Members of the Chicago Teachers Union have “tentatively” ratified a new contract agreement with the Chicago Public Schools.

In a series of tweets posted around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, the union announced that its leaders “can confidently report a ‘yes’ vote” to accept the agreement that has already been overwhelmingly endorsed by union leaders and delegates.

“Congratulations to all of our members, and thank you for remaining unit

Most parking rates at the city’s two major airports would rise next year under Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s 2017 budget proposal.

The increases were contained in a pair of ordinances the mayor introduced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The money from the parking fee increases will pay for airport operations and upgrades. The city also taxes airport parking, and the higher fees mean the city will get more money from that tax as well. That extra cash will help cover day-to-day city operational costs.

At Midway Airport, maximum hourly parking rates would increase to $50 per day from the current $46.75; daily rates to $32 from $24.75; and overflow parking to $11.50 from $5.50. Long-term, economy and valet rates would remain the same.

As the street sweepers make their way down Sheffield and the bright sunshine beams on Wrigley Field, the chalk messages on the old brick walls grow. What started as a simple message on the Sheffield wall now stretches a whole city block and around on the Waveland wall as the Cubs continue the World Series against the Indians.

“Let’s write something for Grandma, what should we write?” said Jennifer Pappas, who’s in town with her family from Minnesota.

“We wrote our names on Wrigley just to be part of history. We are so happy to see them win the pennant and we just want to see them finally win it all for my Grandma, especially. She’s the biggest Cubs fan on the planet,” said Tom Pappas.

A move by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to allow for the rehearing of as many as 1.5 million improperly issued automated red light and speeding tickets faces a new court challenge filed Tuesday.

Attorney Jacie Zolna filed a 72-page lawsuit challenging an ordinance passed in September that allowed the city to send new notices to motorists for red light tickets issued between 2010 and 2015, giving them a chance to contest the tickets in court.

But Zolna said the ordinance was just an attempt to get around the illegality of the tickets, after a judge in another lawsuit he filed determined the city failed to follow proper procedures and had essentially tossed the tickets out.