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Good morning — we've got a new @chicago.suntimes.com Tuesday morning news roundup for you. 🗞️

Today's lead story: Durbin joins GOP in effort to end shutdown chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edit...
Durbin joins GOP in effort to end shutdown
Plus: Hollow diversity promises, O'Hare headaches and more.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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From @vanessalop.bsky.social: 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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
It's a new week — and I've got a new @chicago.suntimes.com 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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
Happy Friday, Chicago. ☕

We've got another @chicago.suntimes.com morning news roundup for you.

Today's top story: Chicago cops withhold Border Patrol shooting videos chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edit...
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
Good morning, Chicago. We've got a new @chicago.suntimes.com 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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
I've got a new @chicago.suntimes.com 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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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vimiller.bsky.social
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?
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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cstguild.bsky.social
Guild co-chair Nader Issa in @crainschicago.bsky.social 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."
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.
www.chicagobusiness.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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To protect public media we need more journalists in our newsroom — not fewer. #ProtectMyPublicMedia
March 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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 #morelatinosinnews -- 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.
chicago.suntimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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elviamalagon.bsky.social
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...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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vimiller.bsky.social
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.

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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.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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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 @brettchase.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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In today’s Chicago Sun-Times: As next Trump presidency looms, Chicago groups serving immigrants are bracing for the unexpected chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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We did something interesting today -- we turned replies on Bluesky into the comment section on our site.
December 4, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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elviamalagon.bsky.social
Chicago warming centers open amid cold snap:
chicago.suntimes.com/weather/2024...
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.
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
A snowy commute to the newsroom this mornin ❄️❤️
November 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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zubyyy.bsky.social
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 @dorothylynn.bsky.social for the @chicago.suntimes.com

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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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
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: newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-E9059852...
November 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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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): chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:56 PM
mattmoorecst.bsky.social
Giving this thing a go. 🦋

Here’s a good ol lake sunset from last Friday.
November 14, 2024 at 2:31 PM