Dan Petrella
@PetrellaReports
Political writer @chicagotribune. @MediaAtIllinois alum. Former @sjrbreaking, @LeeEntNews Springfield bureau & @ChiTribBiz. Tips: [email protected]
Billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says he will take the newspaper public in the coming year chicagotribune.com/2025/07/22/los…
New: CPD brass accused Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration of deliberately slowing down paychecks for dozens of employees this summer in a fiery email that warned the city was jeopardizing its compliance with the federal consent decree. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/22/pol…
Man convicted of first-degree murder in slaying of CPD Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, @Mabuckley88 reports. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/jur…
Veteran Chicago defense attorney Thomas Anthony Durkin dies at 78, from @jmetr22b. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/def…
Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:
UPDATE: Ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore sentenced to 2 years in prison in scheme to bribe Speaker Madigan story here: chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/onc…
Gov. JB Pritzker joins letter demanding release of federal education funding, with billions still in limbo trib.al/qD2MUUW
From @JeremyGorner and @lizzie_kane17
After State Farm rate hike, legislators are pressured to provide relief. Here’s what could be on the table. trib.al/OCMIh6K
Anne Pramaggiore is back in a federal courtroom for the first time since her conviction in the ComEd Four case more than two years ago. Sentencing hearing to begin in 10 minutes. I'll bring the highlights here.
Six years ago, Anne Pramaggiore was still a rising star in Chicago’s corporate world, the newly minted boss of Fortune 100 energy company Exelon Today, she’ll finally learn her fate for her conviction in one of the biggest bribery scandals in state history chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/onc…
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle endorses state Sen. Robert Peters for Congress chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/ton…
Misspending at a taxpayer-funded mosquito control district serving the south and southwest suburbs continues years after Cook County officials were urged to put a stop to it, a report of the Cook County inspector general says. trib.al/aRg9aMp
My latest: Chicago-area children get deportation letters: Leave or ‘the federal government will find you’ Immigration advocates warn that a growing number of unaccompanied minors are now receiving letters from DHS ending their humanitarian parole. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/tru…
A Tribune analysis of newly released data shows a significant increase in the number of immigrants detained by ICE in the Chicago area under the second Trump administration — particularly those with no known criminal background. W / @joemahr chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/ice…
Chicago inspector general, often at odds with Mayor Brandon Johnson, drops push for a second term @JakeSheridan_ chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/chi…
UChicago Medicine to discontinue all gender-affirming pediatric care chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/uch…
NASCAR won't hold Chicago Street Race in 2026 while exploring new date, shorter buildout chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/nas…
In summer Friday reappointment news: (Background: chicagotribune.com/2023/08/29/gov…)
