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| What Chicago's Talking About |
|  | Chicago's Wabash Avenue Bridge and State Street Bridge are raised for boats to pass through to go to winter storage. (Raymond Boyd / Getty Images) |
| Up, Up, and Away! | The first river bridge lift of the season starts today at 9:30 a.m., starting at the DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge, and will work west to the 18th Street Bridge so sailboats can get out and into winter storage. If you’re driving through downtown today, be prepared to wait. Each lift stops traffic for eight to 12 minutes, and they run mostly Wednesdays and Saturdays through Nov. 14. [NBC] | | Thousands Set to Lose Medicaid Coverage After Today | Roughly 9,300 immigrants in Illinois, including refugees, asylum seekers, and survivors of human trafficking, lose Medicaid coverage after today under H.R.1, the law President Donald Trump signed last year as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The state's healthcare department called it a "cruel measure" and warned it's the start of a much bigger rollback. [WBEZ] | | City Council Signs Off on Parking Meter Sale | The City Council approved investment firm Stonepeak Partners' $2.53 billion bid for Chicago's parking meters. The city will receive a $75 million transfer fee at closing, and 5% of net income from now on. The New York firm announced yesterday it sold Omni Air International, the airline running deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security, after a dozen progressive alders said they wouldn’t agree unless they sold it. [WTTW] | | Von Humboldt School to Become Affordable Housing | After a decade of false starts, the shuttered Von Humboldt Elementary is finally becoming affordable housing. The city approved $66.2 million to close a years-long funding gap at the Humboldt Park school, which has sat empty since the 2013 mass school closings. The development is planned to be completed in June 2028. [Block Club] | | Deadly Month For Cyclists. Plus, Best of the South Side | Chicago has over 70% more cycling accidents through September than this same period in 2021, including multiple fatal accidents involving speeding drivers. On today’s podcast, we talk about what's happening on streets like Archer Avenue, where two people have now been killed at the same intersection. Plus, our favorites in the Best of the South Side. [City Cast Chicago 🎧] | |
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| | Now it's time for a neighborhood shoutout where our City Cast Chicago Neighbors share their recs for places to try and things to do across the city. | | Today’s shoutout comes from Neighbor Emily C.: | | “Omakase Box in Logan Square - high quality with lots of pricing options so you can have a special meal regardless of your budget.” | | When you join City Cast Chicago Neighbors, you also get other perks, like ad-free listening, members-only podcast content, and exclusive invites to events! Join the neighborhood today! | | |
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Heading to a bar this afternoon? The Sox play Game 2 of their series in Houston at 4 p.m., and the Cubs play theirs in San Diego at 9 p.m. Go Cubs/Sox! |
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