| Good afternoon, Chicago. The cost of an annual Divvy membership will plunge lower than it has in years for new users of Chicago’s bike-share program, the city announced today. The deep discount comes after years of steadily creeping membership costs. When the Divvy program first launched in Chicago in 2013, a membership cost
$75. But the price of a membership reached $119 in 2022 and $130.90 by 2023. The $99 price announced this week brings the cost back down to what a Divvy membership ran members nearly a decade ago in 2016. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news A Chicago police officer investigates a mass shooting where four people were killed and 14
were wounded late Wednesday night in the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue on July 3, 2025. (Peter Tsai/Chicago Tribune) A drive-by mass shooting killed four people and wounded 14 more late last night in River North, Chicago police said, as gunmen appeared to target a group of people on the street outside an album release party for a local drill rapper. More top news stories: business Chris Petlak of “The Morning Mix” radio show on WTMX performs an improvisational song Thursday night at the Copley Theatre in Aurora during a live podcast by the show’s four stars. WTMX-FM morning host Chris Petlak and his wife, real estate agent Amy Rapp, in June paid $975,000 for a new house on the Northwest Side and sold their four-bedroom, 2,150-square-foot house in Logan Square for $800,000. More top business stories: sports Anton Frondell poses for a portrait after being drafted by the Blackhawks with the No. 3 pick June 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) Big-time players are expected to show up in big-time games, and Chicago Blackhawks forward prospect Anton Frondell is the first to admit that he didn’t. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. In this Nov. 1, 2015 file photo, Michael Madsen arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) The actor died from cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California, according to KNBC. He was found unresponsive in the home this morning. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push
President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line, at the Capitol in Washington, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage today, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. More top stories from around the world: | 
