The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana, November 7, 1943

✊🎉WE HAVE A DEAL 🎉✊ We are thrilled to announce we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with @NYtimes, pending ratification by our members. There’s so much to share but here are just a few highlights of the deal:

Joel Meyerowitz, Spinning Christmas Tree, New York City, 1977

My first story in Chicago was about the need and want of special education classroom assistants, aka SECAs, in IEP meetings. Two years later, I now get to write that SECAs are allowed to request themselves for such meetings. NEW @southsideweekly southsideweekly.com/special-educat…

a thought from last night... imagine having all of this happen with CPS and then thinking to yourself, "y'know what, let's cut the ed beat"

Forgot that this guy, who declined to identity himself and wasn’t allowed the in meeting, showed up to the special board meeting last night. His fake coffin says RIP to stuff like “parent voice” and “transparency.” Chicago politics are not for the weak or basic. Lol.

illinois has its own volcano 😌 wsiltv.com/news/illinois/…

this is humiliating

Norovirus cases are surging in parts of the US, CDC data shows apnews.com/article/norovi…

annual NYE post

Several undocumented and migrant parents said their kids have come home from school in recent weeks scared of deportation raids. “They’ll say, ‘Mom, what’s going to happen? What if they catch us and deport us?’” said Willzuly, from Venezuela. chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/mig…

Migrants in Ciudad Juárez who were waiting for their 1 pm CBP1 parole appointments learned 20 minutes ago that the app has shut down & those appointments are no longer valid.

🚨 Any untreated surface such as a sidewalk, driveway, parking lot, roadway, deck, stairway, are a SHEET OF ICE! Beware when you step outdoors! Temperatures will very slowly climb above freezing after sunrise. #ILwx #INwx

Parents throughout the country are becoming increasingly worried about the future of public education, and specifically special education for Black and Brown kids. I spoke to parents about their realities, fears and solutions Capital B capitalbnews.org/trumps-policie…

everyone, extend a hearty congrats to queen A.D. Quig and our Illinois Answers Project colleagues Alex Nitkin cam rodriguez 🔎 for getting an investigative reporting honorable mention w the SABEW! this city is very lucky to have data whizzes like them sniffing around: sabew.org/2025/03/2024-b…

8:02 pm -- Our operations area is getting extra busy now, as the midnight shifts have arrived a few hours early. Operations include 2 warning teams, normal forecast ops, mesoscale analysis, social media, and coordination with emergency managers. #ILwx

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan until 8 PM EDT