Chicago’s top doc on upping the vaccine booster rate. Why Mayor Lori Lightfoot is sitting on federal COVID relief money. A look at why Cook County Forest Preserves is asking voters for a small tax hike. And Hedy Weiss reviews new productions.

• COVID Booster Rates Remain Low in Chicago, Says Chicago's Top Doc
• Cook County Voters to Weigh Forest Preserves Tax Increase in Upcoming Election
• Reuben Jonathan Miller, Who Studies Long-Term Impacts of Incarceration, Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
• Lightfoot’s Promises to Use Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds to Transform Chicago Falling Short: Data
• Black Women Are 41% More Likely to Die from Breast Cancer Than White Women
• Theater Critic Hedy Weiss on Must-See Plays, Ballet Programs
• After 2-Year Hiatus, 'The Catacombs' Haunted House Prepares to Scare Again