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Joe Barrett

@jbarrchicago

Senior Midwest correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. I cover infrastructure and the environment as well as odd happenings. I also have a bunch of guitars.

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Volunteers across Chicago are providing necessities to migrants who are spending weeks living in police stations waiting for housing wsj.com/articles/in-ch… via The Wall Street Journal

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🧵 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

🧵 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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🧵 One hundred days ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

🧵 One hundred days ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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The small city of Evanston, Ill., is the only place in the U.S. paying reparations to Black residents harmed by discrimination wsj.com/articles/a-sma… via The Wall Street Journal

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Here's my latest story: “Vacancy becomes a disease, and it's contagious.” Chicago, Pittsburgh and other cities are trying to put tens of thousands of empty housing lots in the hands of developers. wsj.com/real-estate/to… via The Wall Street Journal

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Chicago has taken efforts to help curb flooding in the city, but in those efforts could be too paltry in the fight against climate change, The Wall Street Journal's Joe Barrett reports. wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal

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🧵 On March 29, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

🧵 On March 29, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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Six months ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

Six months ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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🧵Detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich turns 32 today. He was arrested in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

🧵Detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich turns 32 today.

He was arrested in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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It has been 250 days since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We are offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

It has been 250 days since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison.

We are offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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Here's my latest: Trysts, trials, flowing hair...and a plot twist: The horse soap opera at Theodore Roosevelt National Park faces cancellation. wsj.com/us-news/wild-h… via The Wall Street Journal

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I visited some newly holy sites in Chicagoland for this story. The new pope’s boyhood home in Dolton, Ill., and the family’s parish on the far south side: wsj.com/world/who-is-p…

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They’re called the monster trucks of the water, and they’re rocking lake life across Wisconsin and beyond. wsj.com/lifestyle/wake… Latest A-hed via Joe Barrett

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Old Mission Peninsula, on Lake Michigan, is on the hook for a small fortune to local winemakers, under a federal court order to repay revenue lost over limits on special events wsj.com/business/old-m… via The Wall Street Journal