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The little-known Prisoner Review Board has become a political focal point in recent months. Jeremy Gorner aims to get beyond the talking points and focus on some of the underlying issues. Please take a little time to read this one. chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pr…

Tribune, news organizations fighting Chicago Park District effort to seal lawsuit alleging Mayor Lori Lightfoot made obscene, defamatory comments chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pa…

Congratulations to Madison Hopkins, Cecilia Reyes, Better Government Association and Chicago Tribune. #Pulitzer

I found myself wondering the other day about the Kankakee farmers Biden visited the other day. Little did I know, Clare Spaulding was on it. chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-bi…

Curious about how President Donald J. Trump ended up at this Kankakee farm? So was I. Read about the O'Connors and their experience welcoming a president into their home: chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-bi…

“There’s always kind of a negative connotation around alcohol-induced cases… because people are like, ‘Oh, you chose to get drunk,’” said Mallory Littlejohn Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation “What they didn’t choose was to be sexually assaulted.” chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-il…

The Chicago Board of elections has delayed early voting to Tuesday, May 31. We've updated the Chicago Tribune VOTERS GUIDE, which you can find here. Thanks to Clare Spaulding for being all over this. chicagotribune.com/politics/elect…

Deep dive into one of the most troubled Illinois state agencies: DCFS. Great work by ⁦Rachel Hinton⁩ and ⁦david jackson⁩. Foster Children Held in Jails, Shelters — Workers Threatened, Attacked: A State Agency in Crisis by ⁦Better Government Association⁩. bettergov.org/news/foster-ch…