@WTTW #ChicagoTonight correspondent, previously @nprillinois. ☕ and #mustard obsessed. Proud @HeadlineClub member and #FOIAFest backer
Chicago, IL
Joined March 2009
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My favorite @EthicsSteve photo. One of the few, great public servants in Chicago. Wishing him the best!!
A special - and final - time hosting @wttw’s weekly recap, before a new career adventure. It’s been an honor, truly. Tune in at 7 pm, with guests @rap30, @BpopeTV, @ndblumberg and @byaliceyin , produced by Paul Caine with @CrystinImmel and @jaysmithwttw in charge. ❤️
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Friday news dump!
Pritzker has signed several bills from lame duck session, including transferring Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi.
But a rare veto: A bill requiring warehouse workers to know their quotas. It presents legal issues, Pritzker says #twill
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1/2 Amid the sad Sun-Times buyouts, there’s a piece of good news: Lee Bey will become the full-time architecture critic for the newspaper.Lee announced this news on his Facebook page. This will be the first time in 4 years that a Chicago paper has had a full-time architecture…
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After saying Wed that CTU deal could be made “tonight,” Mayor Brandon Johnson demures when @monicaeng asks if today is the day: “Who's asking that? No one's even talking about that. Let me just say, as a former public school teacher, I know exactly what our teachers need.”
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Sen. Dick Durbin on when he will make a decision on whether to run for re-election in 2026: “Soon.” #twill
Of pedestrian crossings at intersections with signals maintained by the city, just 85 out of the 2,713 have been upgraded so they're accessible for people who are blind.
NEW: A federal judge wants Chicago to make about 71% of its signalized intersections accessible for people who are blind or have low vision within ten years, an order that follows a class action lawsuit that found the city has violated the ADA @wttw news.wttw.com/2025/03/14/jud…
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Gov. JB Pritzker’s plan to end health insurance for noncitizen immigrants under 65 would save the state $330M next year. But it also would leave 30K people without coverage. @LAURA_N_ROD and I look at what that would mean. chicagotribune.com/2025/03/1…
The rising Democratic rift over how to handle @realDonaldTrump, what dismantling the Dept. of Education means for Illinois classrooms and an earlier Chicago curfew. On @wttw Week in Review now! With @mitchtrout @wvon’s Rufus Williams, @NaderDIssa and @melodymercadotv
Amanda Vinicky retweeted
Durbin explanation thread
There is very little about this CR that I like—but there is even less I like about shutting down the government. With Donald Trump & Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the federal government’s workforce and illegally freezing federal funding, the last thing we need to do is plunge our country into further chaos and turmoil by shutting down the government.
Amanda Vinicky retweeted
everyone, extend a hearty congrats to queen @ad_quig and our @IllinoisAnswers colleagues @AlexNitkin @journo_cam 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-best-…
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I am moderating a timely panel on using FOIA in education coverage at this year's @headlineclub FOIAFest.
I've got a rock star lineup: Chalkbeat's @reemadamin, @jsmithrichards at ProPublica & the Chicago Tribune's @royalpratt (pictured, coincidentally).
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Pressing convos. Practical workshops. Top investigative reporters. Don't miss FOIA Fest 2025. Check out the full program and get your ticket today: headlineclub.org/2025/02/21/…
How Mayor Johnson performed under grilling from the Congressional oversight committee, the impact of tariffs on Illinois industry, how Walgreen’s sale is bad for Chicago and state flag poll results. At 7 @wttw with @MariahWoelfel, @cshepherd, @madisonsavedra and @johnpletz
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BREAKING: Walgreens to be acquired by private equity firm for $10 billion
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