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Bill Ruthhart
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BillRuthhart
Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago Tribune reporter covering Mayor Rahm Emanuel, City Hall and the 2019 mayor's race | @EIU grad | Rock Island native | bruthhart@chicagotribune.com
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Gregory Pratt
@royalpratt
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For the second time this week, a Toni Preckwinkle ally has embarrassed her mayoral campaign by picking a fight with Lori Lightfoot. This time, top advisor Scott Cisek apologizes for invoking Nazis to criticize @LightfootForChi on Facebook chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol…
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Gregory Pratt
@royalpratt
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Lori Lightfoot would raise hotel tax to help keep artists in Chicago, she says chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol…
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Rick Pearson
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Snoop Dogg to headline Illinois State Fair. No doubt intensifies Gov. JB Pritzker’s call to legalize marijuana.
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Jeremy Gorner
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CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson looked at the national media attention for the Jussie Smollett case and said, “I just wish that the families of (victims of) gun violence got this much attention.”
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Chicago Tribune
@chicagotribune
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Chicago's top cop, visibly angry, says Jussie Smollett faked an attack because he was "dissatisfied with his salary."
“It’s shameful," he said. "It’s just despicable ... I just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention.” trib.al/bNlDxgO
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ChiTrib Clout Street
@ChiTribCloutSt
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New 'dark money' ad against Bill Daley invokes comparison to ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner dlvr.it/QzL7Tm pic.twitter.com/cQac31WnqN
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John Chase
@chasejohn
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More than half the money @Elizabeth44th in running for the 44th Ward against @AldTomTunney and @AustinFor44 has come from people connected to the @Cubs, including owner Tom Ricketts. Story by @BetterGov's @MiaRSato : blockclubchicago.org/2019/02/20/tak…
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Chicago Tribune
@chicagotribune
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Lori Lightfoot is running on her image as a police and criminal justice reformer. Her past reveals a more complicated picture. trib.al/vCNLsW2 pic.twitter.com/UqUyV2r1KT
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ChiTrib Clout Street
@ChiTribCloutSt
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From police reform to the Chicago question of whether ketchup goes on a hot dog, mayoral candidates debate dlvr.it/QzGjdl pic.twitter.com/fw0rQva6Rq
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ChiTrib Clout Street
@ChiTribCloutSt
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Lori Lightfoot, Susana Mendoza go after Toni Preckwinkle on sexual harassment allegations: 'She has not been fair to victims' dlvr.it/QzGXhg pic.twitter.com/AKQgkevQfB
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Ray Long
@RayLong
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Mendoza’s rise built on alliances with old-school Democrats chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol… @rap30 @ReporterHal & me
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Bill Ruthhart
@BillRuthhart
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In blow to former President Barack Obama's plans for a presidential center in Chicago, a federal judge has allowed a lawsuit to move forward challenging the center's use of land in the city's Jackson Park on the South Side: chicagotribune.com/news/obamacent… pic.twitter.com/hrjI4d0UA5
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Todd Lighty
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Susana Mendoza’s Chicago story: A political rise helped by forming alliances with a cast of old-school Democrats, and breaking those ties when it was beneficial to her career. report @RayLong @rap30
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Todd Lighty
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How to ask a question. "Did you cheat?” @PhilPonce wanted to know. Chicago mayoral debate coverage by @BillRuthhart @royalpratt chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol…
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Chicago Tribune
@chicagotribune
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Susana Mendoza went on the offensive again in a final televised Chicago mayoral debate on WTTW, hammering Bill Daley for his family ties and Toni Preckwinkle for her support of ousted Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios trib.al/IHOlKpj
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John Byrne
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Feb 18 |
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Martwick: "...this is exactly why you’re not prepared to be mayor of the city of Chicago.”
Lightfoot: “This is Rob Martwick, exhibit A of the broken and corrupt political system,”.
M: “Oh thank you. That’s very nice."
L: “Thank you for showing up."
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Bill Ruthhart
@BillRuthhart
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Feb 18 |
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State Rep. Robert Martwick, an ally of Cook Co Bd. President Toni Preckwinkle, crashes Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot's news conference and a shouting match ensues. @_johnbyrne has the details: chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol… pic.twitter.com/H3q4DqPm37
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John Byrne
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Feb 18 |
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As @LightfootForChi holds press conference to rip @robertmartwick for a plan to appoint Cook Co assessor, Martwick turns up and the two get into a shouting match.
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Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
@kiannahsepeda
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Feb 18 |
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.@susanamendoza10's claim that @DaleyForMayor laid the framework for former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s role in Illinois' protracted budget impasse boils down to a broad accusation of guilt by association. My latest for @PolitiFactIL: bit.ly/2tpdtqn
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Lolly Bowean
@lollybowean
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Feb 18 |
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In Chicago city clerk's race, questions linger over whether two candidates can stay in the competition - Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol…
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