After putting the street race on hold, could NASCAR end up in Chicago and Joliet next summer? • Chicago Media Report: Bob Stroud signs off at The Drive, iHeart layoffs and another Fox 32 exit
Working Lunch Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Northwestern doctors hope a new study will be a gamechanger when it comes to transplants for people with advanced lung cancer. | | | | | With a successful return to Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet over July Fourth weekend in the rearview mirror, NASCAR is already mapping out its course for next summer. | | | | | The Chicago Media Report covers Bob Stroud signs off at The Drive, Dawn Hasbrouck’s departure from Fox 32 and the new board chair at WTTW and WFMT. | | | | | For a national housing market most experts agree is in flux, greater Chicago is a region defying the odds. | | | | | Some Illinois residents might find themselves running to the bathroom more often than usual this summer, amid higher numbers of cases of cyclosporiasis — an intestinal illness that can cause explosive diarrhea. | | | | | Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nominees for the reconstituted Chicago Transit Authority board include two of the board’s current members, including its chair. | | | | | Chicago employees and elected officials could soon be banned from using insider knowledge to place bets on online prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. | | | | | The billboard in Arlington Heights that teases Chicago Bears games will be able to remain in place for another year, village board members agreed Monday. | | | |