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🔎 Below: Illinois health officials recommend COVID-19 vaccines for all adults, contradicting CDC guidance. “The federal government is abdicating its responsibility,” Gov. JB Pritzker said.
🗞️ Plus: What to know about the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign, why Bears fans got free hot dogs and more.
📝 Keeping score: The Cubs fell to the Mets, 9-7; the White Sox lost to the Yankees, 3-2.
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TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️
Partly sunny with a high near 70.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Illinois health officials recommend COVID-19 vaccine for all adults — contradicting feds
Reporting by Elvia Malagón
Vax access: The Illinois Department of Public Health issued an order Tuesday that will allow almost anyone in the state to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine.
Key context: The state’s new protocols sharply contrast the guidance issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which declined to recommend the vaccine for anyone and left the choice up to individuals.
JB’s jab: “At a time when the federal government is abdicating its responsibility to provide clear, science-informed guidance, Illinois is stepping up,” Gov. JB Pritzker said.
Bottom line: The COVID vaccine will be available, at doctors’ offices and licensed settings like major Chicago pharmacies, to any adult who wants it, according to the state’s directive. The state also recommends that children ages 6 to 23 months receive the vaccine.
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Prisoners in Illinois face long waits, unequal access to education and job training
Reporting by Charlotte West
The waitlist: For every person enrolled in higher education at Illinois prisons, someone else is waiting for their turn, according to recent state data that reveals a system in which access to college depends largely on where someone is incarcerated.
Programming need: Right now, about 2,000 people in Illinois prisons participate in higher education programs, according to a report released at the beginning of September. That’s about 1 out of every 15 people incarcerated in the state. At the same time, another 2,000 are stuck on waiting lists to get into classes because there’s not enough programming available.
Bottom line: Research shows getting educated in prison helps prevent people from going back. In Illinois, new state data shows higher education opportunities inside are sparse.
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What to know about Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago
Reporting by Nader Issa
Deportation escalation: Since early September, President Donald Trump’s administration has escalated its deportation campaign in the Chicago area, targeting suburbs and city neighborhoods that are home to large immigrant communities.
Unclear results: The president has said his “blitz” on Chicago is meant to make the city safer for residents. But the rush of federal immigration agents into the area has stoked fears and upended routines — and the results haven’t decisively proven the federal government’s claim that it’s arresting “the worst of the worst” criminals.
Where things stand: After a chaotic few weeks, catch up on what has happened so far — and what could come next — here.
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GAMES AND CROSSWORDS 🧩
This week’s Chicago-style crossword theme is: Theaters.
Here’s your clue:
13A: Chicago theater that premiered “August: Osage County”
MORE NEWS YOU NEED
- ‘Granny flats’ compromise: A compromise ordinance would expand Chicago’s granny flat pilot program in multiunit residential and commercially zoned areas, where coach houses and tiny homes could be built without special permission from the city — but in neighborhoods dominated by single-family homes, alderpersons would need to opt in.
- Hate crime charges: Jaime Santiago is accused of shooting at his 18-year-old daughter and her girlfriend after confronting them about their sexual orientation.
- Find 4%: Blaming President Trump’s “disastrous economic policies,” Gov. Pritzker on Tuesday signed an executive order that directs state agencies to identify 4% in cuts to use as reserves in next year’s budget.
- Portillo’s CEO resigns: Amid flagging business at the restaurant chain, CEO Michael Osanloo has stepped down following seven years at the helm.
- MSI labor strife: Workers at Chicago’s Griffin Museum of Science and Industry announced that union members have voted to authorize a strike if necessary. Wages and benefits are among the main sticking points, according to the union.
- United Center cancels show: The venue abruptly canceled NBA YoungBoy’s Wednesday night concert without explanation. The decision comes amid the Louisiana rapper’s ongoing rivalry with Chicago hip hop star Lil Durk.
- 3 stars for ‘Carmen’: This lusty and frisky Joffrey Ballet production feels like a tour de force in some moments and confounding in others, writes Martha Bayne in a review for the Sun-Times.
CHICAGO STORIES 🌭
Bears fans line up for free hot dogs at The Wiener’s Circle after Caleb Williams’ 4 touchdowns
Reporting by Michael Puente
Red hot scene:For much of Tuesday, the line to The Wiener’s Circle wrapped around the corner down Clark Street. As vehicles drove past, many drivers honked their horns in solidarity.
