Clare Spaulding

Partnering with CPS schools through @cisofchicago | Past: @chicagotribune @Suntimes @TexasTribune @indystar @DispatchAlerts | Alum @MedillSchool

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

I’m excited to be back at the @chicagotribune, this time around, working for the politics team! For the next six months, I’ll be helping cover everything political, from City Hall to the state legislature. I can’t wait to get started!

[John Chase @chasejohn]

Deep dive into one of the most troubled Illinois state agencies: DCFS. Great work by ⁦@rachelhinton⁩ and ⁦@poolcar4⁩. Foster Children Held in Jails, Shelters — Workers Threatened, Attacked: A State Agency in Crisis by ⁦@BetterGov⁩. https://t.co/mvnQDwXF74

[John Chase @chasejohn]

The Chicago Board of elections has delayed early voting to Tuesday, May 31. We've updated the @chicagotribune VOTERS GUIDE, which you can find here. Thanks to @ceproctor23 for being all over this.
https://t.co/oFK3ElWCYP

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

@rumormill @PetrellaReports You are too kind, Kori! Thanks for all your help.

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

“There’s always kind of a negative connotation around alcohol-induced cases… because people are like, ‘Oh, you chose to get drunk,’” said Mallory Littlejohn @TheCAASE “What they didn’t choose was to be sexually assaulted.”

https://t.co/YTVVp092M0

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

Curious about how @POTUS ended up at this Kankakee farm? So was I.

Read about the O'Connors and their experience welcoming a president into their home:

https://t.co/fNn2XGwJUZ

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

.@POTUS is in Kankakee this afternoon visiting OC Farm to discuss soaring food prices and the impact the Russian war in Ukraine has had on food supply.

[Dan Petrella @PetrellaReports]

I found myself wondering the other day about the Kankakee farmers Biden visited the other day. Little did I know, @ceproctor23 was on it. https://t.co/nXWef3LqWN

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

Full story, with @rap30 coverage to come at Biden's next stop at Chicago's McCormick Place for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers convention:

https://t.co/YVk0zaMpDD

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

.@POTUS is in Kankakee this afternoon visiting OC Farm to discuss soaring food prices and the impact the Russian war in Ukraine has had on food supply.

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

Farmers are “literally the backbone of America,” responsible for feeding the nation and the world. All American jobs are important, but if farmers quit their jobs, we’d all starve, the president said.

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

With that, he’s off to Chicago for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Convention.

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

O’Connor’s son is working as a fire fighter in Wyoming. Biden praised the work he’s doing, which impacts both conservation and access to water.

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

With soaring food costs, “prices in the grocery store have gone up and the prices farmers receive has gone down,” Biden said. The administration invested ARPA dollars into increasing competition in meat and food providers to cut prices.

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

Biden vowed to expand insurance coverage for farmers risking the practice of double cropping, or planting two different crops in the same season. Cutting red tape will give farmers more financial security, the president said.

[The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes]

Congratulations to @_MJHopkins, @kcecireyes, @BetterGov and @chicagotribune. #Pulitzer

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

At Pekin Community High School (where my mom graduated from) near Peoria, "police issued 62 tickets totaling more than $10,000 before Halloween."

"In some K-12 districts, tickets were issued to children as young as 8."

https://t.co/Qy7nns5E3G

[Clare Spaulding @ceproctor23]

I'm always amazed by the stories @jsmithrichards and @Jodiscohen produce, and this one's no exception.

Great visuals by @mandophotos @dizdizh in this @chicagotribune/@propublica investigation:

https://t.co/Qy7nns5E3G

[Dan Petrella @PetrellaReports]

Tribune, news organizations fighting Chicago Park District effort to seal lawsuit alleging Mayor Lori Lightfoot made obscene, defamatory comments https://t.co/rLvMQlXSk6

[John Chase @chasejohn]

The little-known Prisoner Review Board has become a political focal point in recent months. @JeremyGorner aims to get beyond the talking points and focus on some of the underlying issues. Please take a little time to read this one. https://t.co/Z75YTn5cEa