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“He’s nuts. He’s erratic. He’s cruel. He stokes bigotry. He’s incompetent. He doesn’t know what he’s doing,” former Rep. Joe Walsh (
@WalshFreedom
) told ABC’s “This Week.”
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The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Emmett Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated.
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The Lollapalooza lineup is here, and the three-day music fest has covered its genre bases with headliners ranging from Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Karol G to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza and Tomorrow X Together (TXT).
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The Lollapalooza lineup is here, and the three-day music fest has covered its genre bases with headliners ranging from Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Karol G to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza and Tomorrow X Together (TXT).
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Illinois can keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines while court battles play out.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Wednesday that seeks to effectively end homelessness in Illinois by marshaling the resources of multiple agencies into one effort.
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More than two dozen Republicans broke with the president and backed the bill, which passed 257-150.
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A new report shows Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s vast investment portfolio includes a dozen companies that earned billions of dollars in state contracts.
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"Abortion bans don't ban abortion, they just endanger women." Today, Gov. Pritzker signed sweeping protections for abortion in a new law that establishes access to the procedure as a "fundamental right."
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Zoo’s Condom Giveaway Brings Awareness to Endangered Species:
#ChicagoTonight
@lincolnparkzoo
@arupp
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JUST IN: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson committed to reopening the publicly run mental health clinics closed more than a decade ago by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel in an interview with
@HeatherCherone
of WTTW News.
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Birth control will soon be available over the counter in Illinois, thanks to legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Pritzker.
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Meet 15-year-old Chicago cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing, who makes her hometown professional debut next month:
#ChicagoTonight
@chi_sinfonietta
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Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license and a Chicago resident, was born today in 1892.
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Illinois is now the third state to ban the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
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Looks like it's a little chilly outside of the WTTW/WFMT studios...
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"I can’t stop the war, but I can do something,” says
@DemeraChicago
's Tigist Reda about her fundraising efforts on behalf of refugees from the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”
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Ida B. Wells and
@nhannahjones
were awarded a Pulitzer Prize on the same day. Hannah-Jones discusses Wells' legacy as an investigative journalist.
#IdaBWellsWTTW
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was unsparing in her criticism of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for continuing to bus thousands of migrants to Democratic cities such as Chicago and New York.
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The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver want the migrant crisis to be classified as a federal emergency, and say that absent immediate federal assistance, their cities are at the breaking point.
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Just In: Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, announced the district is in the process of expanding paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents.
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Protesters in Illinois blocking major roadways could be charged with a felony if the proposed bill HB 5819 passes in the General Assembly.
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From
@TheBeachBoys
to
@PTXofficial
, meet the musicians performing live from D.C. in A Capitol Fourth tonight:
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Chicago television has a rich and colorful history. But few moments are quite as colorful — or bizarre — as the incident that happened on WTTW airwaves on this day in 1987.
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A very sad update: Our friend and colleague Elizabeth Brackett, a tremendous talent and inspiration, died this evening at Stroger Hospital, surrounded by family.
#ChicagoTonight
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After ending his primary challenge to President Trump on Friday, former U.S. Rep.
@WalshFreedom
says he will now be doing everything he can to help a Democrat – any Democrat – defeat Trump in November.
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Despite warnings by the president of Chicago’s police union that the election of Mayor Brandon Johnson would trigger an “exodus,” the number of Chicago Police officers remained steady during Johnson’s first 100 days in office.
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Lin Brehmer, a stalwart of Chicago rock radio known for his poetic reflections on life and pop culture, has died at 68.
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JUST IN: More than a dozen Chicago Public Schools employees and officials fraudulently obtained federal Paycheck Protection Program loans worth up to $21,000, according to a district watchdog report.
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.
@Ehmee
is making a three-part show about fossils, geology, and more with us. We can't wait!:
@PBS
@FieldMuseum
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49 years ago today, Fred Rogers saved funding for public media through his moving testimony before Congress. Watch it here:
@FredRogersCo
@MyPublicMedia
@CPBmedia
@PBS
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Recent data shows that the murder rate in the U.S. is experiencing one of the largest decreases ever. Yet that good news doesn’t always make the headlines.
Instead, mainstream media is often accused of furthering a narrative about rampant crime.
