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A CPD officer assigned to Mayor Brandon Johnson's security detail got drunk at Trump Tower on inauguration day before showing up for his shift. The officer's BAC was .134 and he was ordered suspended for 25 days. The story: chicagotribune.com/2025/05/12/may…

Peter S. Wenz: Thanks to Pete Hegseth, I’m censored more here than in China trib.al/0zdhn9W

A UIC grad student and Southwest Side resident, Danny Villalobos, asks the city to stop zoning his neighborhood like a suburb. He writes that Chicago's zoning laws restrict growth and block new housing. Chicago Tribune Opinion chicagotribune.com/2025/05/13/opi…

Jim Nowlan: Will the Illinois GOP show up for the 2026 state elections? trib.al/icHATTz

Chicago had the 7th biggest population growth in the country last year, new census data shows. It's the second year of population growth in a row for the city that has mostly shrunk for decades. In Chicago Tribune: chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/chi…

Foreign affairs columnist Elizabeth Shackelford writes how the Qatari jet is just the latest in a flood of corruption now manipulating U.S. foreign policy. Chicago Tribune Opinion. chicagotribune.com/2025/05/16/col…

Ann Muno: What Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ misses about girl-centered violence prevention trib.al/8VVgjQD

Y’all never told me Illinois has dust storms.

The Sun-Times Guild is aware of the third-party “summer guide” content in the Sunday, May 18 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. This was a syndicated section produced externally without the knowledge of the members of our newsroom. 🧵👇

RIP George Wendt. A cartoon by the Tribune's Scott Stantis.

I’m not so sure about this version of the Chicago Handshake. 🥴

This neighbor separately confirmed to the Tribune that the campaign signs belonged to him, not to the alleged shooter. As always, caution is key in breaking news situations. That's true for us as reporters and also for news consumers sharing info on socials.

Clarence Page: President Donald Trump’s grudge against South Africa is based on racist fiction trib.al/bGunixu

Well this explains the state of my inbox: “The technology made email outreach less effective by encouraging an ever-larger deluge of spam messages.” Will AI Empower the PR Industry or Create Endless Seas of Spam? wsj.com/articles/will-…

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What if the entire Lincoln Yards site becomes a park? Instead of tall skyscrapers that don’t match the character of the surrounding neighborhoods. Architecture columnist EdwardKeegan reviews the Lincoln Yards plan in Chicago Tribune Opinion chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/col…

Less than 25% of Illinois farmland is owned by farmers. So who controls the state’s fertile land? A Tribune analysis reveals rising ownership by outside investors and how this shift may threaten the state’s future amid climate change. More here ⬇️ chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/ill…

Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke stopped by our ed board today. Asked how much Chicago’s crime drop is bc of her office (vs mayor/CPD) she said: “You can get a lot done if you're not looking for credit. I'm not looking for credit. …