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Hello! It's Nicole Cvetnic, your host of the Daily. Keep reading to find out the most important things happening in Chicago.

  • 🚆 The railway strike has been averted. What does that mean for Chicago?
  • 🚙 Private booters have been authorized to operate citywide.
  • 🏀 A Chicago basketball player is the first high school athlete in Illinois to sign a NIL deal.

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Top 5 stories in Chicago:

1) Chicago basketball player is first high school athlete in Illinois to sign NIL deal. A Butler College Prep basketball player has become the first high school athlete in Illinois to strike a name, image and likeness (NIL) deal. It took months to reach an agreement between Xamiya Walton, 16, and the Illinois High School Association, because she was the first athlete to come to the IHSA seeking approval. The junior point guard already has offers from 21 college basketball coaches. Walton was recently approached by Shoot-A-Way with a formal deal, but it took months to come to an agreement with IHSA to ensure that eligibility rules weren't violated due to current NIL limits. The association is discussing a change to its by-laws that would increase limits for NIL deals, allowing other athletes to benefit from similar opportunities.

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2) Railway strike averted: What it means for the Chicago area. A tentative labor agreement has been reached between freight railroads and rail workers unions, preventing a strike that could have crippled railway traffic across the U.S. and Chicago, and deal another blow to the economy. The unions, which represent 60,000 employees, negotiated for 20 hours before reaching the agreement early yesterday. The tentative agreements will avert a potential strike in advance of tomorrow's deadline. The deal still needs to be ratified by union members. The looming strike led Metra to announce cancellations of trains late Thursday. It's unclear as of early yesterday whether Metra will decide to reboot service for these trains or keep the cancellations in place.

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3) Beginning tomorrow, Chicago will see sunset times before 7 p.m. The return of pumpkin spice lattes may be the unofficial start to fall, but there's no escaping it now: the days are officially getting shorter, and it's getting darker, earlier. Chicago will see its final sunset after 7 p.m. this evening — 7:01 p.m. to be exact. Tomorrow, the sun will set at 6:58 p.m. At this point in the year, the city is losing nearly three minutes of daylight every single day, according to Sunrise-Sunset. The city first crossed that threshold on St. Patrick's Day in March, but after six months of luxuriously long daylight hours, the season's change means that darkness will arrive sooner for the rest of the year.

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4) Private booters authorized to operate citywide in Chicago. Private booters roaming free in more than half of Chicago's 50 wards got the green light yesterday to take their controversial, car-disabling operations citywide. A divided City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection made certain of it, voting 12-6 for an ordinance championed by retiring Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th) at the behest of former colleague Joe Moore, who represented the 49th Ward. Defeated in 2019, Moore now lobbies for Innovative Parking Solutions, the only private booting company operating in Chicago. Moore convinced Reboyras to introduce an ordinance allowing merchants in the city to contract with private companies to patrol private lots and prevent motorists from parking in spaces reserved for customers. Currently, booting on private lots is allowed only if the local alderperson opts in, as roughly half of the 50-member City Council has done.

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5) Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA Finals jersey auction sets record. Once again, "His Airness" is breaking records, and it's not on the court. This time it was at an auction, where a rare piece of Michael Jordan memorabilia rewrote the record books this week. The six-time NBA champion's game-worn 1998 NBA Finals "The Last Dance" jersey was sold by Sotheby's for $10.1 million. According to the auction house, it's the highest ever paid for a basketball jersey, game-worn sports memorabilia, and the most expensive Jordan item ever to be sold at auction. There is no word on who purchased it. Jordan wore the jersey during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Jazz at what was then called the Delta Center on June 3, 1998. The six-time Finals MVP finished with 33 points, but the Bulls lost to Utah 88-85.

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Today in Chicago:

  • Yoga for Adults at West Lawn Branch Library. (9:30 a.m.)
  • Grand Opening: "RESILIENCE" Photo Exhibit at National Hellenic Museum. (10 a.m.)
  • Riot Fest at Douglass Park. (11 a.m.)
  • Norwood Park Fall Fest. (5 p.m.)
  • Sangria Festival Pop Up at Joe's Bar On Weed St. (5 p.m.)
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Presents "The Lion King" and "Cats" at Lincoln Park Zoo. (6 p.m.)
  • Septemberfest: Fall for Chicago Edition at Eataly. (6:30 p.m.)
  • Kurtis Conner at The Chicago Theatre. (7 p.m.)
  • Kid Cudi at United Center. (7 p.m.)
  • 10Q Angeline Quinto & Budakhel at Copernicus Center. (7 p.m.)
  • Dom Dolla at Radius. (10 p.m.)
  • A-Trak at Joy District. (10 p.m.)
  • The Get Up Kids with Sparta at Chop Shop. (10 p.m.)

Saturday:

  • BACP Small Business Expo at Truman College, McKeon Building. (10 a.m.)
  • Sam Adams Lakeview Taco Fest on Southport. (11 a.m.)
  • Riot Fest at Douglass Park. (11 a.m.)
  • Norwood Park Fall Fest. (Noon)

Sunday:

  • Sam Adams Lakeview Taco Fest on Southport. (11 a.m.)
  • The Children's Book Fair of Hyde Park in Nichols Park. (11 a.m.)
  • Riot Fest at Douglass Park. (11 a.m.)

Social Chatter:

  • Hispanic Heritage Month - White Sox: "Today marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month! We begin the celebration with an illustration that highlights a few of the many Hispanic White Sox players. Stay tuned as we continue celebrating throughout the coming weeks." (Chicago White Sox via Instagram)
  • Hispanic Heritage Month - Bears: "This Latino Heritage Month, we are proud to celebrate the rich histories, cultures and contributions of the Latino community, especially those within our Chicago community." (Chicago Bears via Facebook)
  • Mexican independence: "On this day in 1810, Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla voiced a battle cry for Mexican independence. Hidalgo gathered and armed people at his church in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and called for the beginning of the War of Independence against the Spanish Empire in the early morning hours. Although Hidalgo was captured and executed soon after, Mexican presidents continue to reenact his cry for independence as a sign of patriotic remembrance. Here is a print from the Permanent Collection showing Hidalgo at the famous scene." (National Museum of Mexican Art via Facebook)
  • New CPD officers: "Over 45 new CPD officers will hit the streets of Chicago after receiving their police badge at this morning's star ceremony. #CPDMediaCar" (Chicago Police Department via Facebook)
  • CTA efficiency: "A software engineer studying train intervals at the California Blue Line station said the CTA is only providing 35-50 percent of the service it promises there on weekends." (Block Club Chicago via Facebook)
  • Photo contest: "📸 📸 We're extending the deadline! Enter our Instagram contest. 📸 📸⁠ ⁠ Because hot dogs and deep dish shouldn't get *all* the attention. Enter our Instagram photo contest by posting your best photo of a sandwich." (Chicago magazine via Instagram)
  • The Briny Swine: "The Briny Swine will feature smoked meats and a big selection of South Carolina oysters and shrimp." (Eater Chicago via Facebook)

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— Nicole Cvetnic

About me: I'm a Midwesterner and very happy to call Chicagoland home. I love the outdoors—especially hiking, performing arts, photography, good food, travel and gardening. You can often find me reading to my two-year-old daughter, watching a tv series with my husband or cuddling with our special needs dog.

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