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Happy Friday, Chicago ☕ Here's this morning's
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news roundup. Today's lead: He cost Chicago millions. City wants to keep doing business Read — and subscribe to get this in your inbox — here:
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He cost Chicago millions. City wants to keep doing business
Plus: The CTA promises more cops, Trump cuts student support funds and more
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/19/alison-davis-city-hall-obama-center-brandon-johnson-chicago-police-department-cta-trump
6 days ago
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It's Thursday — and we've got a new
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morning news roundup for you. ☕ Today's lead: Bracing for rising Obamacare costs — or no care at all
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Bracing for rising Obamacare costs — or no care at all
Plus: The Bears consider Indiana, what's next for Lincoln Yards and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/18/affordable-care-act-obamacare-the-bears-lincoln-yards-immigration-pritzker-johnson
7 days ago
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Got a packed
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news roundup for you this morning. 🗞️ Today's lead: Bovino returns, leads new round of raids Read — and subscribe to get this newsletter in your inbox weekday mornings — here:
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Bovino returns, leads new round of raids
Mayor Johnson's Council opps go rogue, the Chicago Fashion Awards and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/17/greg-bovino-border-patrol-immigration-andres-vasquez-lasso-cta-brandon-johnson
8 days ago
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Good morning, Chicago. Here's today's
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news roundup. 🗞️ Today's lead: How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
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How logging is fast-tracked in Illinois
Plus: Pritzker slams Trump's Reiner response, budget talks stall at City Hall and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/16/shawnee-national-forest-trump-jb-pritzker-rob-reiner-brandon-johnson-city-hall
9 days ago
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In the bitter cold this weekend, Chicagoans gathered to mourn the victims killed at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, navigated housing insecurity & cheered on the Bears. Find those stories and more in today's
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morning news roundup:
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Cop planned hit on investigator: lawsuit
Plus: South Shore residents move, Bears fans brave the cold for a big win and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/15/chicago-police-department-federal-immigration-enforcement-south-shore-chicago-bears
10 days ago
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Your Friday morning news roundup from your friends at
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☕ Today's lead story: Who's Gregory Bovino? Our cross-country investigation Read more — and sign up to get this newsletter in your inbox — here:
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Who's Gregory Bovino? Our cross-country investigation
Plus: The truth about the head tax, snowy sidewalk complaints pile up and more
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/12/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-city-hall-brandon-johnson-head-tax-chicago-weather
13 days ago
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Got a brand new
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morning news roundup as you start your day. Today's lead story: Cop broke up with partner before fatal shooting: Family
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Cop broke up with partner before fatal shooting: Family
Plus: Property tax foreclosures ruled unconstitutional, Music Box Theatre's mini empire and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/11/chicago-police-department-cook-county-property-tax-music-box-theatre
14 days ago
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Good morning, Chicago. I've got another new
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news round up for you. ☕ Today's lead: Illinois’ new prison health care provider has a history of poor care
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State's new prison health care provider has poor history
Plus: Madigan begs Trump's pardon, musician performs at jail where he once was held and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/10/centurion-health-cta-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-jb-pritzker-michael-madigan
15 days ago
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A new week and a new
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morning news roundup for you on this chilly Monday morning ❄️ Today's lead: Noem does charity event, ICE tear-gasses residents
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Noem does charity event, ICE tear-gasses residents
Plus: Krishnamoorthi's MAGA money, a quarter-zip meet-up fosters community and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/08/federal-immigration-enforcement-elgin-homeland-security-kristi-noem-krishnamoorthi
17 days ago
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Happy Friday, everyone. I've got a new
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morning news roundup. ☕ Today's lead: Agency meant to help immigrants turns against them
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Agency meant to help immigrants turns against them
Plus: The State/Lake train station's closing, Mayor Brandon Johnson's head tax hunt continues and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/12/05/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-dhs-cta-state-lake-mayor-johnson
20 days ago
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A new day, a new
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morning news roundup. ☕ Today's lead: The Sausage King's squalid South Side complex
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The Sausage King's squalid South Side complex
Plus: A mom inspires a congressional bill on maternal health care, a snowy owl surprise and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/26/indian-trails-west-pullman-sausage-king-crown-point-auburn-gresham-wrigleyville
29 days ago
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Good morning, Chicago. Got another
@chicago.suntimes.com
morning news roundup for you. ☕ Today's lead: Tears for slain teen, calls for curfew
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Tears for slain teen, calls for curfew
Debts owed to City Hall rise by $1 billion, where to order Thanksgiving dinner and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/25/teen-take-over-city-hall-mayor-brandon-johnson-thanksgiving-federal-immigration-enforcement?4234324234
about 1 month ago
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A new week, a new morning news roundup from your friends at the
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.☕ Today's lead: Feds eagerly used tear gas, caused crashes: Judge
