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Jason Lee, a top adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, voted in Texas last month despite a rule requiring city employees to live in Chicago.
Records obtained by the Tribune show Lee cast his ballot for the November 2024 presidential election in person on Election Day in Houston, where his voter registration address was listed and where one document indicates he told Texas election officials he lived. But he has also served as Johnson’s senior adviser since the mayoral transition in May 2023 and signed an affidavit that month attesting that Chicago is his permanent home.
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Criminally charged health care providers keep working unrestricted as state action lags
Of 35 health care workers who were charged with eligible offenses since Jan. 1, 2019, the Tribune found roughly half remained in good standing with the licensing agency for more than a month after criminal charges were brought in court. Read more here.
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‘A new voice was needed.’ Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson explains decision to fire coach Luke Richardson.
A day after Kyle Davidson fired Luke Richardson — his first head coaching hire — the Blackhawks general manager said he made the decision because “some of the realistic expectations that we had coming into the year just were not met.” Read more here.
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Taylor ‘Swiftmas’ is back for another holiday season in Naperville
For the second year in a row, Amy and Brian Scott have decked their Naperville home near Atlas Lane and Tupelo Avenue in a Taylor Swift-inspired Christmas lights display. Read more here.
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Donald Trump names Rodney S. Scott to run Customs and Border Protection and Caleb Vitello to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Trump tapped a pair of longtime officials for key roles in his planned immigration crackdown, including an outspoken Border Patrol chief from his first term whom the Biden administration ousted. Read more here.
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