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4 months

Lots of solidarity with Palestine at the Puerto Rican Day parade.

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A massive celebration in the lobby of Chicago City Hall after the cease-fire resolution passes.

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9 months

Breaking: The Chicago City Council has become the largest city in the country to pass a cease-fire resolution as four months of bombardment by Israel into Gaza has killed more than 26,000 people and displaced nearly 2 million others. The vote was 24-23.

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One @WKCRFM student journalist says he hasn’t slept for 40 hours. Earlier, they pondered who would document what happens if not them. The pressure these young journalists are feeling is heartbreaking, and their work is outstanding. Standing with you all from @WBEZ Chicago.

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3 years

I made a Chicago style hot dog cake for a "local pride" cake competition. I'm most proud of the jello relish.

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9 months

Breaking: The Chicago City Council has become the largest city in the country to pass a cease-fire resolution as four months of bombardment by Israel into Gaza has killed more than 26,000 people and displaced nearly 2 million others. The vote was 24-23.

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1 year

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s getaway Cadillac

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1 year

Lori Lightfoot doppelgänger, 8-year-old Idris Lockett, is in attendance with a bouquet of roses for the mayor’s last council meeting. His mom got him an excused absence from school for the occasion.

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9 months

Student organizers have now filled one half of City Hall’s lobby.

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9 months

The crowd has grown and you can hear their chants from inside City Hall’s 2nd floor.

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Students from Walter Payton and Ogden high schools are outside City Hall after walking out of class in support of a ceasefire.

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3 years

It’s a crime in Chicago to not say hi to everyone you see today

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7 months

Listen I don’t mean to be hardlined about this but a honey grilled pork banh mi from Lotus is the best lunch you can get near City Hall and possibly downtown as a whole, and any other opinion is wrong.

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9 months

The crowd has grown and you can hear their chants from inside City Hall’s 2nd floor.

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@MariahWoelfel

9 months

Students from Walter Payton and Ogden high schools are outside City Hall after walking out of class in support of a ceasefire.

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1 year

BREAKING: Chicago officials are immediately moving all migrants out of a West Side police station where officers are now under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. “Our goal is to clear out [the 10th district] completely today."

The city is moving migrants out of a Chicago police station amid allegations of 'sexual misconduct'

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2 years

A mayoral candidate I shadowed today summed up my whole career to a supporter: “This is Mariah she’s from WBEZ, SHE INVITED HERSELF, but we welcome her.” (Everyone laughs at me)

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10 days

It is hard to understate how astonishing of a moment this is for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. That much was said to WBEZ in reaction to the news that every one of Johnson’s hand-picked CPS board members are resigning. From me and @Tessa_Weinberg :

Critics say CPS Board resignations expose Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inability to build...

Some alderpeople question whether Johnson can push through big policy priorities in Springfield and City Hall, including his upcoming budget.

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5 months

Mayor Brandon Johnson says today's six hour City Council meeting was like sitting through "9 innings of White Sox baseball."

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@MariahWoelfel

6 months

I am outraged by this shortsighted decision that leaves a gaping hole at our station. I don’t believe this was inevitable and I’m imploring WBEZ management to change course.

Patrick Smith

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. @WBEZ leadership just announced the elimination of our podcast unit, the end of the Vocalo radio broadcast and the layoffs of 14 people. It's only been two years since we were big enough and financially healthy enough to acquire the Sun-Times.

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2 years

A complete list of Chicago aldermen declining a 9.6% raise for next year, according to the city’s budget office.

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2 years

Congressman Jesus Chuy García says Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson will oversee “equitable reconstruction” of Chicago and it’s time to “renew and expand our coalition,” saying Black and brown communities want unity.

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7 months

BREAKING: The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a motion for an appeal by plaintiffs opposed to the Bring Chicago Home ballot question, meaning the referendum remains valid and on the ballot

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@MariahWoelfel

9 months

After hours of debate, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast the tie-breaking vote.