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Feds eagerly used tear gas, caused crashes: Judge
Plus: A workforce resource center opens in Chatham, a dance workshop for Parkinson's disease patients and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/24/ice-border-patrol-chatham-walmart-stratton
about 1 month ago
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Good morning, Chicago. We've got a fresh
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news roundup for you. Today's lead: Terror charges in Blue Line fire attack
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Terror charges in Blue Line fire attack
Plus: A youth mentoring program faces defunding under Mayor Johnson's budget, clergy sue feds and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/20/blue-line-cta-pritzker-donald-trump-dhs-ice
about 1 month ago
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Happy Wednesday, Chicago. We've got a new
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morning news roundup for you. ☕ Today's lead: A state ID you can't drive with
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A state ID you can't drive with
Plus: A new mayoral candidate, two restaurants gain Michelin stars and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/19/illinois-secretary-of-state-cook-county-treasurer-chicago-mayor-michelin-star
about 1 month ago
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It's a new week — and we've got a new
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morning news roundup for you. 🗞️ Today's lead: Property tax hikes hit Black neighborhoods hardest
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Property tax hikes hit Black neighborhoods hardest
Plus: Pastors speak of alleged brutality by cops at Broadview immigration facility, the DHS vacates Naval Station Great Lakes and more
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/17/cook-county-property-tax-broadview-dhs-naval-station-ice
about 1 month ago
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We made it to Friday — and I've got a new
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morning news roundup for you. ☕ Today's lead: Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets — Trump’s Chicago 'blitz' tactics Plus: Pressure on food pantries, a tour inside the Obama Center and more.
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Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Trump's 'blitz'
Plus: The pressure on food pantries, a tour inside the Obama Presidential Center and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/14/trump-deportation-ice-border-patrol-chicago-obama-presidential-center-snap
about 1 month ago
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The sun is shining and we have a new
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morning news roundup for you. 🔆 Today's lead: Government reopens with Obamacare spike, hemp ban
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Government reopens with Obamacare spike, hemp ban
Plus: 615 ICE detainees ordered released, city boycotts US bonds and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/13/federal-government-shutdown-ice-border-patrol-obamacare-hemp-ban
about 1 month ago
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Got another
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morning news roundup for you this Wednesday morning. 🗞️ Today's lead story: Going to Vegas with CPS money
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Going to Vegas with CPS money
Plus: Border Patrol may multiply, flight cuts continue and more
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/12/chicago-public-schools-border-patrol-government-shutdown-donald-trump
about 1 month ago
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Good morning — we've got a new
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Tuesday morning news roundup for you. 🗞️ Today's lead story: Durbin joins GOP in effort to end shutdown
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Durbin joins GOP in effort to end shutdown
Plus: Hollow diversity promises, O'Hare headaches and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/11/durbin-trump-government-shutdown-democrats-gop-ohare-airport
about 1 month ago
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From
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: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
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He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/10/deportation-immigration-mexico-indiana-parents-fathers-ice-vanessa-lopez
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It's a new week — and I've got a new
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morning news roundup for you this chilly Monday morning. ❄️ Today's lead story: How Chicagoans are coping with costlier groceries 🍎
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How Chicagoans are coping with costlier groceries
Plus: Federal agents pepper spray a baby, Auditorium Theatre stages restoration and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/10/snap-government-shutdown-trump-city-hall-border-patrol-johnson
about 2 months ago
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Happy Friday, Chicago. ☕ We've got another
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morning news roundup for you. Today's top story: Chicago cops withhold Border Patrol shooting videos
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Chicago cops withhold Border Patrol shooting videos
Plus: A judge curbs the feds' use of force, the latest on food stamps and flight cancellations and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/07/border-patrol-trump-administration-faa-snap-benefits-bovino-ellis
about 2 months ago
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Good morning, Chicago. We've got a new
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morning news roundup for you. 🗞️ Today's lead story: 'Propaganda' portrays Chicago at war with feds
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'Propaganda' portrays Chicago at war with feds
Plus: Judges in three courtrooms address federal tactics, what the state's new transit spending bill means for you and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/06/ice-broder-patrol-trump-bovino-broadview-cta-metra-rta-pace
about 2 months ago
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I've got a new
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morning news roundup for you. 🗞️ Today's lead story: Koko's flea market blues
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Koko's flea market blues
Plus: A crucial hearing over federal immigration agents' use of force, Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to build a $50 million Greyhound station and more.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/11/05/koko-taylor-back-of-the-yards-brandon-johnson-gregory-bovino-rta
about 2 months ago
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9 months ago
The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that it was opening an investigation into CPS and Deerfield School District 109 after politically conservative groups filed complaints about trans students being allowed to use locker rooms that line up with who they are. So what does this mean?
