Scared Bootecki (but really Jared Rutecki) 🎃

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. You may have the right to get a denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here’s how experts suggest you do it.

NEW: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.

Tune in ... now to see @brandisfriedman.bsky.social interview @mayorofchicago.bsky.social 🌟LIVE🌟 on @wttw.bsky.social

The lawsuit filed today by Illinois & Chicago accuses Trump and members of his administration of ordering troops to Chicago as part of a campaign that dates back to 2013 to denigrate Chicago, home to former President Barack Obama, a longtime political rival of the president.

BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge April Perry declines to immediately issue a temporary restraining order to block the National Guard deployment, but schedules a hearing for Thursday, Gov. Pritzker announces. @wttw.bsky.social

It’s Pumpkin Spice Season. These Chicago-Area Coffee Shops Are Serving Up Fall Favorites While it may not feel like fall yet, pumpkin spice season has arrived. Get your fall-themed beverage fix at these local businesses.

For those hoping to make their Pumpkin Spice Latte season a little more local ☕ 🎃 ...

Broadview Mayor Aims to Limit Protest Hours Outside Suburban ICE Facility Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson has signed an executive order setting fixed protest hours outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s suburban processing facility.

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson has signed an executive order that aims to set fixed protest hours outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s suburban processing facility.

https://to.wttw.com/47dmlmw

Chicago's Top Cop Refutes Claims His Officers Didn't Respond to Calls for Service From Federal Agents Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling rejected claims his officers failed to respond to a pair of incidents involving federal agents in the city over the weekend, saying more than two dozen off...

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling rejected claims his officers didn't respond to a pair of incidents involving federal agents in the city over the weekend, saying more than two dozen officers were affected by chemical gas deployed by the agents. https://to.wttw.com/3VPkJJp

Kennedy Express Lanes Resume Normal Operations, With Construction on Pace to Finish Before Thanksgiving: IDOT The return of normal express lanes operations comes as all Kennedy outbound local lanes open, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Sunday. Work continues on several outbound ramps throu...

The reversible express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway resumed normal operations, offering some relief to inbound morning rush hour commuters after months of the express lanes remaining in the outbound direction during construction work.

Looking for Peak Fall Foliage in and Around Chicago? These Fall Color Reports Won’t Leave You Hanging There are a number of local fall forecast resources that will point you in the direction of peak color.

Looking for a little psychological boost? There are a number of local fall forecast resources that will point you in the direction of peak color.

NEW: 27 Chicago police officers were exposed to tear gas fired by federal agents during a confrontation with residents on Saturday in Brighton Park, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said. @wttw.bsky.social

Key Panel Rejects Scaled-Back Effort to Have City Crews Clear Sidewalks of Snow and Ice Even though Chicago’s 2025 budget included $500,000 for the program, the effort will not move forward after the City Council’s Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee, meeting in a joint session with ...

A scaled-back effort to test the ability of city crews to clear not just Chicago’s roads but also its sidewalks of snow and ice during winter storms was rejected by a joint session of two City Council committees.

Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson Ask Judge to Block Trump From Deploying 400 Texas National Guard Troops to Chicago The lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago officials calls the looming deployment of both Texas and Illinois National Guard troops a politically motivated and unconstitutional federal overreach.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked a federal judge Monday morning to block President Donald Trump from deploying 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.

https://to.wttw.com/4nALzAW

Chicago Journalists, Protesters Suing Trump Administration Over Alleged First Amendment Violations at Broadview ICE Facility The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media groups filed the suit alongside protesters in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights hav...

Chicago-area journalists and protesters are suing the Trump administration, claiming ICE agents have engaged in a “pattern of extreme brutality” they say is a “concerted and ongoing effort to silence the press and civilians” outside the agency’s Broadview processing facility.

“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor.”

Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson Ask Judge to Block Trump From Deploying 400 Texas National Guard Troops to Chicago The lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago officials calls the looming deployment of both Texas and Illinois National Guard troops a politically motivated and unconstitutional federal overreach.

BREAKING: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked a federal judge Monday morning to block President Donald Trump from deploying 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. @wttw.bsky.social

2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...

Federal prosecutors charged two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, with ramming a vehicle driven by an U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Brighton Park, sparking a heated confrontation between residents and federal agents.

Trump to Send 300 National Guard Troops to Chicago Despite Objections: Pritzker Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said military officials called Saturday morning and “gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor s...

President Donald Trump will send 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker said, adding that he refused an order from military officials to use his authority to deploy the guard. news.wttw.com/2025/10/04/t...

