The @ChicagoElection board says to expect updated vote counts, with mail-in ballots from yesterday, tomorrow. "The vast majority of outstanding VBM ballots come back on Election Day, today, and tomorrow," a board spox says, so results "will be much clearer by this weekend."

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's so-called 'mansion tax' failed mostly due to voters on the Near North Side lakefront and far NW and SW Sides. Good map and precinct-by-precinct breakdown here from the @Suntimes/@WBEZ data visualization aces https://t.co/a5IL19EtGg

The IL attorney oversight agency says Ed Burke's law license should be suspended. Burke's atty says he's ready to retire. But when it came time to act, at least 4 of Illinois' 7 supreme court justices recused. @Suntimes/@WBEZ report with @davemckinney:

I'm serious when I say I'll never be over this. #Oscars2024

Someone said Chicago weather is like the winning Powerball numbers and they ain't never lied. This last 4 days was like 75 29 15 46 33 ......... 4

Chicago Mayor Johnson appoints an official who oversaw the 2020 Little Village implosion debacle to keep buildings safe.

Ominous email sent to WAMU staff this afternoon about a “new strategic framework” to be announced Friday morning. Their offices will be closed to have the "time and space" to have these convos-- WAMU won't publish anything online, and they're automating starting 8pm.

There’s a Jan. 6-themed pinball machine at CPAC

“TV is too woke now!” Sir, we grew up with a television show where a racially diverse group of kids summon a man with green hair to fight climate change

Midwest tribal leaders are challenging a pipeline that pumps a million gallons of oil daily beneath a gap between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. by @__juanpab

Stock price for SoundThinking (the rebranded company name for ShotSpotter) dropped after news broke that Johnson would only extend Chicago’s contract until September. ShotSpotter’s stock also dropped after Johnson was elected last spring

Omg. Usher.

“The governor will be much more prominent in this convention than we've seen in Democratic conventions in recent history in Chicago,” said @davidaxelrod My latest for @CrainsChicago on the stakes for JB at Chicago’s DNC

HostCon has an upcoming virtual session on March 1 with David Greene. We're focused on the upcoming election. Find all the details here:

this trend is breaking me

Without work permits, migrants earn money in the underground economy by cooking lunches, washing windows and selling candy on the street. by @AdrianaCardMag

I finally watched this last night and I was SO delighted by the weirdness. Like… I need to watch it again right away.

This story is the final push I needed to eat here.

JUST IN: A full ground stop was ordered at O’Hare International Airport due to snow and ice. https://t.co/40T8cngsNL

And then I fall in love with Jennifer Lawrence just a little bit more.