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What’s at stake when Trump agency investigates Chicago, suburban schools' accommodations for trans students
The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation into Illinois schools, the Chicago Public Schools and Deerfield School District 109 after politically conservative groups filed complaints.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/03/25/whats-at-stake-when-feds-investigate-local-accommodations-for-trans-students
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Chicago Sun-Times Guild
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Guild co-chair Nader Issa in
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today: "We lost enough people, we don't need to keep cutting our staff. … We've done our part. Now we need Chicago Public Media to do its part by securing more revenue and, if there needs to be cuts, cut non-labor areas in the budget."
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Layoffs still on the table as Sun-Times, WBEZ buyout deadline passes
It appears the outlets' parent company hit its savings target — but that may not be enough.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/chicago-sun-times-wbez-layoffs-loom-after-buyout-deadline
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Chicago Sun-Times Guild
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To protect public media we need more journalists in our newsroom — not fewer.
#ProtectMyPublicMedia
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We are losing a lot of talented journalists at the Chicago Sun-Times this month as we undergo a period of buyouts and possible layoffs. And I'm sad to see Ismael Perez leaving at a time when we need
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-- Someone in Chicago says goodbye
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Someone in Chicago says goodbye
After a few years of career-defining moments, it's hard to leave a newsroom that molded me into someone I never imagined I could become.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/someone-in-chicago/2025/03/14/ismael-perez-advice-buyouts-dating-apps-family-mental-health
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Ahead of the potential deportations under Trump's second term, I checked in with historians and immigration experts to see how past calls for immigrants to leave the country have played out in Chicago
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As Trump eyes mass deportations, historians see parallels to past campaigns to force out immigrants
Historians who have studied Chicago's immigrant communities say the conversations around Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations echo calls that sought to drive out immigrants during the 1930s and t...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/18/chicago-immigration-mass-deportations-history-mexican-repatriation-ice-trump
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As the US saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness last year, Chicago’s total more than tripled. Chicago estimated 18,836 people experienced homelessness last year compared with 6,139 in 2023, according to the city’s annual tally released last summer. 1/7
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Chicago's homelessness surged in 2024, as major U.S. cities bore the brunt of a national trend
Even as migrants find permanent housing, the city's problem persists with its lack of adequate affordable options and resources to help, experts say.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/01/04/homelessness-rate-chicago-migrants-affordable-housing
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City Hall ouster of point person on air pollution and extreme heat exposes rift in Mayor Johnson's environmental mission, reports
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City Hall ouster exposes rift in Johnson’s environmental mission
Chicago’s point person on air pollution and extreme heat was pushed out, raising questions about the mayor's commitment to neighborhoods choked by pollution.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/12/13/raed-mansour-air-pollution-environmental-justice-brandon-johnson-horace-smith-chicago-climate-change
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In today’s Chicago Sun-Times: As next Trump presidency looms, Chicago groups serving immigrants are bracing for the unexpected
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As next Trump presidency looms, Chicago groups serving immigrants are bracing for the unexpected
Some clinics serving migrants are seeing bigger crowds as people seek help, try to understand their options and prepare for changes to immigration policy and an increase in deportation orders.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
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Kwame Opam
about 1 year ago
We did something interesting today -- we turned replies on Bluesky into the comment section on our site.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Elvia Malagón
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Chicago warming centers open amid cold snap:
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Locations: -10 S. Kedzie Ave. -1140 W. 79th St -4314 S. Cottage Grove -845 W. Wilson Ave. -8650 S. Commercial Ave. -4312 W. North Ave.
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Chicago warming centers open amid cold snap
Anyone looking to stay warm can visit nearly 180 locations, including the city's six warming centers which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/weather/2024/11/29/weather-chicago-warming-centers-open
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about 1 year ago
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I got the chance to visit one of my long-time favorite restaurants in Chicago and see what happens behind the scenes for this story with
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Yassa African Restaurant's maafe, a rich stew that's the 'best use of peanut butter since PB&J'
Dishin' on the Dish: For 20 years, the family-owned and operated restaurant has brought food lovers near and far seeking the restaurant's hearty portions of Senegalese favorites.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/dishin-on-the-dish/2024/11/19/yassa-african-restaurants-maafe-dishin-on-the-dish
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Good morning, angels. 🥱
@katieanthony.bsky.social
and I have a new
@chicago.suntimes.com
Friday morning briefing hitting inboxes now. If you're not subscribed to our Morning Edition newsletter, it's all good. You can read it for free here:
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about 1 year ago
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This is by far the best thing I've ever written. Hope you'll give it a read (to make up for the harassment and microwaved food):
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48 hours aboard Amtrak’s new direct train from Chicago to Miami
The Sun-Times sent a reporter and photographer on the first run of the Floridian from Chicago to Miami — on one condition. We have to ride the whole way in coach.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/amtrak-floridian-chicago-miami-travel-log-what-to-know
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Giving this thing a go. 🦋 Here’s a good ol lake sunset from last Friday.
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