My story: Rahm Emanuel won't rule out another run for Chicago mayor, but says city and Democratic Party need work chicagotribune.com/2025/03/03/rah…

“At some point, the party is just about people who like to party.” My piece on a new oral history about Chicago’s biggest daycare center, ⁦Lollapalooza⁩ chicagotribune.com/2025/03/18/his…

From Kori Rumore Finley and Marianne Mather Morgan for Vintage Chicago Tribune: Our favorite animals who became celebrities in the city. 🥹 chicagotribune.com/2025/03/20/vin…

In the current wild west era of college sports, Illinois shrugs off a state law requiring its athletes to report their NIL deals. Story w/ Jodi Cohen of ProPublica chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/ill…

Two women attacked a server at a Pilsen restaurant. The community wants justice. It’s a pretty disturbing incident detailed here by Laura N. Rodríguez Presa chicagotribune.com/2025/04/12/pil…

For decades, an Elgin cold case grew colder. Then two detectives started a podcast.⁦Andrew Carter⁩ chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/elg…

Take some time with this excellent story and powerful photos following a man exonerated after 42 years: The extraordinary journey of Jimmy Soto, by Madeline Buckley and Vincent Alban. Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/jim…

Well, would you look at that... Congratulations to Chicago's own Pope Leo XIV

"...the faithful will now be led by a somehow relatable local boy who grew up in the south suburbs, cheers for the White Sox and hits up Aurelio’s pizza when he comes back home." (A rarely seen octuple-byline w/5 contributing) chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/rob…

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper

Public transit funding and pension reform, budget and Bears stadium are big issues in final week of legislative session ⁦Jeremy Gorner⁩ chicagotribune.com/2025/05/26/pub…

The Tribune’s Christy Gutowski and Coen Swijnenberg spent months researching Hastert’s past and found Individual A, whom Hastert had agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money, living in Florida. The link to that story is broken but this interview explains it all: news.wttw.com/2016/04/11/rep…

Gov. JB Pritzker running for a third term in 2026, but remains mum about presidential bid chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/pri… Rick Pearson

HUD accused Chicago aldermen of discrimination. Lizzie Kane w scoop about negotiations in limbo as Mayor Johnson’s administration has been slow to finalize response to settlement. With feds now potentially toothless, unclear how things will play out. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/ald…

Several disillusioned families pulled children out of The Language and Music School in Oak Park in recent years. They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Jonathan Bullington chicagotribune.com/2025/08/17/lan…

Our latest story is about a gap in state law, a for-profit private school in Oak Park hosted in a mansion whose founders have appeared on a “disrupt education” podcast and whose co-owner has said he wants to “revolutionize education.” There’s a lot here: chicagotribune.com/2025/08/17/lan…

Column: The Tribune's film critic Michael Phillips says so long for now chicagotribune.com/2025/08/20/tri…

Chicago police work the scene where a 27-year-old man was shot in the arm on the 4800 block of North Simmons Drive near Montrose Beach on Labor Day Monday in Chicago.

For much of his life, death seemed to follow Steve Mandell. An informant executed in his car. Mandell’s father hogtied in a trunk. A trucker who went to meet Mandell and never came back “He spoke about death like most people would speak about the weather” chicagotribune.com/2025/09/20/out…

Illinois superintendent salaries often don't reflect the district's size, wealth or student performance. See the data obtained and analyzed by Hope Moses chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/ill…