In Chicago, robots are serving up food deliveries, as well as some mishaps • Trucks crashing into and blocking Vollmer Road viaduct is a decades-long, intractable problem
Working Lunch Monday, April 20, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Oil prices climbed more than 5% and Wall Street veered toward losses before the opening bell Monday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz. | | | | | The robots are on trial as the companies operate under a pilot program that expires in May 2027. Chicago’s City Council would need to take action to allow the robots to stay in Chicago after next spring. | | | | | A viaduct crossing Vollmer Road between Kedzie and Western avenue in Flossmoor and Olympia Fields has an 11-feet, 9-inch clearance. | | | | | United Steel Workers Local 12775 and NIPSCO have a tentative agreement, but union officials are cautious that it will end the stalemate between the two. | | | | | Glenview Village Board approved a four-building industrial park, Sanders Corporate Park, on 29 acres. | | | | | La Porte Common Counicl hosted a public hearing Monday night about an annexation to add about 1,000 acres to a Microsoft data center. | | | |
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