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9 months

Notes from City Hall: I’ve never seen a heavier police presence in my 2.5 years on the beat. The line to get into the public gallery wraps around the lobby, & there’s a massive crowd of people who lost a lottery to publicly speak and are hoping to get seated.

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3 years

Chicago Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson is found guilty on all 7 counts of filing false tax returns and lying about it. He will lose his council seat immediately and the mayor will have 60 days to appoint a replacement to carry out the rest of his term representing the 11th ward.

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2 years

I told Brandon Johnson it seems Mayor Lightfoot will try to paint him as an inexperienced progressive who only wants to defund police (based on her camp's stmt today) and he said: "Her Republican values are ringing true. She's going to run as the sister of Darren Bailey."

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1 year

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pitching a $16.6B budget that does not raise property taxes, relies in part on a TIF surplus to close a $538M gap, and chips away at some of his progressive promises -- including reopening 2 mental health clinics and the Department of Environment.

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6 months

It is particularly upsetting that the decision to cut WBEZ's entire podcast unit and gut the team behind Vocalo is being made as a search for a new CEO is underway. Monumental decisions like this should not be made when leadership is in flux.

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9 months

Union leaders endorse a ceasefire resolution set for a Council vote Wednesday. Groups include SEIU, the United Electrical workers, Chicago Teachers Union, AFSCME, the United Auto Workers, National Nurses United, Graduate Employees Organization, and Warehouse Workers for Justice,

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2 months

Four days of the convention and I finally got a pic with a celebrity.

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1 month

BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is appointing council dean and vice mayor, Ald. Walter Burnett, to lead the City Council's powerful Zoning Committee after a protracted process to replace Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa.

Mayor Johnson plans to appoint Ald. Walter Burnett to lead the City Council’s powerful Zoning...

Johnson’s pick comes after two Latino Caucus members engaged in a campaign for the influential post. But neither could find enough votes.

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3 years

I’ve got cool news! I’m joining the desk of awesome reporters ( @beckyvevea and @claudiamorell ) covering Chicago government for WBEZ. I’ve been on the beat for a few weeks now, and excited to cover tomorrow’s full city council meeting.

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7 months

An appellate court has sided with the Chicago Board of Elections in the case against the Bring Chicago Home referendum. "The judgment of the circuit court of Cook County is vacated and the case is remanded with instructions to dismiss the complaint for want of jurisdiction."

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11 months

“There should not be VIP seating for residents of Chicago to watch their government at work," Ed Yohnka of the @ACLUofIL said in a statement response to the city council's new seating protocol that reserves the main floor for special guests.

New seating protocols at Chicago’s City Council meetings draw sharp criticisms

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4 years

Update: After this story was published, Michigan Avenue Immediate Care issued a new statement, saying it had made a mistake charging customers: "..this was 100% our bad, and I will own it,” the clinic’s medical director wrote. Details to come.

WBEZ

@WBEZ

4 years

Public officials have said for months that the COVID-19 vaccine will be free, with no out-of-pocket cost, to anyone who wants it. But WBEZ has learned that at least one vaccine provider in Chicago is charging up to $200 for appointments.

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4 years

Hello. It's me again. Looking for you, someone who is preparing for a COVID-19 winter in Chicago. I want to know how people are getting creative to protect against seasonal depression amidst a pandemic. Please share and reach out! mwoelfel @wbez .org

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11 months

Under new rules outlined to WBEZ, only those invited by a public official or have otherwise coordinated a special visit to a City Council meeting — such as a school field trip — will be allowed in the open, second floor gallery of the council.

Chicago’s City Council is tightening public access amid a slew of chaotic meetings

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4 years

My new favorite thing is spending time on stuff that is meaningless but joyful, which for me meant making this cow suit to match my dog and asking my friend to take pictures of us

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6 months

Our lame-duck CEO Matt Moog has said the vote to kill podcasts and decimate Vocalo was unanimous. It seems @davemckinney went to fact check that and found a troubling pattern of closed, private meetings at our public news organization.

