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Chicago journalism icon Craig Dellimore retires after 42 years at WBBM audacy.com/wbbm780/news/n…

Thank you @Suntimes -- the stormy, husky, brawling big city daily -- for publishing our accountability reporting. At @injusticewatch, we scrubbed the backgrounds of all 77 Cook County judges running for retention in November .... tinyurl.com/5a4fhbv9

Excited to be part of the new @CHSN, starting Tuesday: —Co-hosting “Big Pro Football Show” at 5:30 p.m. with @ruthiepolinsky & @clayharbs82 —Co-hosting “The Chicago Lead” at 6 with @BrookeFletcher & @camronsmith ***Still @mullyhaugh every morning 5:30-10. Join the fun.

When people learn what I do for a living, among the first questions I'm asked is: "Why is Illinois so corrupt?" In the coming weeks and months the @chicagotribune is going to explore that question and try to offer some answers. A🧵...1/14

This is what happens when a company looks at local newsgathering and only sees costs. Gannett has slashed half its workforce since the merger.

Goodness...

@ChrisBoghossian Happy New Year, Chris, thanks for keeping it going.

chicago.councilmatic.org is updated with the new Ward map and 13 new alders!

@rumormill Believe the Blagojevich 107-0 story that day included the governor saying his resounding legislative defeat was basically an "up" and he felt good about it. @RayLong

#OTD in 2007: Juan Luna is found guilty in the Brown's Chicken murders And former Chicago Ald. Edward "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak indicted on bribery, fraud charges chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/231696097

Please help us welcome Tori Allen to Team Serafin! Tori is an accomplished communications pro with experience leading engagements, developing plans and delivering earned media and digital content for a wide spectrum of national clients. Welcome aboard, Tori!

@robertloerzel Beautiful snake!

A DeKay's brown snake at Big Marsh Park

Though Chicago has made real strides to shore up its finances under Mayor Lightfoot, its fiscal health remains precarious. Read our story on city pensions, taxes, and budget holes with @ad_quig @byaliceyin @chicagotribune, part of ongoing issues reporting chicagotribune.com/politics/elect…

Today was my last day @BetterGov: After 29 months of flat-out reporting with the best in our profession, I'm grateful for every one of the great friends I made - and all the good we got to do together!

One of the rarest kind, this grand man. Chicago radio’s Lin Brehmer has died at 68 chicagotribune.com/entertainment/…

I dawdled on announcing this on the socials, but it's true! This week I began a new job covering manufacturing for the @WSJ out of the Chicago bureau. I'm just getting started, but it promises to be a fascinating and newsy beat.

In farewell speech, Rep. Adam Kinzinger warns GOP ‘has embraced lies and deceit’ chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/15/235… via @lynnsweet

@curtisstigers @evanstonspace Looking forward to it!

Maureen is one of the kindest, most graceful and most thorough journalists in Chicago. Best wishes on such a well-deserved break.