Reilly Cook

Producer @Fox32News / Former @WGNOTV Producer / Northwestern University @MedillSchool Graduate Student / [email protected]

[Jon Seidel @SeidelContent]

#BREAKING U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth call on Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign, calling his tenure "riddled with chaos, deep internal dysfunction, and alleged misconduct."

Reporting w/ @TinaSfon via @Suntimes: https://t.co/yu355PA0cp

[Bloomberg @business]

President Donald Trump took aim at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, saying they should ask for assistance after a driver injured five police officers who were responding to a so-called teen takeover https://t.co/ntbVgYpCCg

[Brenden Moore @brendenmoore13]

The Illinois Senate votes 52-5 to approve a framework for regulating large artificial intelligence companies. It largely aligns with state-level frontier AI guardrails approved in California and New York. Goes to the House.
https://t.co/eDlUvWC8gN

[Bloomberg @business]

A Morgan Stanley-led group has reached a deal to sell its lease of Chicago’s parking meters to New York-based Stonepeak, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said https://t.co/KHqpnldt33

[Frank Calabrese @FrankCalabrese]

Four candidates filed today for Chicago School Board President:
Victor Henderson: attorney, Urban Prep board,
Sendhil Revuluri: ex-CPS Board VP under Lightfoot
Jessica Biggs: CPS Board member, ex-principal
Jennifer Custer: CPS Board member

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

The University of Chicago will guarantee free tuition for students with family incomes below $250,000 starting in Fall 2027.

Students with family incomes below $125,000 will also receive free housing and meals.

[Ben Szalinski @BenSzalinski]

Pritzker's budget proposal kept the share of income taxes for local govs flat, which mayors say amounts to a cut with inflation. Mayors around Illinois have been calling on the state to increase that share to 10% with little success for the last 15 years
https://t.co/Sl8g0Q8x7F

[Northwestern Medill @MedillSchool]

To the students who said yes to Medill like Andy Sachs - your story starts here. Happy National College Decision Day to the next generation of storytellers! 💜 #TheDevilWearsPrada

[Bret Buganski @Bret_Buganski]

Confirmed with @Chicago_Police a "second person of interest" is being questioned by detectives for Saturday's incidents involving Alphanso Talley. @fox32news

[Paris Schutz @paschutz]

Some Personal News:

The last two years have been the most intense, fun, and rewarding of my career. I owe a deep debt of gratitude to the management at Fox 32 Chicago for giving me the runway to cover Chicago politics in exactly the way I love to do it. Together, we established this station as the gold standard for in-depth, impactful reporting on city, state and national issues. We put together numerous election specials, debates, and built “The Chicago Report." I want to thank the amazing shooters, editors and crew members. You are true professionals and it was always a pleasure to have the good fortune to work with you - your expertise and artistry made me a better reporter.

And thank you to the most talented, hard working, and fun newsroom I’ve ever been a part of. I walked in as a stranger and leave with so many new lifelong friends.

As George says - “All things must pass.”
As John says: “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”
As Paul says: “Obla dee, obla da, life goes on…”
And as Ringo says: "…we all live in a yellow submarine…”

With the Fab Four's words of wisdom in mind, I have made the difficult decision to step down from my role at Fox Chicago to pursue exciting new opportunities. It is bittersweet to leave an operation that I have come to care deeply about — and I encourage you to give your time to Fox Chicago TV, online and social media platforms. We’ll talk soon…..

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Ticketmaster has canceled thousands of tickets obtained by scalpers for Harry Styles’ MSG residency.

The company is now working with his team to resell them to fans at face value.

[Ben Szalinski @BenSzalinski]

🐻Bears update:
Caucus is over. Kam Buckner, the lead sponsor of the bill, tells reporters he is filing an amendment based on feedback from his caucus and it will be heard in committee TOMORROW. If that goes well, he believes it has 60 Democratic votes to pass

[Paris Schutz @paschutz]

BREAKING into @fox32chicago: SEIU confirms that CTA has suddenly laid off 159 private security guards. The notices came on Friday.

"We aren’t giving a comment yet, but we can confirm that 159 Local 1 members employed by Monterrey Security were laid off. These officers helped keep the Red Line, Blue Line and several garages monitories and safe."

This comes as Springfield passed legislation providing $1.5 billion in new funding for public transit, including beefing up security and public safety.

[Paris Schutz @paschutz]

One of the most damning accusations from Andrade's resignation email to Mayor Johnson's Chief of Staff and Chief Equity Officer: "The conduct..is egregious, shameful, disturbing, hostile, bullying, utterly unethical and unprofessional."

[Ja'Mal Green @JaymalGreen]

Happy to address the teen take overs happening in our city on Fox 32 tonight. We need accountability so that Chicagoan’s can enjoy their city without Chaos!

[FOX 32 News @fox32news]

Mayor Brandon Johnson says Matthew Brewer is no longer the operating chairman of the $1.4 billion Chicago Housing Authority. Instead, the mayor says he has installed an ally, Commissioner Jawanza Malone. https://t.co/P5W0JektmG

[Justin Laurence @jus10chi]

The dispute could lead to a legal battle and further clouds the future of the embattled housing authority that has been without a permanent leader since Oct. 2024.

The board approved Pettigrew in a 7-2 vote March 17 over the mayor’s objection.
https://t.co/97qFyTaOzy

[Alice Yin @byaliceyin]

New: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first chief homelessness officer appears to be his last, w/ Sendy Soto departing the role his team says was always temporary bc it was philanthropically funded. However, coalition has said that grant is three years, not two: https://t.co/LkFBfaHumb

[Reilly Cook @ReillyGCook]

@onefairwage DM'ing you all!

[RealitySteve @RealitySteve]

It’s official. The “Bachelorette” has been cancelled this season.

https://t.co/dtHFXPEAJ3