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The best way to ensure productivity is making sure workers are happy and feel a sense of connection to the company, and to each other, Chicago area employers say.
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Interviewed more than 30 sources, including internal and external stakeholders, and wrote a 20-page report and a five-page executive summary on CMAP's Capacity Building Program for local municipalities.
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An Elgin police officer announced his immediate retirement after the Daily Herald asked him about statements he made on Twitter, including laughing about a protester who reportedly lost an eye after he was struck by a police tear gas canister in Indiana.
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