🚨 @illinoisanswers.bsky.social and @chicago.suntimes.com won a court case to release the records including body cam footage of last summer's fatal police shooting of Ofc. Krystal Rivera by her partner, Ofc. Carlos Baker.

Sadly, it looks like we tore down so much of this city since the 80s as well. The fact that 47th and Prairie looked like this in 1980....yeah.

blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/23/i... ICYMI @blockclubchi.bsky.social picked up my piece about prediction markets running wild on Illinois gambling regulators and the Polymarket CEO giving a UChicago freshman $20k to start a prediction market club on campus

All of pop culture is the Alf Pogs bit from the Simpsons. Remember X? It's back in X form

Often it doesn't work out how I'd like, but I find the act of voting profound. That we have a choice at all and we're writing this long, storied tapestry together.

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... vertical integration going on at the local cybersecurity firm

anyway Sirat was good

The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit

. @maryldixon.bsky.social and I will be talking with Casey about this story on today's Say More. Listen at 10am on @wbez.org

illinoisanswers.org/2026/03/13/p... My latest about the Polymarket CEO giving a UChicago freshman $20k to start a campus prediction market club, Coinbase suing Illinois while donating $20k to House and Senate Dems, and the prediction markets running wild in defiance of state gambling regulators

Happy mar10 day I guess

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... a good factual account of what's happening, and not happening, in Chicago and beyond

If the Art Institute scraps Sullivan's Stock Exchange Room, the city should eminent domain his arch and put it where the Columbus statue used to be in Grant Park

I know many Americans are feeling hopeless this upcoming election. But I do urge everyone to go out and vote. I know it feels like a vicious and repetitious cycle but voting does make real change. Thank you, Your friendly election poll worker.

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... remember when the CTA, newly flush with pandemic-era federal cash, was paying large masses of Monterrey Security guards to just ... hang out at train stations

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI

They're charged w/ misdemeanors for things like sitting on concrete barriers. One w/ a felony for allegedly fingerpainting on a barrier. The feds have dropped similar cases; the Cook County State's Attorney is prosecuting nearly all. 📝 @minabloom.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/w...

The “Roll Call” podcast is just part of a larger push in recent years to expand CPD’s communications operation. Comms have vastly expanded over the past decade, and costs rose along with it.

news.wttw.com/2026/02/25/p... this from my guy @jaredrutecki.bsky.social about the CPD podcast and their ever expanding communications department is so good. Surprise surprise, people are not leaving reviews on Apple Podcasts

This story was also some 5-star audio work! www.wbez.org/chicago/2018...

It was a pretty excellent yarn with @ctoner.bsky.social & @pksmid.bsky.social. Give it a read and get more context about the officer from this case in Dolton. projects.bettergov.org/taking-cover...

I always knew I’d see this name again: Major Coleman. He was featured in an Axios Chicago story today. In 2018, I wrote about the six shooting cases he was involved in. www.axios.com/local/chicag...

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... Between his rejection to the tactical team for disciplinary issues, and his promotion, Carlos Baker had a accidental Taser trigger pull and a 90 mph chase that ended in a 7 car crash he didn't initially report. @illinoisanswers.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com

chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2... @neilsteinberg.bsky.social does a great job here exploring the staggering contradictions contained in the amazing life of Rev. Jesse Jackson

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... lmao I talked to the stage manager about this in Portugal a few years ago and spent five minutes thinking the play was called "the beauty of healing factions." also the play sounds like it rules and people need to calm down

A long look at Lincoln as a brawling, scheming, knifing political goon? Sign me up!

Former Chicago radio host Kevin Matthews met with the Pope. Big news for fans of The Loop. Still no Mancow blessing from the south suburban Pope 💪

very thankful to be hiring – threading the 3 positions we've currently got open! RTs always appreciated~ www.fangamer.com/pages/jobs

please help us find the Eleanor Rigby "joyce carol oates" tweet, Google is no help

There's never a wrong time to share this WBEZ + BGA production from 2018, but this is definitely the right time:

I'm going on @wgntv.com at 4:30 today to talk about our story with @blockclubchi.bsky.social about the Suzie B. Wilson land auction flop. Tune in! illinoisanswers.org/2026/02/04/c...

The driving-to-new-places-in-high-school-with-a-group-of-guys times were such full, rich times. Exploring. Esprit de corps. Opening up to the world.

Has a good memory bubble up today of Beverly kids giving me rides from Chicago football activities to my house in the south suburbs. Far out of the way for them but they just got their driver's licenses and it was fun to ride around and hang. Made me smile thinking about it

Great follow-up investigative reporting by @ctoner.bsky.social and @minabloom.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/04/c...

illinoisanswers.org/2026/02/04/c... "Now, the city is suing the company that ran the auction, claiming the firm was negligent and incompetent and overvalued the land by failing to price in empty lots, which left the city hanging out to dry when the sale flopped."

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

youtu.be/gxv3ljq0ajU?... New Emperor X song about Renée Good

An off-duty suburban cop crashed his car with his kids inside, fled home and held police at bay for four hours while armed, police records show. The standoff ended with a hug — and no charges that day. https://bit.ly/4c0pGYQ

Two months ago, a reader reached out to us with concerns about how law enforcement had handled a crash and 4-hour armed standoff with an off-duty officer in Plainfield, Illinois. That night, police hugged him, closed the case, and told him "You're one of us" and "We want to protect you." Read more:

Dan McQuade wrote about drugs and the people who use them in a way that was humane and instructive. Here's a good guidepost for person-first journalism. RIP defector.com/the-myth-of-...

Reading about the viral snow plow naming contest reminds me of the city plan to plow sidewalks and make life easier for all especially those with disabilities and how the city threw the plan in the garbage. illinoisanswers.org/2024/03/26/3...

If you're looking for something humane & restorative, I highly recommend the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. Literally pick any show and go. I took two buses to see tonight's matchbox puppet show at Constellation and laughed and cried chicagopuppetfest.org