Kaarin Tisue
@katchicago.bsky.social
Investigations editor, Chicago Tribune. One Pulitzer Prize and seven finalists. My alter ego is a competitive ballroom dancer. UNC Tar Heel.
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Andrea and I are about the same age, and at both the Sun-Times and the Tribune I was perpetually impressed with her smarts and innovative ideas. Her leaving the world is a huge loss.
RIP Andrea Hanis, who held significant leadership posts in all the big local papers, was a fine colleague and friend. We will miss you. Gone far too soon.
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Andrea Marie Hanis Obituary November 12, 2025 - Legacy.com
View Andrea Marie Hanis's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Andrea and I are about the same age, and at both the Sun-Times and the Tribune I was perpetually impressed with her smarts and innovative ideas. Her leaving the world is a huge loss.
I'm sorry to see this. Mo was a lovely person.
Maureen Cotter, longtime Sun-Times editor, dies at 64
Maureen Cotter, longtime Sun-Times editor, dies at 64
Ms. Cotter saw herself as a guardian of the paper's editorial standards that formed a bond of trust with readers.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm sorry to see this. Mo was a lovely person.
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///BREAKING/// Controversial Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a surge of agents appear to be leaving Chicago within days as "Operation Midway Blitz" winds down after two months, sources tell the Tribune.
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Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
///BREAKING/// Controversial Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a surge of agents appear to be leaving Chicago within days as "Operation Midway Blitz" winds down after two months, sources tell the Tribune.
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So many but I have watched Gimli countless times brandishing two battle axes on the tomb of Balin.
“Let them come. There’s one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!”
“Let them come. There’s one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!”
What scene from Lord of the Rings still sticks with you?
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
So many but I have watched Gimli countless times brandishing two battle axes on the tomb of Balin.
“Let them come. There’s one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!”
“Let them come. There’s one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!”
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, among other remedies, finding that the conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.”
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, finding substandard conditions at Broadview immigration facility
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview enough food, water and bed space.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, among other remedies, finding that the conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.”
This is a heck of a story by @markguarino.bsky.social. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/1...
'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor's prized possessions — including a Grammy — sold at Chicago flea market
A treasure trove of her items were put on sale for dirt cheap after a junk dealer's random purchase of the contents of Taylor's storage locker in Orland Park.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is a heck of a story by @markguarino.bsky.social. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/1...
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Hospitals have pulled back on gender-affirming care for kids under Trump, leaving families with shrinking options. A really interesting read from Lisa Schencker @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/h...
Hospitals have pulled back on gender-affirming care for kids under Trump, leaving families with shrinking options
The shrinking options are leading to lapses in care and delays in time-sensitive treatments. “It’s basically an abandonment of these kids,” one mother said.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hospitals have pulled back on gender-affirming care for kids under Trump, leaving families with shrinking options. A really interesting read from Lisa Schencker @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/h...
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🧵 Gregory Royal Pratt and Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune are doing great work on the immigration crackdown. Homeland Security has called out both of them on social media in futile attempts to intimidate them. @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social
NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
“What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect,” said Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🧵 Gregory Royal Pratt and Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune are doing great work on the immigration crackdown. Homeland Security has called out both of them on social media in futile attempts to intimidate them. @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social
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Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."
October 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."
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October 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Well this is some good news for once
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Well this is some good news for once
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🚨 The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area.
Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.
Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.
Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area
Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🚨 The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area.
Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.
Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.
There was a time I thought I wanted to do this kind of field work for a living. RIP to Jane Goodall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
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October 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
There was a time I thought I wanted to do this kind of field work for a living. RIP to Jane Goodall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
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A mother and her two children who were detained in Millennium Park on Sunday by immigration agents were released from custody Wednesday, bringing a moment of relief and renewed hope for the Chicago-area family caught in the crosshairs of aggressive federal immigration enforcement.
