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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is being evasive about what they turned over to ICE. Late share but great story from Alice Yin chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/cit…

Latest about Samantha Steele: Cook County’s Board of Ethics fined the Board of Review Commissioner and aides for a series of breaches this week. By A.D. Quig chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/coo…

every once in a while your flight out of ORD will be delayed just the right amount for u to catch the sunset and make u homesick for chicago before u even take off 💯

Mayor Brandon Johnson is responsible for the next CHA CEO. The search is on and they face a lot of problems. Lizzie Kane with a newsy story on options — former head Gene Jones, Walter Burnett among them — and all the stakes at important neglected agency chicagotribune.com/2025/06/28/bra…

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CHA has claimed publicly that it has a “diverse and inclusive” CEO search committee, with “resident leaders” included. But a Chicago Tribune fact check found that is not true unless you look at the facts upside down chicagotribune.com/2025/06/28/bra…

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inner circle worked with outside lobbyists not registered to lobby on behalf of the city in the Illinois General Assembly, a practice his office defended because their contracts were “pending.” Alice Yin, Jeremy Gorner, A.D. Quig: chicagotribune.com/2025/06/30/may…

Another day, another good story about questionable ethics happenings at Chicago City Hall: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘pending’ Springfield lobbyist team draws ethics questions. By Alice Yin Jeremy Gorner AD Quig chicagotribune.com/2025/06/30/may…

Chicago Housing Authority gives another big payout to terminated executive. The turnover with costly separation agreements and little transparency is “concerning,” per alderman. Lizzie Kane stays on the story chicagotribune.com/2025/06/30/chi…

Today we said goodbye to Ray Long Chicago Tribune. A special reporter. I called him “The Franchise.” We rolled through Madiganistan in 2019 reporting on an alderman’s wild blunder. In 2024 we chronicled corrupt Chicago history. He visited my grandma when she was dying. Great man.

UPDATE: On Monday, after our story on Johnson’s lobbying team was published online, one of the lobbyists we highlighted in the story filed paperwork with the Illinois secretary of state’s office to register the city of Chicago as one of his clients.

how your email after a week of vacation finds me today:

Feels good to be a staff pick at my favorite Chicago bookstore Myopic Bookstore (The City is Up for Grabs is out now in paperback, so there are options.)

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…

The City is Up for Grabs got a little love from my Chicago Tribune in story about Ald. Burnett stepping down (one of my favorite lil anecdotes that speaks to the political culture here)

Craig Dellimore, who just retired as WBBM’s political editor, was honored today with an official submission in the Congressional record recognizing his career and contributions to the people of Illinois. Submitted by Congressman Krishnamoorthi. Craig Dellimore Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

5 top officials are exiting CPS, following former CEO Pedro Martinez’s exit from the district in mid June. Pretty expected for leadership turnover, but this year’s budget is challenging. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/top… W / Kate Armanini