Heather Cherone is a political reporter for WTTW/Chicago PBS, with a focus on local politics in Illinois, particularly in Chicago. Her articles cover a range of topics including city council decisions, police accountability, immigration, and corruption trials. Her work has also been featured on NPR Illinois.
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Heather Cherone's coverage is heavily focused on local government and politics in Chicago, with a significant emphasis on legal policy regulation. Her articles predominantly cover announcements from the government and legal developments. She provides extensive coverage of city council decisions, corruption trials, law enforcement activities, and issues related to migrants in Chicago.
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By: Heather Cherone
Chicago City Hall. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)
By: Heather Cherone
Chicago taxpayers should pay $225,000 to the family of an Indianapolis man shot and killed by two off-duty Chicago Police officers in 2016 after he pointed a gun at them during a brawl that exacerbated racial tension in Mount Greenwood, city lawyers recommended.
By: Heather Cherone
Between March 2021 and June 2024, Chicago spent more than $238.8 million on a host of programs including affordable housing, mental health, violence prevention, youth job programs and help for unhoused Chicagoans, according to the most recent reports filed with the U.S. Department of the Treasury as required by federal law.
By: Heather Cherone
A southbound CTA Red Line train is pictured in a file photo. (WTTW News)
By: Heather Cherone
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, has been charged with six counts of attempted first-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm toward a police officer or firefighter and one count of aggravated battery.
By: Heather Cherone
Angela Hurlock, the chair of the CHA Board of Commissioners, will serve as the agency’s interim CEO, while a search for a permanent leader takes place, according to a statement from the agency.
By: Heather Cherone, Michael Izquierdo Wttw
Mayor Brandon Johnson called Wednesday for a $300 million property tax hike, the largest increase since 2016, saying he had no choice but to break one of his central campaign promises in order to avoid draconian cuts to city services and thousands of layoffs.
By: Heather Cherone
A southbound CTA Red Line train is pictured in a file photo. (WTTW News)
The Chicago City Council voted to pay $4 million to the family of a man who spent 33 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of murdering a woman in 1989 in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.
By: Heather Cherone
The owners of cars parked in bicycle and bus lanes downtown will get a ticket in the mail if a city camera snaps the infraction, as part of a pilot program that finally began Monday, 20 months after being approved by the Chicago City Council.
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