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A Logan Square woman now faces more than a dozen felony charges — including murder — in connection with a Fourth of July stabbing and fire that left one of her children dead and two others injured, authorities announced Sunday. trib.al/5gHeM4e

Christian Mitchell’s agenda as a legislator meshed closely with Gov. JB Pritzker’s initiatives during the governor’s two terms. trib.al/FKupAZx

first in Chicago Tribune: state Sen. Mike Simmons is launching his campaign for IL-9 today. He joins state Rep. Hoan Huynh, who filed a few days ago, and a widening field of Democrats to replace Rep. Schakowsky chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/com…

Audit finds state agency fell short on social equity initiatives outlined in Gov. JB Pritzker's landmark climate bill ⁦Olivia Olander⁩ chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/aud…

Audit finds state agency fell short on social equity initiatives outlined in Gov. JB Pritzker’s landmark climate bill trib.al/ko3kQdT

More than 700 people died during the 1995 heat wave in Chicago. But many have been forgotten. Read the story by chris borrelli at this gift link: chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/the…

From Jake Sheridan: Gambling machines in Chicago bars, airports? Aldermen weigh revenue potential chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/gam…

Gov. Pritzker, asked by Olivia Olander whether he'll call state lawmakers back to Springfield this summer, says "at the moment, I don't see any reason why we would have a special session. Having said that... every day is different. We may have to deal with something sooner."

Today, Chicago Tribune laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.

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We at Chicago Tribune Guild are devastated today by the company's unexplained, unnecessary, disrespectful and stupid decision to lay off five guild colleagues. The only reason is greed. These brilliant people deserve so much better than better. Chicago deserves better too.

If you're an editor who is hiring, I want you to take a look at the work Lizzie has produced in the last two weeks alone. There is no one in this town, probably even this country, who can do what she does and I am absolutely crushed at this news Please make our loss your gain

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Our hedge fund owners & management just laid off close to 10% of the the Chicago Tribune newsroom for no clear reason, in essentially the same breath as they offered $88 million to bring the show to Dallas 🙃

Four months after landing a dream job covering the Bears in my home city, the Chicago Tribune informed me yesterday that my position has been cut. I’m proud of the work I did and grateful to everyone who helped me along the way.

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some top stories to start your day: - Gov. JB Pritzker signs two more gun control measures - Parking space minimums eliminated in much of Chicago - Ryne Sandberg, Cubs Hall of Famer, dies at 65 after cancer recurrence trib.al/0xt8RTJ

.Governor JB Pritzker was asked in East St. Louis about government-run grocery stores: “I was a businessperson before I came into government, and what I believe is that government should be helping to create these kinds of businesses, but shouldn't itself be running those businesses.”

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis set to announce he won't run for reelection to Congress, Rick Pearson reports chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/dan…

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Jake Sheridan Texas House Democrats urge blue states to redraw congressional lines to counter Republicans by Rick Pearson Jeremy Gorner Olivia Olander chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/tex…