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Another Chicago hospital has ended gender-affirming pediatric surgery amid threats to its federal funding. But Illinois and 15 other states are fighting back in a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for “intimidating providers” into denying such care.
UI Health became the latest hospital today to suspend gender-affirming surgical procedures for adolescents effective immediately, according to an announcement posted on the hospital’s website.
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Gov. JB Pritzker at Chute Middle School in Evanston on July 31, 2025, signs into law a mandate that will require Illinois public schools to offer students in third to 12th grades an optional mental health screening. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)
Illinois schools to offer mental health screenings under bill Gov. Pritzker signed in Evanston
The bill, SB 1560, requires all Illinois public schools to offer third through 12th grade students a free, optional mental health screening. The bill passed the Illinois House of Representatives on May 21, and the Senate a month earlier. Read more here.
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Customers walk past a pair of Coco Robotics autonomous delivery carts parked outside a White Castle restaurant on Chicago’s Near West Side, July 31, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago White Castle becomes chain’s first to offer robotic delivery, using a Jetsonian-like device called Coco
Craving a late night slider? Forget the “Harold & Kumar” road trip quest and let a robot deliver White Castle to your door. Read more here.
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Cubs fans cheer after Matt Shaw homers during the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals at Wrigley Field on July 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Wrigley Field will host the All-Star Game in 2027 — the 4th time in the ballpark’s history
The Friendly Confines will host the Midsummer Classic for the first time since 1990, marking the fourth time in the ballpark’s history. Read more here.
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Role Model performs at the Tito’s stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park, July 31, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
After seeing viral success, Role Model returns to Lollapalooza for the third time
For singer-songwriter Tucker Pillsbury, who performs as Role Model, playing Lollapalooza isn’t new. His performance yesterday marked his third appearance at the festival, with the first two taking place in 2022 and 2019 when he was known for his alternative bedroom pop music. Read more here.
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Jose Zavala, a gardener in the U.S. without legal permission. who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 18, while on a job in La Mirada, and was released from a processing facility in El Paso, Texas, after his wife paid a $5,000 bond, stands in an ankle monitor outside his home in Pomona, Calif., July 30, 2025. (Will Lester/The Orange County Register)
ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 people as it ramps up hiring following the passage of legislation earlier this month giving the agency a massive infusion of cash. Read more here.
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Originally Published: August 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM CDT