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Editor and reporter for Block Club Chicago. I'm often tracking politics, rooting for the Cubs & the Cats, and listening to Curtis or the Clash.
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CHA Board Defies The Mayor And Picks Its Own CEO After Surprise Vote

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By Mick Dumke Verified
| Block Club Chicago Verified
CHICAGO — The mayor’s clout took another hit Tuesday. The Chicago Housing Authority board voted to pick a new CEO for the agency — and it’s not the City Hall veteran wanted by Mayor Brandon Johnson. After meeting for more than an hour in a closed-door session, the board voted to approve a resolution naming Keith Pettigrew the next CHA leader.
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Neighbor Sues Chicago Housing Authority Over Vacant Property Used As A Drug Stash House

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By Mick Dumke Verified
| Block Club Chicago Verified
WEST HUMBOLDT PARK — Caroline Bermudez was fed up. By early 2024, she had been trying for months to get someone to take responsibility for the vacant house next door. The small bungalow is owned by the Chicago Housing Authority, one of its scattered-site properties dispersed around the city. But after sitting empty for years, it had become a staging area for drug sales that often took over much of her block in West Humboldt Park.
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ICE's Illinois Arrests During Trump's Crackdown Were Among Nation's Highest

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By Haru Coryne, Mick Dumke Verified
| Block Club Chicago Verified
CHICAGO — From President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January through mid-October, Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel arrested nearly 210,000 people across the country, including more than 3,300 in Illinois. And that doesn’t include thousands of additional arrests by Border Patrol and other federal agencies. By this fall, ICE agents were arresting people at a higher rate in Illinois than almost anywhere else in the country. The people arrested here were as young as 4 and as old as 75.
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