Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday January 20, 2016. Happy Hump Day, everyone. 
  • Navy Pier is still closed while they install the new Ferris wheel

     The pier is shuttered for the second day in a row, while crews install more than 330,000 pounds of steel for the new Ferris wheel. The wheel, which will be 50 feet higher than the old one, arrived from Europe in pieces last week. [WGN]