Week in Review: Federal Agents Patrol Downtown; Chicago Bears Seek Public Funding Another week of aggressive immigration raids — including patrols on peaceful downtown streets. And the Trump administration wants to pause $2.1 billion in infrastructure funding for Chicago.

Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: Federal Agents Patrol Downtown; Chicago Bears Seek Public Funding, with @elviamalagon.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social @chipmitchell1.bsky.social @beckyvevea.bsky.social & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Handcuffed by Federal Agents While Asking About Patient’s ICE Warrant at Hospital Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was detained by federal agents inside Humboldt Park Health, as tensions continue to rise between local residents and officials and immigration agents conducting enforcement...

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was handcuffed and briefly detained by federal agents inside a hospital on Friday while asking about a patient's ICE arrest warrant.

Fuentes said “We have constitutional rights,” as the agent repeatedly states “No.”

https://to.wttw.com/3Kvoilz

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Handcuffed by Federal Agents While Asking About Patient’s ICE Warrant at Hospital Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was detained by federal agents inside Humboldt Park Health, as tensions continue to rise between local residents and officials and immigration agents conducting enforcement...

Ald. Jessie Fuentes: “We have constitutional rights.”
Unidentified federal agent, whose badge is not visible: "No." @wttw.bsky.social

TONIGHT – Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders uncovers one of the nation’s most notorious unsolved crimes. Watch the show tonight, Oct. 3, at 8:00 pm on WTTW or streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagostories #ChicagoStoriesWTTW

Transit Budget Gap Down to $200M, RTA Says; Advocates Aim to Keep Up Pressure for Reform, Funding The announcement comes just a week and a half before lawmakers are set to return to Springfield for the fall veto session, during which numerous legislators say transit will be a main priority.

Regional Transportation Authority officials say the fiscal cliff facing CTA, Metra and Pace has fallen to $200 million — but warned that without swift action from lawmakers, service cuts and layoffs will still hit in 2026 and dramatically worsen in 2027. https://to.wttw.com/46H21Za

Latino Pharmacist Bridging Cultural, Language Gaps on Chicago’s Northwest Side “I love giving back, and the thing is, us pharmacists, we’re the most accessible health care provider in the community,” pharmacist Freddy Gomez said.

Freddy Gomez, 26, is a first-generation Mexican American who works as a Walgreens pharmacy manager on the Northwest Side.

Gomez hopes to inspire other young Latinos to pursue careers as pharmacists. news.wttw.com/2025/10/02/l...

Approval of New Chicago Fire Stadium at The 78 Has Some Community Members Concerned The stadium is set to hold 22,000 fans and is expected to break ground in early 2026 with hopes of it being ready in time for the 2028 season.

Related Midwest and the Fire still need to agree with the city on how much money will come from taxpayers. Although stadium construction will be financed by Mansueto, tax-increment financing, or TIF, funds will still need to be allocated. news.wttw.com/2025/10/02/a...

Approval of New Chicago Fire Stadium at The 78 Has Some Community Members Concerned The stadium is set to hold 22,000 fans and is expected to break ground in early 2026 with hopes of it being ready in time for the 2028 season.

Related Midwest and the Fire still need to agree with the city on how much money will come from taxpayers. Although stadium construction will be financed by Mansueto, tax-increment financing, or TIF, funds will still need to be allocated. news.wttw.com/2025/10/02/a...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Agrees to Pay $30K for Firing Whistleblowers, Misusing City Resources Conyears-Ervin, who is running to represent Illinois’ 7th Congressional District, had been fined a total of $70,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics in two separate probes.

Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin will pay a $30,000 fine to resolve charges brought by the Chicago Board of Ethics alleging she violated the city’s government ethics ordinance by firing whistleblowers and improperly using city resources. (via @heathercherone.bsky.social)

Cubs win! Cubs win!

Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Agrees to Pay $30K for Firing Whistleblowers, Misusing City Resources Conyears-Ervin, who is running to represent Illinois’ 7th Congressional District, had been fined a total of $70,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics in two separate probes.

Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin will pay a $30,000 fine to resolve charges brought by the Chicago Board of Ethics alleging she violated the city’s government ethics ordinance by firing whistleblowers and improperly using city resources.

https://to.wttw.com/3ITHkRY

One of the most infamous crimes in American history: Seven Chicagoans suddenly died after taking Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. A new episode Chicago Stories airs Friday, October 3 on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagostories. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW