Wow, the amount of painstaking work that must have gone into this reporting is incredible - with powerful results. Congrats to all who worked on this new Injustice Watch project! Alejandra Cancino Maya Dukmasova injusticewatch.org/project/tenant…

The DNC starts today. Here's a good primer from A.D. Quig about what's happening, stories the Chicago Tribune is doing and what's expected tonight, including speakers (Mayor Johnson, President Biden and others). chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/dnc…

When people learn what I do for a living, among the first questions I'm asked is: "Why is Illinois so corrupt?" In the coming weeks and months the Chicago Tribune is going to explore that question and try to offer some answers. A🧵...1/14

Madison Hopkins Joe Mahr with latest on questionable results from Chicago Police cameras.

You know those bubble cameras atop poles across Chicago? The ones that used to be big boxes with🚨 blue lights then got (a bit) more covert? Criminals were supposed to fear them - or be caught by them. But after 2+ decades, 4K+ cams and $$$$ … (1/10) trib.al/XEqZP68

The last time the Tribune collaborated on a story with Madison Hopkins we won a Pulitzer Prize, so I was very glad to be working with her and Illinois Answers Project and Joe Mahr to expose the shortcomings of the Chicago police's surveillance camera network: chicagotribune.com/2024/09/29/chi…

So grateful to Block Club Chicago for publishing our investigation! Injustice Watch offers nonpartisan, fact-checked research on each of the 77 Cook County judges how running for retention ... tinyurl.com/4fkpn9pe

If you live in Chicago, you must support Chicago Sun-Times, because its reporters support you. The stories may be free online, but this nonprofit newsroom needs your help, Jennifer Kho explains: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

For months, we've been investigating how Illinois county jails use restraint chairs. Our 1st story featured a man restrained for days in Franklin County Jail. Now, a watchdog group has found the jail restrained him for 68h and violated state/county rules. illinoisanswers.org/2024/10/15/fra…

I noticed a familiar face in the crowd behind Senator JD Vance at his rally last night in Derry, N.H.: The woman with short hair and a red hooded shirt is Kirstyn A. Niemela of Hudson, N.H., who was convicted for joining the crowd that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.🧵

Thank you to all the journalists covering Election Day! IRE stands with you. We know it’s often a tough job, but your work is the bedrock of a strong democracy.

Today is @jayohday’s birthday. She’d like you to send the data she requested, in the format she requested, by the deadline she requested, along with a tray of loaded nachos and a frozen boozy drink. This is not a difficult wish, so please don’t F it up.

Hi everyone! During the end of Election Week, I learned that Illinois Answers Project Better Government Association was terminating the education beat due to editorial changes. I was laid off immediately. 🧵

“That building will have a memory. The neighborhood will have a memory.” The Tribune showing how it's done: a forceful story about abuse of power