Mitchell Armentrout is a Staff Reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times. He focuses primarily on politics and government, while also covering various aspects of the sports industry, including competitive and professional sports. Mitchell's work is featured in numerous outlets such as NBC Chicago, WSIU Public Broadcasting, and NPR Illinois.
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By: Mitchell Armentrout
Schultz took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Now the Sox head to Cleveland aiming to hold onto the division lead.
By: Araceli Gómez-Aldana
Chicago's Far Southeast Side — which includes South Shore, South Chicago, the East Side, Hegewisch and South Deering — has seen a spike in same-sex households over the last two decades, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data. WBEZ visited this corner of the city to find out more.
By: Mitchell Armentrout
Gov. JB Pritzker stopped short of calling for the resignation of the two-term House member from southwest suburban Plainfield, but said “we should all take that very seriously.”
By: Mitchell Armentrout
State Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, stepped down two days after Legislative Inspector General Mike McCuskey completed an investigation into the unspecified accusations that prompted Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch to exile Benton from House Democratic caucus meetings in February.
By: Mitchell Armentrout
Illinois' requirement for third-party annual audits of developers like OpenAI and Anthropic is the first of its kind in the nation.
By: Mitchell Armentrout
Benton still holds a $72,000-per-year elected post as a far southwest suburban highway commissioner, and it's unlikely a report on his alleged misconduct will ever be publicly released.
Dr. Garth Walker is the chief medical officer at Rush Health. He would replace Dr. Olusimbo Ige, who resigned in May. His appointment requires City Council approval.
By: Mitchell Armentrout
The six-term legislator and her daughter netted more than $100,000 in a series of schemes, according to federal prosecutors.
By: Fran Spielman
The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of the 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 victims tortured under disgraced police Cmdr. Jon Burge. But it was Mayor Brandon Johnson who finally delivered on that.
By: Mitchell Armentrout
The six-term House member asserted her innocence in the face of federal fraud charges that prosecutors claim benefited her family.
