Jake Sheridan
@jake-sheridan.bsky.social
City Hall reporter for @ChicagoTribune, covering the City Council. @CTGuild. Excited to be here! Let's talk: jsheridan@chicagotribune.com
Artist David Hockney died Thursday at 88. His fingerprints are all over the Art Institute of Chicago — including an incredible 2022 exhibition featuring dozens of impressionist landscapes he created on an iPad at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. t.co/J8okbLVQID
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NEW: The Chicago Bears voted to move ahead with a Hammond stadium — a major step toward leaving Illinois. The vote by the team's board of directors is the first it's taken, but doesn't mean the Hammond plan is a done deal. In @chicagotribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/c...
Chicago Bears say they will proceed with plans for a stadium in Hammond
The Chicago Bears will proceed with plans for a new stadium in Hammond, the organization announced Friday.
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Patty García was handed the Dem nomination for a US House seat by Rep. Chuy García. Now she wants to knock two independents off the ballot. People tied to her campaign objected to signatures for Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez & Mayra Macías. For @chicagotribune.com: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/b...
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GREAT JOURNALISM: As plastics clog the Great Lakes, industry presses to make more and downplays dangers, Tribune analysis finds www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/p... READ MICHAEL HAWTHORNE aka @ScribeGuy
President Trump just attacked Pope Leo for meeting with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Trump called Johnson "useless" and suggested the pope should support the Trump administration's war in Iran in the Truth Social post. Trump used a photo of Johnson and the pope praying.
NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing a new ordinance that would dramatically change rental rules in Chicago. Landlords are stiffly opposing the broad measure. It contains a ton of parts — I'll detail them below. For @chicagotribune.com (gift link, 1/X): www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/m...
Mayor Brandon Johnson pushing sweeping changes to renter laws and landlords bristle
Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a sweeping overhaul to city rules governing renting, and landlords are already organizing against the effort.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson pushing sweeping changes to renter laws, landlords bristle
Mayor Brandon Johnson pushing sweeping changes to renter laws, landlords bristle
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What a scoop by @jake-sheridan.bsky.social! The proposed new tenant protections by @mayorofchicago.bsky.social attempt to balance the imbalance of power between landlords and tenants, as documented by a plethora of Chicago reporters, including @mdoukmas.bsky.social and I. 🧵
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4mo agoMayor Brandon Johnson pushing sweeping changes to renter laws, landlords bristle
Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to force landlords who don’t renew their tenants’ leases to have to pay thousands of dollars to the tenants. An election year ordinance aimed at progressives and renters. The latest from @jake-sheridan.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/m...
Mayor Brandon Johnson pushing sweeping changes to renter laws and landlords bristle
Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a sweeping overhaul to city rules governing renting, and landlords are already organizing against the effort.
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NEWS: Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete is coming home. The Chicago Public Schools senior who was arrested by ICE agents at a routine check-in in March was released Tuesday after a bond hearing in immigration court, a spokeswoman for his attorneys told the Tribune.
Tiffany Heynard, the former Dolton mayor accused of corruption & booted by voters, just won a primary. She ran unopposed & won the Republican nomination for Fulton County commissioner. She's unlikely to beat the Democratic candidate in a Georgia district that includes Atlanta.
Extraordinary: Ald. Jim Gardiner sues Chicago ethics watchdogs for defamation, wants $1 million. @jake-sheridan.bsky.social with the latest www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/14/a...
Ald. Jim Gardiner sues Chicago ethics watchdogs for defamation, wants $1 million
Ald. Jim Gardiner is seeking $1 million in the lawsuit against city, the Board of Ethics, the Office of the Inspector General and former Inspector General Deborah Witzburg.
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NEWS: Eighteen people who were "unlawfully arrested and brutalized by federal agents" during the military-style raid on their apartment building in South Shore are filing administrative complaints against the federal government.
Former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas is being fined $214,000 for violating campaign finance rules by accepting excessive contributions from people who were doing business with the city, the Chicago Board of Ethics announced Tuesday.
Former Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas fined $214,000 by ethics board for campaign finance violations
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Our whole newsroom @chicagotribune.com came together to cover Midway Blitz. Everyone pulled together. It’s an honor to be recognized. Thank you @poynterinstitute.bsky.social
Congratulations to all Livingston Award finalists, especially @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social who makes us proud every day @chicagotribune.com
Chicago developers and property owners will again face delays as a monthslong City Council feud over who should lead the influential Zoning Committee drags into spring.
Chicago Zoning Committee to skip another month and leave developments in limbo but alderman has plan for deal
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City Hall’s ongoing failure to get a Zoning chairman is actively hurting Chicago. @jake-sheridan.bsky.social with the latest: Zoning Committee to skip another month and leave developments in limbo but alderman has plan for deal. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/c...
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Overheard at Chicago City Hall today: "They're screwing us. I'm gonna screw them."
What's a day, or two, like in the life of a @chicagotribune.com political reporter? From covering city council meetings to prepping stories & making changes based on breaking developments, @jake-sheridan.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of his fast-paced job reporting on #Chicago politics ⤵️
Spill the Ink: Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune political reporter
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Skyway Lanes, Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bowling Alley, Closing After 'Surge' Of Support Fades A sad update to a bittersweet struggle of the last year for this South Side staple. ✍️ Mack Liederman @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/31/s...
Skyway Lanes, Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bowling Alley, Closing After 'Surge' Of Support Fades
A fundraiser to save the Far South Side bowling alley drew over $25,000 in donations, but that still wasn't enough for the second-generation owners to fix the alley’s financial problems.
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Lame once more: Aldermen just failed to make quorum AGAIN — this time forcing a Chicago Public Schools-focused meeting to be cancelled. Dr. Macquline King — who is expected to be made permanent CPS CEO later today — was ready to answer questions. But aldermen didn’t show up, second time in a row.
Jake Sheridan@jake-sheridan.bsky.social · 6mo agoToday in Being Super Lame: The Chicago City Council! Only five aldermen showed up for a planned quarterly hearing with the Chicago Transit Authority. The CTA's top leaders were ready to face questions. But too few aldermen showed up, so the meeting couldn't start. Lame!
Today in Being Super Lame: The Chicago City Council! Only five aldermen showed up for a planned quarterly hearing with the Chicago Transit Authority. The CTA's top leaders were ready to face questions. But too few aldermen showed up, so the meeting couldn't start. Lame!
Stunned & humbled: Ray Long wins 2026 Illinoisan of the Year The Illinois News Broadcasters Association is pleased to announce that its past presidents have chosen former Chicago Tribune journalist Ray Long as the recipient of the 2026 Illinoisan of the Year.
Michael Sacks wrote this @chicagotribune op-ed to defend his support of AIPAC super PACs in Chicago Congressional primaries. I asked Sacks, a billionaire & Democratic megadonor, for comment before I reported his contributions Monday. Got no reply. (1/9) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/24/o...
Michael J. Sacks: Why I support AIPAC and a big tent Democratic Party
The campaign against AIPAC is not a policy discussion. It’s a thinly disguised effort to chase Jews and their allies out of the Democratic Party.
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Filling an NCAA tournament bracket out with AI has to be the single lamest thing that a human being can do. If you did that, please pretend that I am making fun of you.
AIPAC celebrates Donna Miller's win tonight on X: "Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!" The controversial group not answered questions about its apparent effort to use shell PACs & coordinated individual contributions to support Miller with around $6 million.
NEW: Donna Miller wins Illinois 2nd Congressional District primary. The Cook County commissioner had massive backing from AIPAC — around $6 million from groups and donors with apparent ties. She ran with a healthcare focus & beats former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. AP called race.
