I see Chicago Botanic Garden staff working outside all winter long and I was wondering how they deal with the cold weather. — Adrian Kuhn, Buffalo Grove This year in the Chicago area, our first hard frost was quite late. It was deep into November 2024 when we finally had frost — the latest that…
Tackling a home improvement project, whether it’s something as simple as painting your kitchen cabinets or a more extensive home remodel, can be exciting. But nothing can drain your passion for the project faster than finding out your homeowners insurance isn’t up to date. “Making home improvements affects homeowners insurance coverage because in theory, when…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: After declaring it would liquidate because no buyer could be found, LL Flooring on Friday said it has signed an agreement with private equity firm F9 Investments, its largest shareholder, for a going-concern sale of the…
LL Flooring has signed an agreement to sell 219 of its stores to F9 Investments, the company announced on Friday. The agreement comes days after the retail company announced it would be closing over 400 stores nationwide. LL Flooring filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy claim on Aug. 11 after the company “spent several months” trying…
Boo, hiss! Gather ’round, friends, foes and familiars: I have a word of warning and a damper to deliver this Halloween weekend. While All Hallows doesn’t technically transpire until this Tuesday, Oct. 31, most of us live and work in a capitalist, work-centric, moon-averse society/simulation that demands we toil on that Monday-to-Friday grind and schedule…
