Kaitlin Washburn
@kwashburn.bsky.social
Chicago Sun-Times reporter
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No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE.
Several social media posts falsely claimed Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the trucks to block ICE ops, but the trucks were in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago — and to help control weekend protests.
via @kwashburn.bsky.social
Several social media posts falsely claimed Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the trucks to block ICE ops, but the trucks were in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago — and to help control weekend protests.
via @kwashburn.bsky.social
No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE
The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE.
Several social media posts falsely claimed Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the trucks to block ICE ops, but the trucks were in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago — and to help control weekend protests.
via @kwashburn.bsky.social
Several social media posts falsely claimed Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the trucks to block ICE ops, but the trucks were in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago — and to help control weekend protests.
via @kwashburn.bsky.social
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I spent some time asking why Chicago hasn't made much progress at reducing traffic crashes. Here's my story for the @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
A decade ago, the city committed to eliminating traffic deaths by 2026. It's not even close.
Despite an ambitious plan by the city to eliminate all traffic deaths by next year, nearly as many people are dying on Chicago roads as when the goal was announced in 2017. The number of yearly injuri...
chicago.suntimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I spent some time asking why Chicago hasn't made much progress at reducing traffic crashes. Here's my story for the @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
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BREAKING: Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown could close as soon as Friday as the feds cut off Medicare & Medicaid funding, via me & @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/jp8hb2ey @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com @shiakapos.bsky.social
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown on the brink of closure
The government is dropping Weiss from Medicare and Medicaid after months of failing to meet federal standards. Hospital staff say it could close Friday.
tinyurl.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
BREAKING: Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown could close as soon as Friday as the feds cut off Medicare & Medicaid funding, via me & @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/jp8hb2ey @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com @shiakapos.bsky.social
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown could close Friday after losing access to Medicare and Medicaid. w/ @kschorsch.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown on the brink of closure
The government is dropping Weiss from Medicare and Medicaid after months of failing to meet federal standards. Hospital staff say it could close Friday.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown could close Friday after losing access to Medicare and Medicaid. w/ @kschorsch.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
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So much to unpack in this must-read about a Chicago hospital and 'unsafe conditions in the makeshift ER,' via @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yw7cdbc4
Weiss emergency room is ‘not safe for patients,' ER medical director tells state
A state investigation found Weiss Memorial Hospital's emergency room is not providing adequate care and the medical center is not staffed with enough nurses. However the hospital's owner claims the fi...
tinyurl.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So much to unpack in this must-read about a Chicago hospital and 'unsafe conditions in the makeshift ER,' via @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yw7cdbc4
Before the federal government revoked Weiss hospital's Medicare access, state investigators found the hospital had been operating a “makeshift” emergency department in an office building that lacked the basic equipment and staff to properly care for patients.
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
Weiss emergency room is ‘not safe for patients,' ER medical director tells state
A state investigation found Weiss Memorial Hospital's emergency room is not providing adequate care and the medical center is not staffed with enough nurses. However the hospital's owner claims the fi...
chicago.suntimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Before the federal government revoked Weiss hospital's Medicare access, state investigators found the hospital had been operating a “makeshift” emergency department in an office building that lacked the basic equipment and staff to properly care for patients.
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
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ICYMI: Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown had to evacuate after the AC stopped working last month. Now the feds are pulling the hospital's Medicare funding, which is how Weiss makes most of its $$. Details via me & @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yc6xbsm2
Feds revoke Weiss Memorial's Medicare access
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Weiss isn't complying with the agency's requirements for "nursing services, emergency services and physical environment." In June, the Uptown safety-n...
tinyurl.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
ICYMI: Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown had to evacuate after the AC stopped working last month. Now the feds are pulling the hospital's Medicare funding, which is how Weiss makes most of its $$. Details via me & @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yc6xbsm2
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The CST Guild is aware of the third-party “summer guide” content in the May 18 edition of the Sun-Times newspaper.
This was a syndicated section made externally without the knowledge of the members of our newsroom.
We’re deeply disturbed that AI-generated content was printed alongside our work.
This was a syndicated section made externally without the knowledge of the members of our newsroom.
We’re deeply disturbed that AI-generated content was printed alongside our work.
May 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The CST Guild is aware of the third-party “summer guide” content in the May 18 edition of the Sun-Times newspaper.
This was a syndicated section made externally without the knowledge of the members of our newsroom.
We’re deeply disturbed that AI-generated content was printed alongside our work.
This was a syndicated section made externally without the knowledge of the members of our newsroom.
We’re deeply disturbed that AI-generated content was printed alongside our work.
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Accused child molester-priest says now-Pope Leo XIV OK'd his move to a South Side monastery near a school. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... By Robert Herguth + @kwashburn.bsky.social
Accused child molester-priest says now-Pope Leo XIV OK'd his move to a South Side monastery near a school
"He’s the one who gave me permission to stay there" in 2000, James M. Ray, the former priest, told the Chicago Sun-Times about Robert Prevost, newly installed as pope but then head of the Midwest prov...
chicago.suntimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Accused child molester-priest says now-Pope Leo XIV OK'd his move to a South Side monastery near a school. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... By Robert Herguth + @kwashburn.bsky.social
Reposted by Kaitlin Washburn
An important analysis from @kwashburn.bsky.social:
About 45% of Chicago Public Schools' 644 schools have vaccination rates at or above 95% this year. That’s down from the rate in 2019, the year before the pandemic, when 90% of schools were at herd immunity. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
About 45% of Chicago Public Schools' 644 schools have vaccination rates at or above 95% this year. That’s down from the rate in 2019, the year before the pandemic, when 90% of schools were at herd immunity. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
Less than half of CPS schools have herd immunity for measles, state data shows
A Sun-Times analysis of state data found the rate of vaccinations has dropped sharply from the rate in 2019, when 90% of schools were at herd immunity.
chicago.suntimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
An important analysis from @kwashburn.bsky.social:
About 45% of Chicago Public Schools' 644 schools have vaccination rates at or above 95% this year. That’s down from the rate in 2019, the year before the pandemic, when 90% of schools were at herd immunity. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
About 45% of Chicago Public Schools' 644 schools have vaccination rates at or above 95% this year. That’s down from the rate in 2019, the year before the pandemic, when 90% of schools were at herd immunity. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
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And the Sun-Times got a photo of the new pope at a Sox Game (yes yes the 2005 World Series) — chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Chicago high school cheers White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV — 'He's one of us'
While Robert Francis Prevost didn’t attend St. Rita of Cascia High School in Ashburn, his connection to the school runs deep. In the 1980s, he was a substitute and summer school teacher at the school ...
chicago.suntimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And the Sun-Times got a photo of the new pope at a Sox Game (yes yes the 2005 World Series) — chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Highland Park parade shooting trial begins today. @davidstruett.bsky.social
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Highland Park parade shooting trial set to begin Monday. Here's what to expect.
In a case with such an unpredictable defendant, no one knows for sure what might happen when jury selection is set to begin Monday morning.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Highland Park parade shooting trial begins today. @davidstruett.bsky.social
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Multiple reports say a top Department of Justice official is in Chicago to “personally observe” immigration enforcement actions. trib.al/IAcm2zi
Top DOJ official in Chicago to supervise 'immigration enforcement actions,' reports say
trib.al
January 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Multiple reports say a top Department of Justice official is in Chicago to “personally observe” immigration enforcement actions. trib.al/IAcm2zi
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