Golf and Elmhurst. But I don’t know how long I’ll be there. I believe that was at least the second night in a row at the same spot but they go all over. And I’m not sure how you track them. Probably TikTok or something.

Segregation, racism stifle economic mobility for many in Black community In addition to being the most segregated big city in America, Chicago may also be the worst big city for Black economic mobility.

Alden Loury crunched the numbers and found Black economic mobility in Chicago is dead last among 50 major cities chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

They love to say they are for LEGAL immigration.

But this

Johnson has just $813,125 in campaign cash months before mayoral race; Giannoulias has $18.3 million Mayor Brandon Johnson’s anemic fundraising places him third among better-known potential mayoral challengers, and barely ahead of a few lesser-known candidates.

Trade unions and the rich alike betting heavily on another change on the 5th floor chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...

Burdened by costs of an ICE facility in town, Broadview reckons with a spotlight it never wanted While communities elsewhere have been shielded from the costs of ICE facilities, the western suburb was stuck with bills for nearly $400,000. The costs continue as Broadview preps its new budget.

Having an unpopular ICE detention in town drains hundreds of thousands of dollars from an inner-ring suburb of Chicago chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04...

The heirs to the wealthy principality — I mean municipality — of Rosemont are getting along about as well as William and Harry www.dailyherald.com/20260415/new...

Biggest skewer of tacos al pastor I’ve ever seen — in a strip mall parking lot in Des Plaines, IL just now

HUD ends Mayor Johnson's bid to make former Ald. Burnett CHA chief The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development denied the Chicago Housing Authority's request for conflict waivers for Burnett, marking the end of a seven-month stalemate with the federal agency...

The soft landing for longtime Ald Walter Burnett is not going to happen chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...

Former charter school executive Tim King charged with stealing more than $100,000 from Urban Prep The indictment unsealed Wednesday came after a long federal probe. But King’s lawyer said the case was “absurd” and predicted his client would be vindicated in court.

Another charter school scandal in Chicago — this one involving a fallen star of the movement for privately run/publicly funded education chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Slovaks rally against populist Prime Minister Fico's plan to scrap mail voting from abroad Protesters in Slovakia's capital and elsewhere in the country have denounced a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to scrap mail voting for Slovaks living abroad.

The correlation between being against mail voting and sympathies for Putin spans the Atlantic… apnews.com/article/slov...

"ComEd Four" decision sets stage for Madigan appeal The federal court's ruling ordering a retrial for members of the "ComEd Four" could have implications in Madigan's appeal.

The Republicans on the US Supreme Court made it harder to get a corruption conviction.

How that could set free ex-Illinois Dem boss Mike Madigan www.axios.com/local/chicag...

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Bilking the federal government of PPP funds while getting a CPD paycheck

Man, I miss this dude

Former charter school executive Tim King charged with stealing more than $100,000 from Urban Prep The indictment unsealed Wednesday came after a long federal probe. But King’s lawyer said the case was “absurd” and predicted he would be vindicated in court.

He once was People Magazine’s Hero of the Year for his work with young Black male students in Chicago.

Today, Tim King became a federal criminal defendant.

My story on the latest accusations of charter school corruption
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

The head of Chicago's biggest police union was really angry about a measure to rid the CPD of cops with extremist ties

Feds sent subpoenas to Chicago charter school Urban Prep about its former CEO Grand jury subpoenas obtained by WBEZ show U.S. prosecutors sought many records from Urban Prep Academies related to its ex-CEO Tim King.

Last year, we broke the story that the feds were investigating Chicago charter school operator Tim King.

Well, they just announced they've indicted him for allegedly stealing from the once-vaunted charter.

More to come soon ...
www.wbez.org/education/20...

Exclusive: Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her | CNN A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated, an allegation Swalwell strongly de...

BREAKING: three *more* women have come forward to @cnn.com and accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos:

www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/u...

Listen Sunday to WBEZ’s latest ‘Prisoncast!’

What good is education for people in prison? Find out by listening from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday to “Prisoncast!” on WBEZ-91.5 FM or online at wbez.org.

Listen Sunday to WBEZ’s latest ‘Prisoncast!’ You’ll hear how some incarcerated students say education has been transformative for them — and also why school behind bars is so hard to come by.

“The radio show made with and for people in Illinois jails and prisons and their loved ones.”

On @wbez.org from 2-4 PM tomorrow chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...

Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS PENTAGON TO COMPLY WITH RULING RESTORING PRESS ACCESS - COURT DECISION

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This Sunday

Igualmente hermano!

A bankers box in reporter Dan’s car

It’s a good day for an investigative reporter when you leave an off-the-record interview with a bankers box that has documents piled more than halfway to the lid…

Commentary: HBO released an explosive Border Patrol documentary. Why is its star angry? 'Critical Incident: Death at the Border' recounts the death of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented immigrant who died in 2010 after immigration agents handcuffed, beat and Tasered him.

A shout-out also to the persistent star reporter of the Peabody-nominated documentary, whose views on the whole thing were highlighted in this recent column by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Jenn Budd | Substack Author of “Against the Wall.” Abolish ICE!

Bovino is retired but Jenn continues to write about all the issues with the Border Patrol on Substack.

It's critical context for those of us still trying to get our heads around the Border Patrol's violent expeditions to Chicago and other places far from the border substack.com/@jennbudd

Against the Wall: My Journey from Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights Activist Amazon.com: Against the Wall: My Journey from Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights Activist: 9781942762935: Budd, Jenn: Books

Jenn authored this gripping memoir of her years with the Border Patrol, detailing her own survival of the agency's "rape culture" and explaining how the misogyny, bigotry and brutality that she witnessed there have been allowed to persist www.amazon.com/Against-Wall...

Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots. As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...

For more about the toxic culture of the Border Patrol from Jenn, check out this story we published last year, with reporting from the southern border chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Watch Critical Incident: Death at the Border | HBO Max Watch Critical Incident: Death at the Border on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. CRITICAL INCIDENT revisits the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who died...

A nomination for the prestigious Peabody Award today for this must-watch documentary -- which featured key input from ex-Border Patrol senior agent @jennbudd.bsky.social (who also generously granted @wbez.org an interview in December in California) www.hbomax.com/movies/criti...