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ICE protesters keep beating Trump in Chicago court, but the battles take a toll — 'It’s about intimidation'

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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260305124541/https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/02/27/chicago-ice-trump-bovino-marimar-martinez-crime-border-patrol-midway-blitz

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Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand | The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars

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Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand | The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars

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Clergy say religious rights are under attack inside and outside the Broadview ICE facility

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Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections

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Warrant-less federal agents ransack a Chicago apartment building, abduct dozens

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Warrant-less federal agents ransack a Chicago apartment building, abduct dozens

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Volunteers on ICE patrol in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, looking for agents

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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250911112105/https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/05/volunteers-on-ice-patrol-in-chicagos-pilsen-neighborhood-looking-for-agents

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President Trump launches long-promised Chicago deportation campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’

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A man selling flowers near Curie Metropolitan High School was among those arrested Sunday, according to Any Huamani, an organizer with Brighton Park Neighborhood Council who helps monitor ICE activity and supports undocumented immigrants.

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Chicago’s invisible property owners

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Chicago’s invisible property owners - Who’s your landlord? For many Chicago renters, their landlord is a faceless entity called an LLC

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Cutting parking for homes built near transit aims to ease housing crunch

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Families turn to Illinois Attorney General to help bring back surgeries for transgender youth

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Only 6% of Chicago shootings lead to arrests, Sun-Times finds

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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250319113653/https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/03/16/shootings-nonfatal-unsolved-chicago-police-department-clearance-rate

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Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over sanctuary status

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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250207122418/https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/02/06/donald-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-jb-pritzker-mayor-brandon-johnson-sanctuary-status

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Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘not intimidated’ after Trump threatens to investigate local leaders in sanctuary cities

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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122331/https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-is-not-intimidated-after-trump-threatens-to-investigate-local-leaders-in-sanctuary-cities

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Beleaguered Chicago police accountability chief says she’d like peace with cops, but truth is more important

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Abrupt transfers for Stateville prisoners in Illinois begin as officials rush to comply with a federal court ruling, disrupting prisoners' education

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A federal ruling that came down two weeks ago ordering Illinois prison officials to empty the decrepit facility by Sept. 30 seems to have resulted in abrupt transfers from Stateville, despite what educators have said were assurances from the Illinois Department of Corrections that students and alumni from the same education programs would be allowed to move together.

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'Shut down the DNC': Protesters clash with police leading to dozens of arrests in West Loop

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