Good morning, Chicago. A trove of evidence was released yesterday in the controversial shooting of Marimar Martínez by an immigration agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz, including body-worn camera footage showing the tense moments just before their vehicles collided and an email sent lat er that day by Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praising the agent’s conduct. The evidence, obtained by the Tribune through an open records request after a judge agreed to lift a protective order, also included an email to Exum from Bovino, the now-demoted public face of the Trump administration’s ongoing deportation push, praising the agent on the afternoon of the shooting. See the footage and read the full story from the Tribune’s Jason Meisner, Caroline Kubzansky and Gregory Royal Pratt. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including what a billionaire is donating to Northwestern for heart care, Brad Biggs’ weekly Bears mailbag and a look at the city symbol few Chicagoans know about. Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles Games | Today in History Gov. JB Pritzker pays his respects after leaving flowers at a memorial Jan. 28, 2026, for Alex Pretti outside the Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chicago. Pretti, an ICU nurse, was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Gov. JB Pritzker urges Democratic governors to confront Trump, seek accountability for immigration actions Gov. JB Pritzker said yesterday he is asking fellow Democratic governors to convene and discuss ways to hold President Donald Trump and his administration accountable in the courts for their aggressive immigration enforcement actions — even if that accountability comes after the president is scheduled to leave office in 2029. Rob Karr, of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, attends a meeting in Springfield in 2017. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune) Federal judge keeps in place key parts of Illinois’ landmark law banning some credit card swipe fees In a decision that banks and credit unions have already said they will appeal, a federal judge ruled key provisions of Illinois’ first-in-the-nation law banning certain credit card fees can go into effect. Passed in 2024 and set to take effect this July, the law bans certain so-called swipe fees on the tax and tip portions of customers’ bills, with a goal of lowering the amount that credit card companies can charge retailers. Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at the Choose Chicago gathering at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Feb. 10, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Mayor Brandon Johnson says he won’t have say in charging ICE agents after prosecutor pushback Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will not refer alleged cases of misconduct by federal immigration agents to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, following criticism by the top prosecutor that his “ICE on notice” executive order would politicize investigations. Union warns janitor layoffs to hit Chicago police and fire stations, other city buildings Dr. Jonathan D. Rich checks on patient Cheryl Andrews while she recovers Feb. 10, 2026, two weeks after her heart transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Billionaire Neil Bluhm donating another $50 million to Northwestern for heart care Casino magnate Neil Bluhm and his family’s foundation are donating another $50 million to Northwestern Medicine to further expand and support cardiac care. The money will go toward a Northwestern cardiovascular institute that already bears Bluhm’s name: the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. Pam cooking sprays on a shelf at a grocery store in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio, March 24, 2010. (Amy Sancetta/AP) Conagra ordered to pay $25 million in lawsuit alleging Pam cooking spray caused lung disease A jury awarded a Los Angeles man $25 million in a lawsuit against Chicago-based Conagra alleging its butter-flavored Pam cooking spray caused a rare chronic lung disease that will require a double lung transplant. Amy Lavalley / Post-TribuneA sign sits at Indiana 249 and Ameriplex Drive in Portage for Sport Resort in 2018. The city is pitching the land for a potential site for the Chicago Bears new stadium. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune) Portage proposes Chicago Bears stadium on city land The city of Portage is throwing a hail Mary pass at a privately funded Bears stadium built on city-owned land, city officials said. Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has proposed to build a stadium on 300 acres of city-owned land on the north side of the city. City officials are calling the proposal “Halas Harbor,” a nod to the Bears’ Halas Hall headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois. Bears quarterback Caleb Williams looks to hand the ball off in overtime of the NFC divisional playoff game against the Rams on Jan. 18, 2026, at Soldier Field. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Chicago Bears QA: Should Ryan Poles show urgency with Caleb Williams on his rookie contract? The 2025 NFL season is now in the books after the Seattle Seahawks’ resounding Super Bowl victory. Up next: the scouting combine later this month in Indianapolis, followed closely by the start of free agency in March. As the Bears look to build on a division championship season, how aggressive should they — or can they — be with their offseason moves? Brad Biggs’ weekly Bears mailbag begins there. United States' Abbey Murphy makes an attempt to score during a preliminary round match of women's ice hockey between USA and Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Evergreen Park’s Abbey Murphy has 3 assists as US hockey team dominates in a 5-0 win over Canada Hannah Bilka scored twice, and the United States’ youth and speed overwhelmed a Canadian women’s hockey team missing its captain in a 5-0 win at the Milan Cortina Games. The lopsided victory clinched first place for the U.S. in Group A entering the quarterfinals and continued confirming why the Americans entered the tournament as favorites. Team USA swept all four preliminary-round games by a combined score of 20-1, and brought back memories of how a Canadian team in its prime rolled to winning gold at the 2022 Beijing Games. Ilia Malinin leads in Olympic men’s figure skating after a near-perfect short program Meet the medalists from the United States Raoul Adwan at his coffee shop, Thrd Coffee, in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago on Feb. 5, 2026. He and his employees chose to stay open on January 30th and donate 20% of their proceeds to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) For immigrant-owned cafes and restaurants in Chicago, solidarity against ICE is not one-size-fits-all Hundreds of businesses in Chicago, notably in immigrant neighborhoods, are still trying to recover from a downturn in sales after being hit from all sides by intense immigration enforcement activity that swept the city in recent months. As many brace for another such storm, the burden of balancing activism and survival has gotten heavier. Maryanne Colter talks with fellow participants of a workshop about family and politics with the Chicago chapter of Braver Angels, an organization aimed at building trust and understanding across political differences, at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Feb. 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) WTTW’s new season of ‘Firsthand’ hopes to show that democracy is ‘a participatory sport’ “Firsthand: Democracy” features five people filmed over the course of last summer and fall, including Isabel Aquilar, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Mexico who volunteers as a tutor for immigrants; Maryanne Colter, who teaches people how to tone down toxic partisanship; Julee Mortensen, a 72-year-old suburban grandmother who organizes and participates in protests; Miten Patel, an Evanston Township High School teacher and British-born Indian immigrant who encourages his students to engage with the political process; and Camille Williams, whose mother was murdered when she was 6 years old, and who works to ensure those impacted by the legal system know their rights, including the formerly incarcerated. Joffrey Ballet students rehearse in a studio adjacent to the Chicago Theatre and its marquee on North State Street on Dec. 2, 2022, in Chicago. The marquee uses the Chicago Municipal Device. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) The Chicago Municipal Device is the city symbol few Chicagoans know about For all its ills, social media can also be an entry point for anyone interested in Chicago history and the city’s varied eccentricities. This became apparent when the writer and photographer Cristen Brown recently posted a pair of cufflinks featuring what most might assume is the letter “Y” in a circle. But for Chicagoans with a deeper awareness, the symbol is recognizable as something else: The Chicago Municipal Device, a graphic design that can be found dotted around the city, from building facades to lampposts to the occasional manhole cover. ...read more read less