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This neighbor separately confirmed to the Tribune that the campaign signs belonged to him, not to the alleged shooter. As always, caution is key in breaking news situations. That's true for us as reporters and also for news consumers sharing info on socials.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief operating officer, John Roberson, is leaving the administration, ending weeks of speculation — and pushback — over his potential appointment to lead the CTA. chicagotribune.com/2025/06/09/may…

📢 DREAM JOB ALERT: @blockclubchi is hiring an Investigative Editor to help lead our award-winning investigative team, The Watch. Deadline: 6/27 Learn how to apply here: blockclubchicago.org/were-hiring-in…

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🚨BREAKING: The first confirmed casualty of Israel’s strikes on Tehran is a child. Footage shows the aftermath of the attack

It shouldn’t be shocking, but the lack of any expressed concern whatsoever for Muslims in this statement is shocking

NEW: Chicago has a growing number of tiny schools in huge, aging buildings. It’s a complex, radioactive issue in a city that carried out the largest mass school closures. ProPublica's Jennifer Smith Richards & I dug into the cost to students & the district. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

Crime against humanity, broadcast live

After a long six years, I'm moving off the Sun-Times education beat. I'm so grateful to all the kids, parents, advocates and officials who have trusted me with their stories. It's been both heartbreaking and heartwarming. I'm proud of my work covering Chicago's schools.

One of the unmasked men cuffing Brad Lander (and later going into the elevator with him) is wearing a black tshirt that on the back reads "Si vis pacem para bellum" over a skull design. Translation: "If you want peace, prepare for war."

BREAKING: Ex-Loretto Hospital exec Anosh Ahmed stole $300 million from the gov't through COVID-19 testing schemes, prosecutors say. He & others who worked with him on the "scheme" tried to get $900 million, feds say. blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/17/ex-…

WE'RE HIRING 📢 Block Club Chicago is looking for an experienced, passionate Investigative Editor to help lead our investigative team, The Watch. Deadline: 6/27 Learn how to apply here: blockclubchi.co/4e1XWSF

IL congressional representatives are denied entry inside the Broadview holding facility after two hours of knocking on their door. The group aimed to conduct an unannounced to check on the conditions of the detainees held there.  A masked agent spoke through the gates.

A former Chicago cop fired for discussing sex with a minor and banned from city employment somehow ended up working security at Lane Tech. How? He submitted dozens of applications with different work experience until he was hired, records show. My latest: news.wttw.com/2025/06/18/how…

We’ve got Pope Bob joining Sox chants now (h/t jacobusch.clan • TikTok)

ICE took her mother in Chicago. Now a 6-year-old is left without a guardian or a legal path to reunite in Honduras. A story about the children left behind by deportations—and the lack of infrastructure to care for them in the U.S or for reunification. chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/ice…

NEW: We obtained records that show Houston police have called ICE nearly 60 times this year, including on a woman who was reporting domestic violence by her ex-husband. Latest w Matt Willoughby-deGrood houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Gov. JB Pritzker to announce campaign for third term Thursday: sources chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-gover…

.@offcolorbrewing is now home to the one barrel widely credited with launching the U.S. sour beer movement in the early 2000s. For Block Club Chicago, I report on how the "beer famous" pH1 barrel got here and have the scoop on what John Laffler🐊 just put in it. blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/25/the…

Hospitals, pharma, doctors, medical devices, health insurers, PBMs — the entire health care industry has crushed working households through higher prices and out-of-pocket spending, to the point that health care is a bigger expense than a mortgage. x.com/lydiadepillis/…