SIDNEE

Storyteller. Equity reporter @IllinoisAnswers. @MedillSchool & @HowardU Alum. I have no shame. tips: [email protected]

[Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin]

Just introduced by Ald. @RaymondALopez: a resolution calling @angtovar of @SustainChicago into a hearing to explain why the RainReady anti-flooding pilot has failed to get off the ground in Chatham.
Background from @sidneeking:
https://t.co/JFgDmqaSFW

[Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin]

A few months ago Chicago's top environmental official touted a local initiative as a "bold solution" to persistent flooding.
But 10 years after it was conceived and 5 years after it was allocated $600K, RainReady still hasn't gotten off the ground.
From @sidneeking:

[The BGA's Illinois Answers Project @IllinoisAnswers]

NEW from @sidneeking: Chatham Flooding Mitigation Program Flounders, But Oak Park Sees Success 

https://t.co/j7Dj8TEswQ

[SIDNEE @sidneeking]

@CydneanotSydney 🤗

[The BGA's Illinois Answers Project @IllinoisAnswers]

Congratulations to Illinois Answers reporters @sidneeking and @journo_cam for being chosen for the 2024-25 @nytimes Local Investigations Fellowship.

Read more about Sidnee and Cam here: https://t.co/06FtCCNumi

[The BGA's Illinois Answers Project @IllinoisAnswers]

New from @sidneeking: Tenants at an Englewood apartment building are left out in the cold after their landlord pockets rental assistance with little oversight from the state.
https://t.co/OoRjA8W8WV

[Jewél Jackson @JewlJackson1]

A bus driver shortage is forcing school districts to think differently about transportation. Chicago Public Schools has had early conversations with HopSkipDrive, a ride-share company for students. My latest, explores how practical these solutions are. https://t.co/d6zFRxRbUQ

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Good morning, the Lions are 1-0

[Jewél Jackson @JewlJackson1]

NEW: Appraisal docs reveal Chicago Public Schools paid more for new Near South Side HS land than valued. CPS, CHA and city officials agreed on location before telling public, per emails. My latest with @emelpos @IllinoisAnswers
https://t.co/GZ08vMdvbr

[The BGA's Illinois Answers Project @IllinoisAnswers]

New: Two years after receiving the COVID-era funding, Chicago has been slow off the mark with some of its programs to help people experiencing homelessness.
https://t.co/dFJj1ZuQfU

[SIDNEE @sidneeking]

Resisting the millennial urge to respond to every text message with a steve carrell GIF

[Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin]

Third rail or silver bullet? Advocates argue a city income tax could be the answer to Chicago's money woes as @chicagosmayor's other revenue proposals run aground:
https://t.co/RdoCOkoefV

[The BGA's Illinois Answers Project @IllinoisAnswers]

New from @sidneeking: Hundreds of buildings across Chicago have been cited repeatedly for violating heat-requirement ordinances, which are in effect from November through May.
https://t.co/e2r5TlxZpv

[Jared Rutecki @JaredRutecki]

From @sidneeking: Hundreds of buildings across Chicago have been cited repeatedly for violating heat-requirement ordinances, which are in effect from November through May.
https://t.co/FZfr26j6DU

[Mack Liederman @mack_liederman]

For the sake of us all, I rode shotgun in the white truck of 'G.I. Joe" — Chicago's famous traveling sausage salesman.

@BlockClubCHI wanted to know what makes him tick 50 years into his one-of-a-kind gig.

“I find bars that flow," G.I. Joe said.
https://t.co/2P5F7BHJV8

[SIDNEE @sidneeking]

People who can wear cowboy boots when it’s 80 outside must be genetically superior

[Reality_Check @Realitty_Check]

Me tuning into #Succession to be entertained but instead having to revisit the trauma of the past two elections & be confronted with the truth of the corrupt capitalist hellscape in which we live #successionhbo #HBO

[SIDNEE @sidneeking]

Wow the best we did was Kamala… pre-election.

[CNN Politics @CNNPolitics]

President Biden is expected to deliver the commencement speech at Howard University later this month https://t.co/QF4VEcRcGJ

[ProPublica @propublica]

In small towns across America, kids are crawling under parked train cars to get to school on time.

Trains are blocking roads to schools for hours or even days at a time.

And they could start moving at any moment.

(video by @PhotogScotty from our partners at @investigatetv)