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| Good afternoon, Chicago. As nominating petitions began circulating this week for Chicago’s upcoming mayoral election, another local trade union accused Mayor Brandon Johnson of hypocrisy — highlighting the political fractiousness within the city’s powerful labor movement. LiUNA Local 1001 business manager Bob Chianelli accused the Johnson-appointed leaders of the departments of Transportation, William Cheaks, and Aviation, Michael McMurray, of violating the laborers’ contracts and treating them “like indentured servants.” Here’s a look at who’s in the Chicago mayor’s race, and who hasn’t made a decision yet. And 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  The Lollapalooza music festival’s eastern entrance, July 28, 2026, two days before Lollapalooza opens in Chicago’s Grant Park. (Arthur Maiorella/Chicago Tribune) Lollapalooza 2026 weather forecast: Mild temperatures with potential stormsLollapalooza will see a weekend of mild temperatures, with showers and possible thunderstorms rolling in by Friday, forecasters said.
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business  Former gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner speaks after attending a debate at WFLD-Ch. 32, Feb. 24, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Former gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner buys $5.2M Barrington mansion from Motorola Solutions CEOVideo gambling operator and former gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner paid $5.2 million to buy a seven-bedroom, 27,000-square-foot stone country manor-style mansion on 10.2 acres in Barrington from Motorola Solutions chairman and CEO Greg Brown.
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sports  Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III (10) stretches during the first day of training camp at Halas Hall on July 29, 2026, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Chicago Bears training camp report: Luther Burden III a popular Day 1 target — and potential fill-ins at nickelLuther Burden III was a popular target for quarterback Caleb Williams in a short 7-on-7 period, and the brief work in 11-on-11 had an emphasis on screen passes.
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eat. watch. do.  The ensemble in “Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular” at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Danny Kaan) Review: ‘Les Misérables’ becomes ‘The Arena Concert Spectacular’ — and what other musical could?Come September, “Les Misérables,” surely the greatest musical of the latter half of the 20th century, will have been gone from Broadway for a decade.
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nation & world  Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) Anthony Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in GOP-led Senate panel’s COVID-19 hearingDr. Anthony Fauci today repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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