owner, Local 701 member George Vojtech. After a long week spent diagnosing and repairing vehicles for Shirey Cadillac
Read moreThousands of U.S. military veterans who served on active duty between January 1957 and January 31, 2001, are eligible for higher Social Security benefits based on pay they received during that time period. Under certain circumstances, up to $1,200 per year of earnings credit can be added to a veteran’s lifetime earnings for Social Security
Read moreThe April 30, 2010, deadline is drawing near for participants to register for the upcoming Local Lodge History Project, a week-long program designed to help locals uncover, document and preserve the history of their local lodge. The special program, held at the William W. Winpisinger Center, is conducted semi-annually and limited to 21 participants from
Read moreThe two companies most likely to benefit from President Obama’s controversial plan to outsource much of NASA’s manned space program are joining with industry experts who question whether the plan has been fully thought through. “I think people who have been in the launcher business for many years find it hard to take the president’s
Read moreWhen passing the health care reform bill, Congress failed to include a measure extending overall COBRAbenefits until 2014, when many of the new state-run health care exchanges would be in place. Current benefits are only available for a maximum of 18 months – not nearly enough time in a recession rife with long-term unemployment. In
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