Today, port workers, longshore workers, truckers and others at the Port of Chicago, will begin to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program.

By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune Nov. 29--Help is on the way to replace outmoded security at Chicago-area ports, which have remained vulnerable to nuclear or biological weapons attacks in the years since 9/11, officials said Tuesday.