4 TDs: The Lincoln Park hot dog stand was making good on a promise that if Bears quarterback Caleb Williams threw four touchdowns, it would give out free hot dogs. Williams threw four touchdown passes Sunday to lead the team 31-14 over the Dallas Cowboys for its first win of the season.
‘Exciting time’: George Day, a “massive Bears fan,” stood in line for 45 minutes. “It’s an exciting time in the city,” he said. “And great to have a first win here this past week, and you get a free hot dog! Amazing.” Of course, to get to his free hot dog, he had to get through employees’ barrage of insults.
FROM THE PRESS BOX ⚾🏈🏒
- Robot umpires?: MLB will use robot umpires for ball-strike appeals in 2026. Here’s how the Cubs and the White Sox responded to the news.
- Shaw explains: The Cubs’ Matt Shaw said leaving the team to attend far right activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial was “what was meant to be.”
- Bears analysis: Unlike ex-skipper Matt Eberflus, coach Ben Johnson lights a fire under the Bears, writes Mark Potash.
- Hawks’ hopes: The Blackhawks want Kevin Korchinski to play to his strengths in the defensive roster battle.
- High school football: Is Public League football on the rise? We check in on the North, South and West sides of Chicago.
BRIGHT ONE 🔆
For Jeff Tweedy, a new triple album proves there’s forever ‘a new song to sing’
Reporting by Mark Guarino
“Twilight Override” — Jeff Tweedy’s fifth solo album, out Friday — is the kind of record that exists by its own rules.
Quiet spaces, folk guitars, choruses of interlocking voices, bursts of frenetic rock guitar energy and even spoken-word poetry are hallmarks of 30 songs that stretch across three discs. (WBEZ is presenting Tweedy in two intimate concerts Thursday as a pop-up event.)
Together, the discs feel like a culmination for the Wilco frontman, referencing familiar chapters from his past but pushing them into a new direction.
Tweedy, 58, considers it a “luxury” to indulge in the triple record, an art form that doesn’t have many successful parallels. The project allowed him to thread more musical ideas together and curate a cohesive set of stories.
The songs also serve the musical identity of a group of Chicago-based musicians: Guitarist James Elkington, multi-instrumentalist Liam Kazar, singers and multi-instrumentalists Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, and Tweedy’s sons Spencer and Sammy. All have performed in different incarnations with Tweedy throughout the last few years.
Tweedy believes music “feels more meaningful” to his audience because our technology-obsessed culture puts tangible experiences “in short supply.”
“[Music] seems like something as real as a tree,” Tweedy says. “It actually feels like just a natural fact of life, that music is good. You can’t see it, but it’s sort of magical when a bunch of people sing together. I do think it’s really good for you.”
YOUR DAILY QUESTION ☕️
Today’s daily question comes from an old barroom debate, as captured in a 2013 episode of WBEZ’s Curious City program — and we want you to weigh in now:
Which is more important to Chicago, historically and today: Lake Michigan or the Chicago River? Tell us why.
Email us (please include your first and last name). We may include your answers in Thursday’s Morning Edition newsletter.
Yesterday, we asked you: Do you think nonservice dogs should be permitted in Chicago restaurants, indoors and outdoors? Tell us why or why not.
Here’s some of what you said…
“Why not? Service dogs are allowed. As long as the dog isn’t vicious.”— Mary Szymanczyk Rog
“No, I was out to eat last week at a ‘dog-friendly’ patio when the dog jumped on my table and ate my food.”— Antonio Diego
“Sure. Dogs don’t bother me. Sometimes screaming children bother me.”— Tony Galati
“Absolutely not, it devalues true working service dogs.”— Alison Maggio
“No. The amount of untrained dogs and their unphased owners are out of control.”— Gina Marie
“Each establishment should be able to make that decision for itself. If the city, county or state is limiting them, they are overstepping.”— Chris Engstrom
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Written and curated by: Matt Moore
Editor: Eydie Cubarrubia
Hat tip: Sun-Times’ Bryan Barker for “Illinois takes a jab at CDC.”
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