Rogers Park/Edgewater/Uptown reporter @blockclubchi | 4ever @phoenixloyola | Missouri native | cat mom and food enthusiast | [email protected]
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Alright y’all, I’ve got news 📣
After 2.5 years covering the Southwest Side here at Block Club, I’m switching things up.
Starting today, I’m the new Far North Side reporter covering Rogers Park, Edgewater and Uptown. – at Uptown, Chicago
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Barry Butler just casually drops the most breathtaking Chicago images known to man every week. Legend.
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Tonight is the last pre-8p sunset until August 9th.
Tomorrow, Chicago starts 89 nights where the sun is up past 8pm and dusk lasts past 8:30p.
While we still gain more daylight incrementally for another 40 days -- these are the glory days, people. Soak it in! Enjoy!
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I'm honored to be joining @Nytimes in June as a reporting fellow!
Thankful for 5 great years in Chicago, where @BlockClubCHI took a chance on me. I covered a bit of everything and found a city full of colorful people with unmatched pride for their communities. You'll be missed.
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Chicago Tonight | Week in Review: Transit Funding Package; Feds Charge Anti-ICE Protesters, with @madisonsavedra @rap30 @oliviaolanderr @BPopeTV & host @ndblumberg news.wttw.com/2025/10/31/wee…
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As Chicago is targeted by ICE, City Council’s immigration committee hasn't met in 8 months.
After promising to meet monthly, the committee only met four times in 2024 — and never since Trump took office. buff.ly/LUOmplP
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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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Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez's chief of staff kicked a Block Club reporter out of a meeting on a controversial bar reopening.
Two other reporters stayed. The move could violate the media’s First Amendment rights, experts said. buff.ly/4bhEIar
Thousands of ppl will have to find new healthcare as Heartland Alliance Health closes its clinics & food pantries this spring. The closure comes less than a year since it spun off from the now-defunct Heartland Alliance.
a collab w/ @melodymercadotv
buff.ly/418NtAc
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Scoop from @madisonsavedra and I
Heartland Alliance Health Shutting Down Clinics And Food Pantries, Affecting Thousands In Need
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Our latest: ‘Why him?’ Undocumented father gets swept up, turned over to ICE during operation targeting someone else in the Chicago area.
Advocates believe that collateral arrests will begin to increase in the coming weeks.
Read the full story.
chicagotribune.com/2025/01/3…
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Shermann "Dilla" Thomas has landed his "dream" job at the DuSable Black History Museum. buff.ly/40BokMT @6figga_dilla
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Congressional Republicans are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to testify at a hearing on sanctuary cities next month as federal officials further scrutinize the city’s approach to immigration.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/01…
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Workers at a Rogers Park Insomnia Cookies quit in droves over the company's response to a shooting. buff.ly/4erSDuv
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In precincts within Little Village, support for Trump have more than doubled: from 13% in 2020 to 32% in 2024, according to a Tribune analysis.
Little Village is known as the Mexico of the Midwest & a gateway for immigrants, including new migrants.
chicagotribune.com/2024/11/0…
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NOW: Chicago Police are responding to a person allegedly shot at Arthur/Sheridan, across the street from Loyola University and the Loyola CTA Red Line Station.
#OnAssignment for @BlockClubCHI
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