Jeanne Whalen
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
Economics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, based in Chicago. Past stints in Moscow, London, NYC and DC.
Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure to abolish state income tax and replace lost revenue with higher sales tax. Democrats and other opponents argued the measure would have hiked taxes on the working class and lowered them for the wealty. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Missouri Voters Defeat Measure to Abolish Income Tax
Missouri residents overwhelmingly defeated the ballot measure, breaking with other Republican-led states that have their slashed income taxes.
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Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to eliminate the state’s individual income tax and authorize more state sales taxes.
Missouri voters reject measure making it harder to pass constitutional amendments
U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell has won a rematch in a Democratic primary against former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush. Bell’s primary victory Tuesday is likely to propel him to reelection in November in the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District in St.
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Gary, Ind. is aiming to demolish 7,000 blighted buildings and homes to make way for new investment. Early demolitions in some neighborhoods have sparked renovations and new homebuilding. www.wsj.com/us-news/gary...
Gary, Indiana, Wants a Comeback. Step One: Demolish a Chunk of Downtown.
With an $80 million blight elimination campaign and new private investment, the steel town is clearing away ruins to make way for a comeback.
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By my math the top 10 editions of the Odyssey that have been in the marketplace since the beginning of 2024 have sold almost 4 times as many copies year to date as they had at this point in 2024. By next month they’ll be well over 4x; not unreasonable to think it might be 10x by year’s end.
“.. one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/ice-...
The Capture Of Christ, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1610s, 📸 by @StephChambers
🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Woman on decade-long mission to recreate Bayeux Tapestry In eastern England, Swedish-born Mia Hansson has spent the last decade recreating one of history's most famous embroidered artworks, the Bayeux Tapestry.
Wanna get away? Another Chesapeake Bay lighthouse home is for sale. $995K. 1251 sf of living space. 1BR, 1BA. Solar, batteries, water systems, fully furnished. Newport News address but presently exempt from property tax? #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
The Data-Center Boom Is Sparking a Third Wave of Inflation America’s massive artificial-intelligence build-out is beginning to push up prices on everything from smartphones to electricity. Smart take from @jdlahart.bsky.social www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The Data-Center Boom Is Sparking a Third Wave of Inflation
Demand for memory chips is pushing prices higher. Will AI’s promise of increased productivity come in time to temper that inflation?
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Chicago is building a quantum-computing campus on the site of a former steel mill. Components of the first computer arrive this summer The city missed the digital revolution that brought riches to Silicon Valley, Seattle etc. But it has advantages in this new tech field www.wsj.com/tech/chicago...
Chicago Missed the Tech Boom. Quantum Computing Gives It a Second Chance.
Illinois is betting on a promising—but commercially unproven—technology.
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Convinced that Robert Plant just starts chanting baby baby in the middle of songs whenever he forgets the lyrics
The Cure's Robert Smith perfectly sums up the difference between Americans and Brits.
National park entry fees are funding Trump's D.C. beautification projects, including $7 million of the $13 million (so far) for the Reflecting Pool: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/c...
National Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects
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For decades, the Midwest lost population to other parts of the country as manufacturing jobs disappeared & people moved south. Now signs are emerging that the out-migration is slowing, and, in some places, even starting to reverse. Akron, Ohio shows the trend. www.wsj.com/us-news/akro...
The Midwestern Exodus Is Finally Ending
Longtime migration away from parts of Rust Belt has started to reverse. Housing affordability is pull for metro areas like Akron, Ohio.
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Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent
Every line of this poster is more baffling than the last, it stopped me dead in my tracks
* SAUDI ARAMCO CEO NASSER: ENERGY SUPPLY SHOCK THAT BEGAN IN Q1 IS THE LARGEST THE WORLD HAS EVER EXPERIENCED * SAUDI ARAMCO CEO NASSER: IF HORMUZ DISRUPTION CONTINUES FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS, NORMALIZATION WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL INTO 2027 @reuters.com
The International Vinegar Museum Roslyn, SD
A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!
The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of DOGE and the federal workforce. It’s the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years. Read more about our winning coverage here: https://wapo.st/3OX3l5A
We won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting @chicagotribune.com! Our entire newsroom covered Midway Blitz with everything we had. I’ve never been prouder of the Tribune or its commitment to the truth. It’s an honor to be part of this team.
Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 8mo ago64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers Maine has some of the country’s highest residential electricity prices. Officials are concerned that more data centers could inflate costs. www.wsj.com/us-news/main...
Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers
Legislation that could be enacted this spring would pause construction of large new data centers until November 2027.
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Washington State creates new tax on incomes over $1 million. Other blue states are considering similar levies on the wealthy. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Washington State Adopts New Tax on Incomes Over $1 Million
Supporters say it is needed to expand assistance to working families; opponents worry it could drive wealthy residents out of the state.
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When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called ‘footage.'
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, issues statement on Cesar Chavez raping her “I am nearly 96 yrs old, and for 60 yrs have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the movement I've spent my entire life fighting for" medium.com/@dolores_hue...
March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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Cesar Chavez sexually abused young girls for years, and raped the co-founder of the UFW movement, NYT reports. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
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