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mariahwoelfel.bsky.social
@mariahwoelfel.bsky.social
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I spoke to Mayor Brandon Johnson about his $16.6b budget, Chicago's lawsuit against the Trump Admin and...TikTok as the mayor pursues a tax on social media. Come for the policy questions and stay to find out Johnson's favorite corner of TikTok.
www.wbez.org/wbez-news/20...
Mayor Johnson talks budget, Trump administration, reelection intentions and TikTok in WBEZ interview
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is laser-focused on passing his 16-point, $6 billion budget, propped up by a slew of new taxes, by the end of the year.
www.wbez.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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tiffany.thetriibe.com
this is such a good story with more insight into how premeditated the South Shore raid was.

h/t Sun-Times and BEZ

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
mariahwoelfel.bsky.social
During the Sept. 30 military-style raid on a South Shore building, a man heard a knock at his door. It wasn’t an ICE agent, but a mom and girl pleading for help. He let them in and hide under his bed. 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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dmihalopoulos.bsky.social
Great profile by @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social of a mayor trying to deal with having a notorious ICE facility — and protests — in her normally low-key suburb of Chicago www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Amid national glare, Broadview mayor keeps focus on her 8,000 residents: ‘I can’t be afraid’
Immigration agents have aggressively responded to protests outside what was once a sleepy ICE facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson says she’s not backing down.
www.wbez.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
mariahwoelfel.bsky.social
Chicago doctor Thaer Ahmad will never forget one of the 1st times he declared a patient dead in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, after a father carried in his three lifeless daughters.

Those girls weigh heavy on Ahmad's mind as he demands action from Illinois politicians.
www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Chicago-area doctors are returning from Gaza with horror stories, and demands for elected officials
A group of doctors who worked in Gaza are urging members of Congress to sign onto a bill that would limit weapons sales to Israel. They say they can feel the tide turning.
www.wbez.org
August 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM