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@ReporterHal

Property tax research chief for Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, Chicago Tribune investigative team expat, proud husband and father.

University Trustee Thomas Pritzker Named in New Epstein Documents – Chicago Maroon chicagomaroon.com/49435/news/uni…


Harvey’s tax trouble, and how Mayor Clark is addressing it (with a controversial fine on businesses): wgntv.com/news/wgn-inves…


Feels familiar . . . "The Office Market’s Budding Recovery Is Leaving Most Cities Behind" wsj.com/real-estate/co…


Treasurer Maria Pappas’ latest property tax bill analysis bodes ill for homeowners, who were hit with a record-high 16.7% median increase, partly because Loop commercial values are plummeting: Cook County Treasurer's Office cookcountytreasurer.com/taxbillanalysi…


"In Illinois, people with Affordable Care Act exchange plans can expect to pay 78% more, on average, next year . . . if the enhanced subsidies aren’t extended" . . . Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/hea…


So, the world’s busiest airport has the most delays. Is that a surprise? . . . O'Hare leading nation in cancellations, delays after lighter-than-expected snowfall - Chicago Sun-Times chicago.suntimes.com/weather/2025/1…


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Finance Committee just approved $12M in TIF for a park fieldhouse in Ald. David Moore’s ward. Moore has been asking for the improvements for as long as I’ve covered Council. Voted against the 2022 budget bc he didn’t get a funding commitment. Voted for the 2025 budget bc he did


This happened 1 block from the home I grew up in. I can’t imagine seeing this as a kid: Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’ - Chicago Sun-Times@ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/20…


And thank you Ron, for all those great, often funny, sometimes somber, but always erudite, sometimes somber and always illuminating reads! . . . Farewell, and thank you chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/vin…


It was always going to come to this: DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/com…


Racial profiling by the MAGA rent-a-cops: Waukegan alderman says federal agents pulled guns on him: 'There were four barrels pointed at me' chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/wau…


So all these pols knew too? Petitioners for Chuy Garcia were "Cook County Commissioner Alma Anaya, 22nd Ward Ald. Mike Rodriguez, state Sen. Celina Villanueva, and state Reps. Aaron Ortiz and Norma Hernandez." chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/chu…


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