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Heather Cherone

@heathercherone

Senior reporter @WTTW News.

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The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court shows Daley Thompson is licensed to practice law, having served a 3-year suspension starting in March 2022. He was convicted of 5 counts of income tax fraud and 2 counts of lying to federal agents

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NEW: Comptroller Susana Mendozaโ€™s decision not to seek a 4th term as the stateโ€™s chief fiscal control officer is likely to set off an intense race for a coveted statewide office in 2026 & signals the start of the 2027 mayoral election cycle. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/16/staโ€ฆ

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BREAKING: The City Council voted to amend its ethics law to stop the cityโ€™s top lawyer from intervening in ongoing probes by the inspector general. Only Ald. Jim Gardiner, who the inspector general found violated that law, voted no. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/14/meaโ€ฆ

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BLOCKED: A proposal to allow Chicagoans to build granny flats & coach house dwellings across the city without obtaining special permission from city officials WILL NOT get a vote today, after Alds. Quinn & Mitchell, who oppose it, block its approval. news.wttw.com/2025/07/15/keyโ€ฆ

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FULL STORY: Alds. Marty Quinn and Greg Mitchell used a parliamentary procedure to block a vote on the measure to legalize granny flats & coach houses until the City Councilโ€™s next meeting. news.wttw.com/2025/07/16/votโ€ฆ

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BREAKING: The number of Chicagoans living in shelters or city streets dropped 60% between Jan. 2024 & Jan. 2025, according to the annual survey used by federal officials to track homelessness, but remains at an all-time high for longtime residents. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/17/numโ€ฆ

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The number of longtime Chicagoans who are unhoused grew by 38% between January 2024 & January 2025 -- on top of a 25% increase in homelessness among longtime Chicagoans between January 2023 and January 2024, according to the survey. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/17/numโ€ฆ

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Mary Richardson-Lowry, corporation counsel for the city of Chicago and leader of the cityโ€™s Law Department, told WTTW - Chicago PBS Newsโ€™ โ€œChicago Tonightโ€ that her office didnโ€™t obstruct any IG probes. news.wttw.com/2025/07/17/chiโ€ฆ

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By and large, the Venezuelan men our government disappeared to a Salvadoran prison had been playing by the rules of the countryโ€™s immigration system. Then, the Trump administration changed the rules. W/ Perla Trevizo Mica Rosenberg Jeff Ernsthausen propublica.org/article/venezuโ€ฆ

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โ€œLeading this office is not a sprint or a marathon. It is a relay race, and itโ€™s time to pass the baton.โ€ WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/18/i-vโ€ฆ

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New questions about CPD-ICE, cooperation, more Chicago ethics reforms, billions in federal spending cuts and much more with the great Week in Review panel of South Side Weeklyโ€™s Jim Daley, A.D. Quig @vimiller.bsky.social & Brandon Pope TV โ€” 7p or streaming on WTTW - Chicago PBS

New questions about CPD-ICE, cooperation, more Chicago ethics reforms, billions in federal spending cuts and much more with the great Week in Review panel of <a href="/SouthSideWeekly/">South Side Weekly</a>โ€™s Jim Daley, <a href="/ad_quig/">A.D. Quig</a> <a href="/_ViMiller/">@vimiller.bsky.social</a> &amp; <a href="/BpopeTV/">Brandon Pope TV</a> โ€” 7p or streaming on <a href="/wttw/">WTTW - Chicago PBS</a>
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โ€œThe mayor wants someone whose integrity is above reproach to help bring in a new era of transparent, equitable, and responsive city government that is focused on the needs of working-class and poor Chicagoans,โ€ his office told WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/18/i-vโ€ฆ

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The flashy fugitives: Anosh Ahmed are Sameer Suhail are accused of stealing millions from Loretto Hospital. But they're living abroad in Dubai. Ahmed is starting a podcast & appealing to Trump, and Suhail started a luxe plastic surgery clinic. blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/22/theโ€ฆ

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A plan to legalize video poker & slot machines won't ring up a jackpot, Chicagoโ€™s top financial officials said. But City Council members, facing a likely deficit of nearly $1.2 billion, aren't ready to fold and walk away from the table. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/07/21/citโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ“ˆ New: Since 2019, Chicago's police overtime spending has DOUBLED despite promises to rein it in. Crime dropped 7% in 2024, but overtime costs remained elevated. Are we paying more for better results or is it just poor planning? (w/ Heather Cherone) news.wttw.com/2025/07/22/chiโ€ฆ

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Chicago taxpayers spent approximately $510.9M on employee overtime in 2024, with $273.8M going to Chicago Police Department members for working extra hours, according to records obtained by WTTW - Chicago PBS News, I report with @jaredrutecki news.wttw.com/2025/07/22/chiโ€ฆ

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Since 2019, the annual amount spent by CPD on overtime has nearly doubled, despite routine pledges from police superintendents and mayors to rein in the spending, which occurs without any oversight by the Chicago City Council.

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NEW: The Trump admin made broad statements about the immigrants sent to El Salvador. We reported on them 1-by-1. A huge feat of journalism by tremendous reporters at ProPublica -- Melissa Sanchez, Perla Trevizo and Mica Rosenberg -- and so many others. projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immโ€ฆ