Artist David Hockney died Thursday at 88. His fingerprints are all over the Art Institute of Chicago — including an incredible 2022 exhibition featuring dozens of impressionist landscapes he created on an iPad at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. t.co/J8okbLVQID

NEW: The Chicago Bears voted to move ahead with a Hammond stadium — a major step toward leaving Illinois. The vote by the team's board of directors is the first it's taken, but doesn't mean the Hammond plan is a done deal. In @chicagotribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/c...

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Patty García was handed the Dem nomination for a US House seat by Rep. Chuy García. Now she wants to knock two independents off the ballot. People tied to her campaign objected to signatures for Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez & Mayra Macías. For @chicagotribune.com: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/b...

GREAT JOURNALISM: As plastics clog the Great Lakes, industry presses to make more and downplays dangers, Tribune analysis finds www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/p... READ MICHAEL HAWTHORNE aka @ScribeGuy

President Trump just attacked Pope Leo for meeting with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Trump called Johnson "useless" and suggested the pope should support the Trump administration's war in Iran in the Truth Social post. Trump used a photo of Johnson and the pope praying.

NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing a new ordinance that would dramatically change rental rules in Chicago. Landlords are stiffly opposing the broad measure. It contains a ton of parts — I'll detail them below. For @chicagotribune.com (gift link, 1/X): www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/m...

Mayor Brandon Johnson pushing sweeping changes to renter laws, landlords bristle

What a scoop by @jake-sheridan.bsky.social! The proposed new tenant protections by @mayorofchicago.bsky.social attempt to balance the imbalance of power between landlords and tenants, as documented by a plethora of Chicago reporters, including @mdoukmas.bsky.social and I. 🧵

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to force landlords who don’t renew their tenants’ leases to have to pay thousands of dollars to the tenants. An election year ordinance aimed at progressives and renters. The latest from @jake-sheridan.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/m...

NEWS: Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete is coming home. The Chicago Public Schools senior who was arrested by ICE agents at a routine check-in in March was released Tuesday after a bond hearing in immigration court, a spokeswoman for his attorneys told the Tribune.

Tiffany Heynard, the former Dolton mayor accused of corruption & booted by voters, just won a primary. She ran unopposed & won the Republican nomination for Fulton County commissioner. She's unlikely to beat the Democratic candidate in a Georgia district that includes Atlanta.

Extraordinary: Ald. Jim Gardiner sues Chicago ethics watchdogs for defamation, wants $1 million. @jake-sheridan.bsky.social with the latest www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/14/a...

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NEWS: Eighteen people who were "unlawfully arrested and brutalized by federal agents" during the military-style raid on their apartment building in South Shore are filing administrative complaints against the federal government.

Former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas is being fined $214,000 for violating campaign finance rules by accepting excessive contributions from people who were doing business with the city, the Chicago Board of Ethics announced Tuesday.

Our whole newsroom @chicagotribune.com came together to cover Midway Blitz. Everyone pulled together. It’s an honor to be recognized. Thank you @poynterinstitute.bsky.social

Congratulations to all Livingston Award finalists, especially @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social who makes us proud every day @chicagotribune.com

Chicago developers and property owners will again face delays as a monthslong City Council feud over who should lead the influential Zoning Committee drags into spring.

City Hall’s ongoing failure to get a Zoning chairman is actively hurting Chicago. @jake-sheridan.bsky.social with the latest: Zoning Committee to skip another month and leave developments in limbo but alderman has plan for deal. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/c...

Overheard at Chicago City Hall today: "They're screwing us. I'm gonna screw them."

What's a day, or two, like in the life of a @chicagotribune.com political reporter? From covering city council meetings to prepping stories & making changes based on breaking developments, @jake-sheridan.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of his fast-paced job reporting on #Chicago politics ⤵️

Skyway Lanes, Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bowling Alley, Closing After 'Surge' Of Support Fades A sad update to a bittersweet struggle of the last year for this South Side staple. ✍️ Mack Liederman @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/31/s...

Lame once more: Aldermen just failed to make quorum AGAIN — this time forcing a Chicago Public Schools-focused meeting to be cancelled. Dr. Macquline King — who is expected to be made permanent CPS CEO later today — was ready to answer questions. But aldermen didn’t show up, second time in a row.

Today in Being Super Lame: The Chicago City Council! Only five aldermen showed up for a planned quarterly hearing with the Chicago Transit Authority. The CTA's top leaders were ready to face questions. But too few aldermen showed up, so the meeting couldn't start. Lame!

