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a year of news nights! november 13!
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Four counties said they'd terminate their agreements with ICE after WTTW News reached out. See Jackson County's revised USMS below.
The Jackson County Sheriff sent a copy of an updated contract without an ICE rider that was signed four days after WTTW News sent an inquiry. Contract reads: 11. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY HEREIN, ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE IGA DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN BLOCK 1, REMAIN UNCHANGED. TERMS OF THIS MODIFICATION: The purpose of this modification is to: 1. Remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as an authorized rider to the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) listed in Block #19 on Page 1 in compliance with the TRUST ACT and the ILLINOIS WAY FORWARD ACT. NO OTHER TERMS OR CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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good morning
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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good morning
October 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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NEWS NIGHT on October 16
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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good morning
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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good morning
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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NEWS NIGHT is tomorrow!
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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good morning
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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good morning
September 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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See the sharp increases in administrative lockdown days? It's largely driven by short staffing. On average this year, Menard is only able to staff 44% of the prison.
August 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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News Night is next week! It’ll be outside and we will have a long sandwich for everyone. Come on out :-)
August 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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NEWS NIGHT -- June 5 @ 7 pm.
June 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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:-)
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🚨Alert🚨News Night is Thursday, May 8 @ 7 pm. It’s at Inga Books, 1740 W. 18th St.
May 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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News Night is Tonight
April 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Oh! And News Night is next week! April 3 @ 7 pm @ 6400 S. Kimbark!
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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hooray
March 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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:-)
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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News Night #3!
February 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Copy from story linked in previous tweet: Patterson has a list of questions around what could happen if physical mail is no longer available: “What happens to my ability to receive books? Academic articles? Greeting cards? I do a lot of writing for an online public my partner created, as well as publishing excerpts of fictional stories … how will I navigate that? Will there be extra censorship to communications?” “If IDOC is willing to provide state of the art services to accommodate residents, then it’s a good thing,” Patterson wrote. “But we also know that the mail isn’t the only/main source of contraband in these institutions. So, what are you really trying to stop?”
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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News Night was so special! Thanks all for coming out :-)
January 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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NEWS NIGHT, Jan 8 @ 3054 N. Sheffield :-)
December 26, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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More News Nights to come! An absolute treat.
December 3, 2024 at 8:01 PM