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Workers vote to unionize Chicago coffee chain Intelligentsia

Workers at Chicago-based specialty coffee company Intelligentsia Coffee voted to unionize Monday, the latest in a string of union votes at coffeehouses across the city in recent months.

Chicago Tribune

Make pharmacy deserts a thing of the past

Chicago’s Black and Latino residents are far less likely to leave near a pharmacy than white residents, according to analyses detailed in a new WBEZ/Sun-Times report.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois consumers sue health insurer Centene, saying they couldn’t find in-network doctors

Consumers in Illinois and other states are suing health insurance giant Centene and its Chicago-based subsidiary Celtic Insurance Co., alleging the insurers defrauded them by overcharging them for plans that didn’t deliver the benefits they promised.

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Pritzker, Lightfoot tout city’s $422 million deal for green energy

“You’re really making clean energy the standard for buildings and for residents throughout our city,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a news conference at the Chicago Urban League.

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Workers at Intelligentsia cafes vote to unionize

It becomes the third coffee chain in the Chicago area to be part of a labor organizing push.

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Chicago police release video of suspects in fatal shooting on Red Line train

A 29-year-old man was riding the train near Chatham when he was killed Saturday.

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The toll of pharmacy deserts, FOP leader endorses Bailey and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Despite differences, police unions endorse Bailey for governor, because he backs officers ‘unlike any of the politicians in this state’

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara and Illinois Fraternal Order of Police President Chris Southwood stood with Bailey, who denounced Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx as “the three musketeers of crime.”

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Man charged with exchanging gunfire with off-duty Chicago police officer on Stevenson, cop’s actions also under review

David C. Abarca, 22, pointed a fully automatic pistol with a laser sight at the officer on the inbound lanes near Ashland Avenue and gunfire was exchanged, according to a police report.

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Some Illinois school districts to ditch COVID-19 tests this fall: ‘The demand really wasn’t there’

CHICAGO — Despite the urging of the state’s health department to resume school-based COVID-19 testing for students this fall, officials at several Illinois districts said this week they are halting the program due to waning interest from parents and the availability of home tests.

Chicago Tribune

Party bus driver charged with striking 13 cars in Lake View over weekend

Gregory Baldwin, 45, is charged with misdemeanor reckless driving and felony damage to property, Chicago police said.

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Chicago police release video of man pushing rider onto Blue Line tracks on Near West Side

The attack occurred about last Friday as the rider was walking along the edge of the platform at the Medical District stop in the 400 block of South Damen Avenue, police said in an alert.

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10 takeaways from the second week of Bears training camp

The Bears have two weeks of training camp in the books. Here's what we learned from the last few practices.

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Man killed, woman wounded in Albany Park shooting

The two were walking in the 4700 block of North Kedzie Avenue early Monday when two men with handguns approached and opened fire, Chicago police said.

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You’ve heard of food deserts. Pharmacy deserts are just as bad.

Even as drug stores increasingly provide more vital services, including COVID-19 tests, contraceptive counseling and wellness visits, communities on the South and West sides have fewer locations than other parts of the city.

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Speculation and imagination mingle at Humboldt Park project

Developers invest in an industrial site’s turnaround and hope savvy tenants will buy into the vision of The Terminal.

Chicago Tribune

First look: Goose Island’s 2022 Bourbon County lineup includes return of old favorites, nods to biscotti and Fig Newtons

CHICAGO — Bourbon County NFTs flamed out.

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‘Octopus is the new shrimp cocktail’: Chicago’s trendiest seafood is enticing diners with sumptuous takes

CHICAGO — After digging into the phenomenal grilled octopus skewers at Sueños for my most recent restaurant review, I paused briefly and thought to myself, “Wow, I’ve been eating a lot of octopus lately.”

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Paul Sullivan: Tributes to Vin Scully remind us of our love for the game — and the voices who became a part of our lives

The Chicago Cubs paid homage to the late Vin Scully on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, showing the video of his seventh-inning stretch performance from 1998.

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The Great Fire slowed interest in wood buildings, but Chicago’s first mass timber tower could soon take shape

CHICAGO — Developer Sterling Bay is set to begin construction of Chicago’s first mass timber building, a nine-story, apartment tower in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. If approved by City Council, the $50 million development may kick off widespread use of the modern technique, already popular in other cities, which boosters…

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Jesus Luzardo’s gem helps Miami Marlins shut out Chicago Cubs and avoid a series sweep

CHICAGO — Jesus Luzardo’s pitch count started to run high and his leash was probably getting short. He had lost an 11-pitch battle with Patrick Wisdom with one out in the seventh inning when pitching Mel Stottlemyre Jr. made a quick visit to the mound.

Chicago Sun-Times

A year after Officer Ella French was killed during a traffic stop, Lightfoot and Pritzker join police officials to honor her memory

“Right here and right now, we take this day back,” Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said during the ceremony at police headquarters. “We honor Officer French, who lived, and lift up the lives she touched.”

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Elton John says goodbye to Chicago with spirited Soldier Field set

Before retiring from the road, veteran pop star and his impressive band recap decades of hits.

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Amon-Ra St. Brown has a friendly bet his Lions best his brother Equanimeous’ Bears

Amon-Ra St. Brown has a friendly bet his Lions finish with a better record than his brother Equanimeous' Chicago Bears

Chicago Tribune

In a win for endangered piping plovers like Chicago’s Monty and Rose, the Great Lakes has record breeding season

CHICAGO — Monty and Rose, who achieved local fame in 2019 as the first federally endangered piping plovers to raise a family in Chicago in almost 60 years, are gone from the North Side beach where they spent three summers.

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