Stunned & humbled: Ray Long wins 2026 Illinoisan of the Year The Illinois News Broadcasters Association is pleased to announce that its past presidents have chosen former Chicago Tribune journalist Ray Long as the recipient of the 2026 Illinoisan of the Year.

Michael Sacks wrote this @chicagotribune op-ed to defend his support of AIPAC super PACs in Chicago Congressional primaries. I asked Sacks, a billionaire & Democratic megadonor, for comment before I reported his contributions Monday. Got no reply. (1/9) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/24/o...

Filling an NCAA tournament bracket out with AI has to be the single lamest thing that a human being can do. If you did that, please pretend that I am making fun of you.

AIPAC celebrates Donna Miller's win tonight on X: "Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!" The controversial group not answered questions about its apparent effort to use shell PACs & coordinated individual contributions to support Miller with around $6 million.

NEW: Donna Miller wins Illinois 2nd Congressional District primary. The Cook County commissioner had massive backing from AIPAC — around $6 million from groups and donors with apparent ties. She ran with a healthcare focus & beats former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. AP called race.

LIVE: Cook County Donna Miller has a commanding lead in the Illinois 2nd Congressional District primary. Miller's campaign focused on healthcare: a federal return to evidence-based medicine & more maternal health centers. She received massive support from AIPAC-linked groups.

I'm covering the Illinois 2nd Congressional District primary for @chicagotribune.com. Follow below! Jesse Jackson Jr., Donna Miller and Robert Peters are top contenders. Willie Preston and Yumeka Brown are dark horses. Who will win? We're likely to find out tonight. Live thread:

NEW: An unprecedented $62 million is pouring into Chicago's four competitive Democratic Congressional primaries. That's about $30.4 million in campaign contributions and $31.4 million in outside spending so far. With @olivia0.bsky.social (gift link, 1/5): www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/13/c...

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a measure this week to create so-called “democracy zones” near Chicago polling places in a attempt to safeguard voters from potential threats from federal immigration agents, and hopes to implement it in time for next week’s primary elections.

In response to my FOIA request for the names and badge numbers of ICE agents who operated in Chicago between January and June 2025, DHS sent a spreadsheet listing exemptions. I haven't confirmed, but the number of rows seems to indicate 259 agents were in Chicago at that time.

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It's a real shame that there are no TV debates for the Illinois 2nd Congressional District primary. The 9th District North Side race is getting tons of attention. It should. But the 2nd is also super interesting. It deserves attention too. I hope a TV station puts in the effort.

We, the staff at @thetriibe.com are unionizing. Please support us in our efforts and sign our petition. actionnetwork.org/letters/were...

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

with subzero temperatures on the horizon, now‘s a good time to revisit @katieprout.bsky.social’s 2022 piece about the lack of 24-hour warming centers in chicago. four years later and nothing has changed.

Rick Garcia, leading Chicago gay rights activist, dies at 69: ‘He was relentless’

“Fracture” in Chicago’s labor world complicates Mayor Brandon Johnson’s third budget fight. By @aliceyin.bsky.social and @adquig.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/f...

Fighting Trump’s immigration blitz in Chicago, ward by ward. A story from @jake-sheridan.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com about aldermen opposing ICE www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/t...

Chicago aldermen have traditionally measured success by potholes filled, block party bounce houses delivered, votes counted. But with Trump’s deportation blitz in full swing, some are adding getting tear-gassed and handcuffed and standing guard near elementary schools. 📝 @jake-sheridan.bsky.social

Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near a school on a busy Northwest Side street. "It’s upsetting to see people being paid to attack our community for senseless stupid reasons.” 📝 @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social, @jake-sheridan.bsky.social and @tesskenny.bsky.social

Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.

Not my normal spot for an interview: the bike lane. I talked with Mayor Brandon Johnson about cycling in Chicago. Here's how he sees bike infrastructure fitting into the city, told by him from atop a Divvy bike to @chicagotribune.com (part 1/2):

Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks $90 million in settlement of suits tied to corrupt cop, @jake-sheridan.bsky.social and @jmetr22b.bsky.social w the details. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/11/m...

NEW: Ald. Brendan Reilly is officially running for Cook County Board President against Toni Preckwinkle. He's focusing on crime to unseat Preckwinkle, a progressive who has been in office for 15 years. First reported by @adquig.bsky.social (gift link): www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/10/d...

One day. One new speed camera. $60,000. Chicago's new speed cams are raking it in, early data shows. They captured $1.7M in three weeks in June, now the most-ticketed month in three years, as aldermen tout their safety impact. With William Tong for @chicagotribune.com: t.co/EHnTVvdcF9