WBEZ Government & Politics Team

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6 months

Fallout reporting from @davemckinney : Chicago Public Media faced public pushback and criticism from a city council member after ending the Vocalo broadcast and the podcast unit.

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6 months

As @davemckinney reports, Matt Moog "is a lame-duck CEO now overseeing those layoffs that he said wouldn’t happen," and they come after he took a nearly 19% pay bump to put him at $633,310 a year.

Chicago Public Media lays off 14 staffers, citing financial troubles

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6 months

Friends of the Parks is out with a harsh statement and pointed questions for the city and Bears leadership after today's announcement of a $4.7B lakefront Bears stadium and campus, but doesn't say whether the group plans to sue to stop the project.

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11 months

Lol @chitribopinions . My story wasn’t a “plant.” I had to push for the interviews in it & the policy wouldn’t be public w/out my reporting. This shot at our newsroom is out of line. Here’s my follow-up story if you need new material:

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4 years

I hope New Yorkers get mad at me for this!

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8 months

Multiple community leaders on the tour stops took the opportunity, with Perez as an audience member, to thank Johnson for calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and urged Perez to reallocate federal funds for Israel to communities in need.

Craig Dellimore

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Mayor Brandon Johnson tours the South Side’s Englewood community with White House Senior Adviser Tom Perez & Ald. Stephanie Coleman. @WBBMNewsradio

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The xenophobic, anti-immigrant hate by a small group of public commenters at City Council committee meetings has reached a repulsive low today.

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1 year

Ald. David Moore helped 8-year-old Idris Lockett into the mayor’s seat after she left

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1 year

Lightfoot left, without taking flowers brought for her by a family, who dressed her kid as the mayor. Details:

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9 months

Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, comes out in support of the ceasefire in Gaza resolution expected for a vote in the Chicago City Council tomorrow, his son, Yusef Jackson confirms. "Were in support of the ceasefire resolution full stop," Yusef Jackson said.

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2 years

UPDATE in which Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa tells WBEZ he's upset that Garcia chose to announce his campaign while Anjanette Young was testifying at City Council: “It tells me he’s disconnected from the progressive issues at City Hall [and] tone deaf.”

Chuy García begins new bid for Chicago mayor by citing his work with Harold Washington

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6 months

WBEZ’s union is not done fighting.

We Make WBEZ + Vocalo

@WBEZUnion

6 months

Ultimately, our goal still is to save the jobs of our very talented colleagues who have much to contribute to WBEZ.

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1 year

Happy crosstown. Go Sox!

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4 months

Chicago Public Media's board is holding its first board-wide meeting since voting unanimously to cut our podcast unit, decimate Vocalo & layoff 14 people. The board has gone to great lengths to limit access to this meeting, including: moving it from in-person to Zoom...

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7 months

Alds. Sposato, Quinn, Silverstein, Lopez, Taliaferro, Conway, Villegas, Napolitano, Tabares calling for Mayor to remove Ald. Sigcho Lopez from his post as Housing Committee chair for speaking at a protest where an American flag was burned (before he got there, Sigcho Lopez says)

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1 year

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces "over 24,000" young people were hired through One Summer Chicago this season and calls the increase "a tremendous step forward for youth in our city."

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2 years

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she's going to be working with Chicago media for stations to announce "Do you know where your children are?" on-air when the clock strikes 10 p.m.

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Supporters of Bring Chicago Home, the effort to increase Chicago’s real estate transfer tax to fund homelessness prevention, surround their attorney, Ed Mullen, outside the Daley Center ahead of a court hearing on a suit to block the question from the March ballot.

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1 year

Mayor Brandon Johnson starts the meeting with a joke: Breaking news, it’s being recorded from Naperville — a dig at Fox News

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1 year

Breaking-- Chicago alderpeople have delayed a proposal that would dedicate $51 million in surplus funds to mitigate a growing migrant crisis. Alderpeople Anthony Napolitano, Anthony Beale and Raymond Lopez moved to delay the measure.

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3 years

Incredible news for Block Club and for Chicago!

Block Club Chicago

@BlockClubCHI

3 years

AMAZING news, friends! Block Club has been awarded a ✨ $1.6 million, three-year grant ✨ from the @JournalismProj to expand our work! @ChiTrust pledged an additional $450,000 in matching funds to Block Club over three years. Read more:

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Breaking: The Sergeant-at-Arms' recent change to seating protocols for public meetings will be "postponed until further notice" according to a notice on the Clerk's website. This follows a week+ of intense scrutiny from good government and civil rights advocates. Story to come.

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9 months

28 aldermen are pushing to delay a ceasefire in Gaza resolution in light of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Some progressive Jewish orgs are condemning that move: "The lesson of Never Again for Anyone means that the legacy of the Holocaust compels us to call for a ceasefire."

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3 months

A little more than 27,000 young people got a gig through the city’s summer jobs program this year. It’s less than the 28K the city is aiming for, but overall, the program has grown 32% since Mayor Brandon Johnson took office.

Mayor Johnson slowly builds on a campaign promise to hire more young people for city’s summer jobs...

Chicago slightly grew a youth jobs program this summer, including hiring 100 people to learn conflict resolution and relationship building.

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1 year

Today’s council meeting is full of wins for grassroots organizers -One Fair Wage gets rescued from rules committee, sponsored by @Ward26Chicago -Bring Chicago Home gets introduced, spons @ChicagosMayor -South Shore Housing Preservation Ord also intro’d, spons by Ald. Desmon Yancy

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BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will issue his first-ever veto on a pro-ShotSpotter ordinance passed 33-14 by the Council today. The city's corporation counsel says the ordinance violates the "separation of powers act," and the leg. branch cannot force a contract.

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3 years

NEW: Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner, 45th Ward, allegedly tried to use taxpayer funds to pay an employee for work they did on the alderman’s 2020 campaign for ward committeeman, sources tell WBEZ.

Sources Say Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner Allegedly Tried To Pay Campaign Worker With Tax Dollars

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So many people give to WBEZ — whether they listen to these programs or not — because they think leaders value this work & communities it serves, not page views or downloads. That’s what our lame duck CEO, our board, & leadership involved in this decision thoroughly misunderstand.

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WBEZ is the first place I've worked where I've been able to see a future for myself. That's in huge part because of the Black and Brown audio makers behind When Magic Happens, Making and Vocalo. I thought leadership valued this work and I'm so angry that I was wrong.

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2 years

In an updated statement, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's campaign says it will "cease contact with CPS employees" out of an "abundance of caution" after swift backlash to news that Lightfoot tried to recruit students to volunteer for her reelection campaign by emailing teachers at work.

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6 years

Tiffany is white. Mallory is black. They both go looking for Gold Coast apartment. The result isn't surprising but it's important to hear. @natalieymoore 's latest on how advocates are catching people in the act of racist housing discrimination. 6:20/8:20a.m. on 91.5FM.

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Peaceful and impassioned protest by Palestinian rights activists in Chicago City Hall’s lobby continues after public gallery was closed to avoid repeated interruptions as council debates resolution to condemn Hamas

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4 years

Getting a vaccine in Illinois requires time, internet research skills, and English proficiency. That’s not good, especially for the communities COVID-19 has hit the hardest. One fix could be a statewide multilingual sign-up line, which IL doesn’t have.

Language Barriers Are Leaving Non-English Speakers Behind In The Vaccine Rollout

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4 years

Incorrect it is hands down Navy Pier forever and always

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The worst attraction in every state (according to my IG followers)

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Hi! I’m the WBEZ reporter bringing you coverage of the Ill. 14th district Congressional race. It’s between incumbent Lauren Underwood (D) and challenger Jim Oberweis (R). The 14th is a sprawling suburban district that runs across 7 different counties about an hour outside Chicago

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I was out for a walk in Humboldt Park when I saw a City of Chicago street cleaner on fire. The driver was out of it already and safe. We both called the fire department, which has put out the flames. Driver says he doesn't know what happened, saw smoke and flames so he got out.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a proposal to borrow $1.25 billion at Wednesday’s city council meeting, in part to fund affordable housing and other development projects. Story w/ @Tessa_Weinberg (and first reported by Crain’s @jus10chi )

Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches borrowing $1.25 billion for housing and development

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Chicago Board of Elections, re: real estate transfer tax ballot: The question REMAINS on the ballot until a further more detailed order from the judge, but votes won't be tallied. NO PAUSE expected on early voting right now, & people will still see this question on their ballot.

Chicago Sun-Times

@Suntimes

8 months

JUST IN: A Cook County judge Friday struck a referendum question funding homelessness prevention in Chicago via a real estate transfer tax increase from the March primary ballot.

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Cook County Democratic Party releases strong statement concluding its inquiry into embattled Ald. Jim Gardiner, as party chair Toni Preckwinkle removes him from all committee assignments in the party, a spokesperson says.

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Chicago @AldReilly tweeted, defended, then deleted a picture of a pager that said "Mazol Tov," an apparent reference to attacks by Israel in Lebanon that killed dozens, incldng children, injured thousands. "It's simply a tweet," he said before deleting it.

A Chicago alderperson removed a 'Mazol Tov' pager photo post after criticism it celebrated deadly...

Ald. Brendan Reilly told WBEZ “It’s simply a tweet” after his colleagues condemned it, but later deleted the post.

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Here is my lengthy story about the political jockeying and community organizing in the days leading up to a vote on a resolution for a cease-fire, expected tomorrow, with analysis, too, of what effect it could have.

Chicago alderpeople primed for a sensitive and potentially bitter debate over calls for a cease-f...

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A military vet burned the American flag he once flew on duty in Afghanistan outside Chicago City Hall Friday to protest the war in Gaza & the DNC in Chicago: "Let it burn in our hearts until Palestine is free," Zachary Kam says in a video obtained by WBEZ.

A Marine veteran who burned an American flag at City Hall speaks out after a Chicago alderperson...

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inaugural spending plan passes by a 41-8 vote. The plan includes two new mental health centers, recreates the Environment Dpt, moderately increases police spending, dedicates $150M to the migrant crisis, & relies on TIF surpluses to close deficit.

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2 years

. @CDRosa is listing (screaming) the progressive organizations throwing support behind newly announced mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson, at Johnson’s kick off event. List includes @CTULocal1 @UWFIllinois and other NWS political orgs.

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Mariah Woelfel

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9 months

Many, many people in line are here in support of the resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. I can’t count the number of people wearing a keffiyeh. The resolution was supposed to come up for a vote but will be postponed after a request by 28 council members.

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2 years

I nor my editors on the City Hall beat had anything to do with pitching, reporting, writing, editing or reviewing this story or correction.

We made a big correction to our story about the city’s speed camera ticketing program. Here’s why.

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This means the referendum question on whether to allow the City Council to raise the city's real estate transfer tax on high-end properties to fund homelessness will be counted.

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Mariah Woelfel

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I am on the floor of the UC and it’s bonkers, overcrowded. One person tells me the fire marshal didn’t allow them to leave to use the bathroom. I heard a convention organizer say they are prioritizing getting network TV close to the stage, as other media waits in a long line.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson brushed off questions about why he wasn’t front and center with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker at yesterday’s vibrant roll call. Asked whether he and the governor aren’t getting along, he said they are “part of changing the world together.”

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2 years

Moreno switched out the picture from the actual front page story, which showed him walking out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse

Quinn Myers

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2 years

Many political mailers quote news stories but this one from Joe Moreno is the first I’ve seen to have a QR code link to a full story…plus the full Sun Times branding @BlockClubCHI

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

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Update on this never-ending race: Underwood is up by 1,147 votes, according to the AP & both campaigns. The district is comprised of 7 counties that are still counting mail-ins. Oberweis claimed victory when leading last week. His campaign now says it’s in “wait and see mode."

Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

4 years

Hi! I’m the WBEZ reporter bringing you coverage of the Ill. 14th district Congressional race. It’s between incumbent Lauren Underwood (D) and challenger Jim Oberweis (R). The 14th is a sprawling suburban district that runs across 7 different counties about an hour outside Chicago

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

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DFSS commissioner Brandie Knazze tells @Ward26Chicago she'll use some of her department's $$$ this year for pieces of the Peace Book Ordinance – a long-sought proposal from @GKMC18 to make a resource book of violence prevention resources + youth-led peacekeeping commissions.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

4 years

Re: FBG Duck's death. In the early 2000s, music industry execs sought out gang-affiliated Chicago kids & made them rappers, in an effort to make rap more authentic by giving mics to actual shooters. It helped teach kids that street violence =fame. LISTEN:

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

2 years

A new executive order directs Chicago police to “immediately increase enforcement” of a new 10 p.m. curfew and take teens who don’t comply into custody. It also exempts teens coming home from concerts, ballgames or other ticketed events. More:

City officials outline details of a new curfew for Chicago teenagers

www.wbez.org

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

3 years

Buried in the news of WBEZ’s intent to acquire the Sun-Times: WBEZ board of directors names Matt Moog permanent CEO.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

9 months

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declares he supports a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. Johnson condemned Hamas but continued that with more than 25,000 Palestinians killed "we need a ceasefire."

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

8 months

For the second time, Chicago's City Council has voted to keep serious discipline cases against police officers in the hands of the public Police Board, rejecting an arbitrator's ruling that officers facing firing or discipline of a year+ have a right to closed-door adjudication.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

26 days

Though Chicago @AldReilly refused to explain his pager tweet to WBEZ, in a separate post he wrote “Karma’s a b*tch” in response to whether he agreed with Israel’s attack that killed dozens, including healthcare workers and children.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

1 year

In an elevator at federal court— Man in a green button down: “I’m here for jury duty” (slurring his words), “big mistake— you never give an Irishman a two hour lunch.”

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

2 years

Progressive heavyweight and Congressman Jesús G. “Chuy” García is officially running for Chicago mayor, representing the highest-ranking and most well-known public official to challenge Mayor Lori Lightfoot thus far.

Chuy García begins new bid for Chicago mayor by citing his work with Harold Washington

www.wbez.org

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

5 years

More than 77,000 purchases and $3 million in marijuana sales on the first day of recreational weed in Illinois

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

1 year

The council is celebrating Pride Month starting with speeches from openly LGBTQ members (there are now 9). @CDRosa is handing out union-made buttons meant to lift POC in the LGBTQIA community. Context from Block Club: this is the gayest council ever

Chicago Is About To Have The Gayest City Council In The Country

CHICAGO — The new City Council will soon have Chicago's highest-ever representation of lesbian, gay and bisexual alderpeople, offering key opportunities

blockclubchicago.org

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

11 months

A 70 year old potential juror tells the judge he initially heard about Burke's legal trouble but isn't up to speed on the case because "there was a point in my life when I decided I didn't have to care about what I don't care about." Says he'd be golfing if he weren't here today.

Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

11 months

Back in federal court for continued jury selection in the trial of Ed Burke. The goal last week (before court was canceled due to COVID) was to start opening arguments after lunch. The judge hasn't reiterated that timeline today one way or another.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

1 year

With CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and CTU Pres Stacy Davis Gates behind him, Mayor Brandon Johnson announces CPS employees will get 12 weeks of paid parental leave starting next school year.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

5 years

The newsroom celebrates ⁦ @LLabuz ⁩ who’s moving to middays after 20 YEARS. 20 YEARS. 20 YEARS. as @WBEZ ⁩’s authoritative and compassionate Morning Edition host.

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Mariah Woelfel

@MariahWoelfel

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A federal judge has sentenced ex-Ald. Ed Burke to two years in prison, one year of supervised release and a $2 million fine. Burke held a straight face as the sentence was read. Burke's wife, Anne Burke, held her heads in her hand as she cried. Prosecutors sought 10 years.

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