Mother and children detained in Millennium Park released from ICE custody, father flown to Texas detention center: ‘We’re praying for a miracle’
The move came after a federal judge ordered that Noemi Chavez and her 8 year-old daughter and 3-year-old are protected from deportation or removal from Illinois while the government responds to a h…
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October 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A mother and her two children who were detained in Millennium Park on Sunday by immigration agents were released from custody Wednesday, bringing a moment of relief and renewed hope for the Chicago-area family caught in the crosshairs of aggressive federal immigration enforcement.
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Dasha, 8, and her little brother were playing w/ the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when fed agents approached their parents on Sunday afternoon.
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
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The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dasha, 8, and her little brother were playing w/ the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when fed agents approached their parents on Sunday afternoon.
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
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Our latest story about prominent Chicago activist turned politician Andrew Holmes, who is facing new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl. Also details how some families felt exploited. With @alisonflowers.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com
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Prominent activist turned politician faces new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl
A survivor of sex trafficking has sued anti-violence activist and Dolton trustee Andrew Holmes, alleging he sexually assaulted her at age 16.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our latest story about prominent Chicago activist turned politician Andrew Holmes, who is facing new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl. Also details how some families felt exploited. With @alisonflowers.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/a...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/a...
News photographers have to be ready to meet the moment and the Chicago Tribune's Stacey Wescott did that superbly. She tells the story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/t...
A Tribune photographer describes capturing a compelling image from protests outside Broadview’s ICE facility
Tribune veteran photographer Stacey Wescott details how she captured an image of an ex-Marine protesting in front of an ICE facility in Broadview that became a sensation on the internet.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
News photographers have to be ready to meet the moment and the Chicago Tribune's Stacey Wescott did that superbly. She tells the story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/t...
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Several disillusioned families pulled children out of The Language and Music School in Oak Park in recent years.
They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Bullington
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They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Bullington
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Gap in Illinois law leaves Oak Park mansion school largely unregulated by state
Parents said they assumed a private school in an Oak Park mansion was recognized by the state. But that’s not the case. Illinois law won’t allow it.
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August 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Several disillusioned families pulled children out of The Language and Music School in Oak Park in recent years.
They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Bullington
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/17/l...
They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Bullington
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/17/l...
Nice story about bike messengers, who vanished so quietly I didn't notice. Used to be everywhere in the early '90s. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07...
Meet Chicago's last bike messengers. Here's how they survive
The pandemic was devastating to the courier business, but it survived. The industry is a far cry from its heyday a few decades ago, but the culture and camaraderie remain.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Nice story about bike messengers, who vanished so quietly I didn't notice. Used to be everywhere in the early '90s. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07...
Excellent, sad story about the brutal 1995 heat wave and how it got downplayed and discounted: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/t...
Chicago doesn’t remember one of its worst disasters, and there are few memorials to this day
The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the mass grave in Homewood.
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July 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excellent, sad story about the brutal 1995 heat wave and how it got downplayed and discounted: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/t...
Dispatches from the age of idiocy: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...
Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
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July 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Dispatches from the age of idiocy: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...
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Thirteen years after she was first charged with killing her toddler, a former Midlothian woman was found guilty of murder this week in a case that highlights just how long the Cook County courts can take to resolve cases.
Stalled Justice: Mother convicted of killing her toddler, 13 years after charges filed
Thirteen years after she was first charged with killing her toddler, a former Midlothian woman was found guilty of murder this week in a case that highlights just how long the Cook County courts ca…
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July 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thirteen years after she was first charged with killing her toddler, a former Midlothian woman was found guilty of murder this week in a case that highlights just how long the Cook County courts can take to resolve cases.
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A monument honoring the life of Wadee Alfayoumi, the 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed in a hate crime nearly two years ago, was unveiled at the Van Horn Woods playground in Plainfield Township on Saturday morning.
Monument unveiled in Plainfield for slain boy whose death ‘touched many hearts and opened the eyes of the community’
Before the unveiling of a monument honoring the life of Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Plainfield Township boy who was brutally murdered for his Palestinian and Muslim heritage, his father stepped u…
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June 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A monument honoring the life of Wadee Alfayoumi, the 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed in a hate crime nearly two years ago, was unveiled at the Van Horn Woods playground in Plainfield Township on Saturday morning.