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Despite racism and lynchings at home, they fought for their country in World War I - discover the forgotten story of Chicago's black regiment:
#ArmisticeDay
#Armistice100
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A Chicago law firm has filed 104 lawsuits against Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration for denying access to documents requested through Freedom of Information Act filings, says
@mvtopic
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In 2022, Chicago taxpayers spent at least $98 million to settle lawsuits alleging police misconduct.
The city’s 2023 budget earmarks $82 million to cover the cost of resolving lawsuits brought against the Chicago Police Department.
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“For the first time in our country’s history we have a sitting American president who is literally refusing to accept the will of the people,” said Joe Walsh.
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In an interview on “Chicago Tonight,” special prosecutor Dan Webb said Kim Foxx’s office “cannot explain” how it came to the decision to dismiss the original disorderly conduct indictment filed against Jussie Smollett.
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Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot violated the city’s ethics ordinance when her campaign sent emails to city employees at their official city emails asking them to contribute to her bid for a second term. She could face up to $60,000 in fines.
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Perfect night to stay in and watch The Interview Show and Check, Please! 7:30 pm.
@davidduchovny
@GoodmanTheatre
@markbazer
@checkpleasefeed
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Lee Phillip Bell, who co-created “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” and hosted her own daytime talk show in Chicago for 33 years, has died. She was 91.
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“It’s also a love letter to the city of Chicago.” On this day in 1986, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" was released. Here's our review of the classic on "Sneak Previews."
#FromtheArchives
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The National Labor Relations Board is asking a judge to order Starbucks to reopen 23 shuttered locations in the U.S. – including the Bryn Mawr Ave. location in Edgewater – claiming they closed the coffee shops as retaliation for employees unionizing.
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Allies of Mayor Johnson blocked a vote on a plan to purchase a vacant Jewel-Osco and parking lot on the Far South Side for $1 and transform it into a shelter for over 3,000 people forced to sleep on the floors of police stations and at O’Hare Airport.
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The Chicago Police Department did not advise the WNBA to limit outdoor events held in conjunction with the league’s all-star game, including a concert by Chance the Rapper, because of concerns about gun violence, a department spokesperson told WTTW News.
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The former Woodlawn home of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, is now in the hands of the nonprofit organization
@BlacksInGreen
.
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“I believe he is the single greatest threat our country has right now,” said former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (
@WalshFreedom
).
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood made its national debut 50 years ago today - watch the beloved children's icon in 1985 on
#ChicagoTonight
.
#MisterRogers50
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Since its introduction in 1976, millions of pizza puffs have been pressed, filled, hand-folded, and packaged for commercial and retail sale in Iltaco Foods’ West Town facility.
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In Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, there is a stretch of small homes with unusually large front yards. They’re called “garlows” – a combination of garage and bungalow. Geoffrey Baer enlists
@6figga_dilla
to explain.
#ChicagoMysteriesWTTW
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An Illinois judge has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s so-called “insurrectionist ban.”
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Want to learn more about Ida B. Wells' life and legacy? Explore the website with stories about her work, digital exclusives, an extended interview with
@nhannahjones
, and more.
#IdaBWellsWTTW
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The Wrigley Building celebrates its 100th anniversary. Geoffrey Baer explores how the Chicago icon transformed Michigan Avenue.
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Right now, climate activists across the country are participating in
#ClimateStrike
. The
@FieldMuseum
's Chief Curiosity Correspondent
@Ehmee
joined us to discuss why they say it's time to act.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson praised President Joe Biden for moving to allow thousands of Venezuelan migrants sent to Chicago from the southern border to work legally, offering them a path out of city-run shelters and police stations.
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As 2020 comes to a close, the events of this unprecedented year have devastated Chicago’s small businesses.
@Iron_Spike
gives us the last word on
#BlackVoicesWTTW
.
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Chicago residents will now be able to keep their food scraps out of area landfills, with the launch of the first-ever citywide composting program, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday.
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"While every American child is taught about the Mayflower, almost no American children are taught about the White Lion," said
#1619Project
organizer
@nhannahjones
.
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The former Woodlawn home of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, is now in the hands of the nonprofit Blacks in Green.
#BlackVoicesWTTW
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“This was our last dance and it was a wonderful waltz.” On this day in 1998, the
@chicagobulls
won their last NBA championship. Revisit their iconic rally inside Grant Park.
#FromtheArchives
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Looking for a new friend?
@ChicagoACC
is beyond capacity. They're holding a free adoption event this Saturday at 2741 S. Western...and it's wedding-themed!
