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Working Lunch Thursday, July 17, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Travelers giddy about being able to keep their shoes on while walking through TSA checkpoints at the airport again may have something else to look forward to: changes to how
much liquid they can carry. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday during a conference hosted by “The Hill” that she is questioning “everything TSA does” and spoke of possible changes to the amount of liquids travelers can tote in their carry-on baggage. On the housing front, opponents of an ordinance that would legalize “granny flats” and coach houses blocked a vote Wednesday, stalling the legislation backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | Transportation | | | | “That may be the next big announcement is what size your liquids need to be,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. | | | | | Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over critics, but it was not enough. | | | | | The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement is set to expire Oct. 31. If the league and players don’t reach a new deal by then, a work stoppage could begin. | | | | | ComEd had opened the window last week for the grant, which was created to defray rising electric supply charges during air conditioning season. | | | | | Proposed changes include a two-year limit on the federal government’s signature rental assistance programs. | | | | | The turnaround came less than 24 hours after he suggested he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation’s central bank. | | | |
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