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Investigative Reporter @BlockClubChi | @MaynardInst fellow ‘23 | DePaul alumna. Tips? [email protected]
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Joined October 2013
RT @mack_liederman: I witnessed @AsimowNoah bust his pinkie in the Kup Media Softball League. He played the next week. Now he's turned hi….
blockclubchicago.org
Chicago's softball injuries are treated like war wounds, each bent knuckle a reminder of an on-field battle. But who are the surgeons treating those wounds off the field?
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RT @aurabogado: A Chicago woman went to immigration court; she and her infant son were taken by federal agents and turned over to @MVMINC.….
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Valentina Galvis' detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up its deportation campaign.
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RT @BlockClubCHI: Chicagoans could start getting relief after nearly a week of hazardous air conditions, experts said. .
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RT @HeatherCherone: NEW: Nearly a year after Chicago officials turned off the city's gunshot detection system, a new analysis of Chicago cr….
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Police beats that had ShotSpotter sensors saw an approximately 17.8% decrease in violent crime and a 37.5% decrease in homicides during the first six months of 2025, as compared with the first six...
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How the city responded to three different encampments varied from site to site, situation to situation. Feeling like their hands are tied, some alderpeople say they’d like a proactive plan for encampments.
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Alderpeople around Chicago say the city needs a more straightforward, consistent and effective approach to encampments.
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RT @AlexNitkin: Newly beefed-up City Council financial watchdog @ChicagoCOFA quietly dropped its mid-year budget report last week, includin….
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RT @HeatherCherone: NEW: Former Ald. Walter Burnett will collect an annual city taxpayer-funded pension of $120,608 — and could also earn m….
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Burnett represented parts of the West Side and the West Loop for 30 years on the Chicago City Council. He retired July 31.
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RT @SeidelContent: Longtime Chicago civic leader Jay Doherty admitted to a judge Tuesday that he'd done wrong. That's important, the judg….
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Jay Doherty was caught on a wire acknowledging a scheme meant “to keep Mike Madigan happy.”
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RT @BlockClubCHI: Developments in Pullman over the last decade led to $1.5 billion in economic impact and 4,500 local jobs, a study found.….
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RT @BlockClubCHI: New life is coming to a CHA-owned Pullman row house that’s been vacant for 2 decades. https://t.c….
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RT @JaredRutecki: With violent crime and homicides down in Chicago, anti-violence advocates said their work is more important than ever. Ho….
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“We need our government officials,” said JaShawn Hill, executive director of Chicago Survivors. “We need philanthropic communities and people who believe in our mission to step in and to help...
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RT @mack_liederman: Here's what a Grant Park-to-lake connection by Buckingham Fountain could like, per "aspirational" renderings released b….
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RT @SeidelContent: Corrupt ex-Cook County official Patrick Doherty's sentence reduced to time served:
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Doherty is being held in a prison facility in Kentucky, according to prison records. Defense attorney Burt Odelson wrote in a court filing earlier this year that Doherty had “been a model prisoner...
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RT @HeatherCherone: “I think it’s important that we look at, in a very meaningful way, how those individuals with means, particularly our b….
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“It’s on the table,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday at a City Hall news conference. “Everything has to be on the table. Everything has to be on the table.”
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RT @SeidelContent: Former Cook County assessor's official gets probation after helping with feds' lengthy probe. "The culture of his offic….
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Francisco Perez “provided significant evidence of wrongdoing by others,” but no charges were brought against those individuals or law firms “due to certain legal and factual factors” beyond his...
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RT @chicagotribune: Three weeks after launching, the $10 million ComEd customer relief fund has run dry.
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ComEd opened the $10 million relief fund July 7 to help low- to moderate-income customers catch up with rising bills and keep the electricity flowing this summer.
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Weiss Hospital Booted From Medicare Program As Safety-Net Hospital's Problems Persist
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Weiss Hospital will no longer be reimbursed for treatment of Medicare patients after an investigation found the hospital was not complying with federal standards. The decision comes after Weiss' air...
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Why Is It So Expensive To Build Affordable Housing In Chicago?
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One recent West Side development clocked in at $884,000 per unit. While the city says it's working to address red tape that drives up expenses, advocates say more must be done to rein in "crazy"...
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