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Lightfoot blasted Dr. Emily Landon, executive medical director for infection prevention and control at the University of Chicago Medical Center, for telling WTTW News and other news organizations that holding Lollapalooza is "a terrible idea."
Mayor Lightfoot said she is not having any "second thoughts" about allowing Lollapalooza to take over Grant Park, despite a continuing uptick in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and confusion over the testing requirement for unvaccinated fans.
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“I believe if executions were public we’d shut down the death penalty tomorrow,” said
@helenprejean
.
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Data collected between April 16 and June 5 showed that 23% of those arrested in Chicago were not offered the opportunity to make a phone call after they were taken into custody by Chicago police at any point.
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"Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross," a new
@ElmhurstArt
exhibit, invites fans of the Marvel universe to admire the photo-realistic work of the artist behind their favorite comic book and graphic novel.
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Tonight: What FBI Raid Could Mean for Chicago’s Most Powerful Alderman
#ChicagoTonight
@renato_mariotti
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In a 12-page investigation report published Monday, Special Prosecutor Dan Webb found that Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her staff made false statements to the public about the case and called the way charges were dismissed a “major failure.”
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The North Kenwood two-flat where blues giant Muddy Waters lived for two decades is one step closer to becoming an official city of Chicago landmark.
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A women’s march in Chicago is planned for Saturday. Tonight: Why organizers say
@womensmarchchi
will be different from others.
#ChicagoTonight
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A vietnam veteran promised a vietnamese boy a watch. 40 years later, he delivered.
#VietnamWarPBS
#VietnamStoriesPBS
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What if plowing snow from sidewalks was the task of city workers?
Well, there is a growing movement to do just that.
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For the first time in eight months, there are no migrants sleeping at Chicago police stations , Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Friday evening.
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The Chicago Loop Alliance wants to close State Street to vehicle traffic for as many as 12 Sundays this summer.
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“We can’t afford to keep carving up communities in a way that isn’t fair to them.”
@chicagosmayor
tells
@paschutz
that she favors an independent citizens’ commission to redraw the city’s ward maps.
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BREAKING: The Associated Press has called the Chicago mayoral election for Brandon Johnson.
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“They come with war ready tactics for some unarmed teenagers,” said Alycia Kamil of
@GKMC18
.
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EXCLUSIVE: WTTW News has obtained the full inspector general report on the city's handling of the the former Crawford Power Plant demolition in 2020 that sent a plume of dust into the surrounding Little Village neighborhood.
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Illinois will become the first state in the country to completely abolish cash bail.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has pushed for the elimination of cash bail, calling it “a monumental milestone toward achieving equal justice.”
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After supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016, former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (
@WalshFreedom
) is now calling for a primary challenger to take him on in 2020. Hear about his change of heart tonight @ 7.
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“I knew what I wanted to do and I set out to do it.” After 45 years, Terri Hemmert is stepping back as a full-time DJ. Watch the Hall of Famer explain why she got into radio and more from
@93XRT
's Belmont studio in 1989.
#FromTheArchives
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Runners, bikers and pedestrians: Keep your eyes peeled for little hatchling turtles that have emerged and are on the move
#ChicagoTonight
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Meet
@JoeFreshgoods
- creator and collaborator, designer and co-owner of
@FatTigerWorks
, a streetwear shop and creative hub on Milwaukee Ave in Chicago:
Boss: The Black Experience in Business: premieres on Tue 8p.
#BossPBS
@ThirteenWNET
@firelightmedia
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Chicago taxpayers paid $91.3M to resolve lawsuits that named 116 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts between 2019 and 2021.
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The scene in the Loop resembled a giant block party. People danced, sang, performed, all while waving a myriad of signs.
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Monty was seen taking off from Montrose Beach at 7:15 a.m. Saturday and was spotted at his winter home near Galveston, Texas, a mere 53 hours later.
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The Shedd Aquarium has shared adorable new photos of its baby penguins, which hatched in May. 🐧
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The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has received back a portion of its ancestral land in Illinois, marking the first federally recognized tribal land in the state.
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A retired CTA chief rail equipment engineer has spent long hours in his basement with a singular focus: preserving and digitizing the films his uncle made of Chicago in the first half of the 20th century.
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On
#Memorial
Day, watch actors from
@GarySinise
& others from
@SteppenwolfThtr
discuss Vietnam with veterans in 1984
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