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Chicago 2027 Municipal Election Candidate List - Petition Deadline Update!!! Names in: Italics = Incumbents Blue = new additions missed in prior versions 140 Aldermanic Contenders 13 Mayoral Welcome to Silly Season ✨✨

On Saturday, there was a street renaming ceremony for "Lily's Greenway." It honors the "kind, smart, and funny girl" whose story led to Chicago traffic safety improvements that will protect other kids. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/10/26/w...

Here's what was said at the street naming ceremony for “Lily’s Greenway,” honoring the life and memory of Elizabeth “Lily” Grace Shambrook, 3 chi.streetsblog.org/2026/10/26/w...

When I say I love Cheesecake Factory, I mean this cat who was found malnourished and wandering through a Bay Area mall parking lot. Cheesecake Factory has since been rescued and nursed back to health. He's now healthy, vaxxed, & sweet, but still needs a loving home www.petfinder.com/cat/cheeseca...

pumpkin done 🔪🎃

Happy 105th birthday to the Chicago Theatre

Chicago allows ADUs in areas where a local alderman has opted to allow them under aldermanic prerogative, like @andrefor40th.bsky.social and @leniann.bsky.social have done in Andersonville. See the opt-in map by @strongtownschicago.bsky.social here:

Courtesy of Igor's Bike Shack end of Summer sale.

River Run. This morning along the North Branch of the Chicago River.

The colors at sunrise were *insane* this morning. The sky, the fall colors at Promontory Point, the lake...Sheesh! Sure picked a good morning to wake up early

POLLS NOW OPEN: Early voting in person has officially begun across Michigan! Find your nearest polling location at abdulforsenate.com/vote and make your voice heard.

Every every every Dem needs to be hammering this. “You can’t even get Halloween candy for your neighbors.”

Sunday Sunrise Spectacular. An array of colors over the Chicago skyline this morning.

Still there

This morning there was a beautiful ceremony to remember Elizabeth "Lily" Grace Shambrook, 3, by unveiling honorary signs for "Lily's Greenway" on Leland Avenue in Chicago's Uptown. Read more about Lily's life here. www.kelleyspaldingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/E...

Lake forever, Zenwich Teriyaki Tofu for now (am I doing this right?)

Today, Elizabeth "Lily" Shambrook was honored with a memorial sign, designating part of Leland Ave by Dover St as "Lily's Greenway".

Now is your chance to be a part of the Bus Vision Project! We’re hosting in-person meetings where you can give us direct feedback on bus service in your community and help set priorities for how the bus system should continue to improve. Hope to see you there 👋

looks like it will be a nice day for this occasion, come on by if you like. Lily will be remembered

a year ago i lobbied my friend who lives in bucktown and drives to an office a short walk from a upnw stop to try taking metra to/from work instead it turns out he's been doing it for three months and it saves him an hour each day

This is the ninth (9th) major profile of Emanuel since December 2024 that failed to mention Laquan McDonald.

Coyotes howling along with sirens. Cook County, October 20, 2026.

Fall looks so good on you, Chicago!

fun fact: articulated buses can regenerate! cut one in half and both halves will re-grow into new buses 💕

Another sad day of cuts at the BBC — these are all valued services being lost because of brutal funding realities www.bbc.com/news/article...

If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision. More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?

Powerful words from @aoc.bsky.social. America does not belong to any one race, religion, or creed. It is big enough for all of us who believe in democracy and in our Constitution and in leaving a future that is better for our kids.

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

The tallest known tree in Illinois is a 130-foot eastern cottonwood in Ogle County. But what about Chicago? Hard to say, but I've identified some candidates that are upwards of 110 ft with a cool LiDAR dataset from 2021. Most of these are also cottonwoods, but a few may be sycamores.

My 4 yr old daughter has an account, opened without our consent. The maximum amount of money any person can donate to my campaign is $1,000. The limit to what a corporation can donate to our daughter's account: none. Every corporation with business before the MN Legislature can now donate stocks...

Musk would do this through those f*cking Trump Accounts they opened in every child's name without parental consent. I HATE these SO much. Parents cannot close the accounts. Parents cannot reject donations to the accounts. And we must hold on to donations for at least 5 years. I'm a state lawmaker.

today, Monday, October 19, in-person early voting opens in neighborhoods across Chicago! chicagoelections.gov/voting/early...

The pre-submission webinar from DPD is live now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

After school drop-off this morning, I found myself in a small fleet of electric cargo bikes. There were five of us together at one point. Every year, more and more parents are ditching the car for the school run. State e-bike rebate programs are such a no-brainer. Wish we had one in Illinois.

Early voting starts TODAY in all 50 Wards and across the suburbs!!!! Make sure that you have a plan, bring a friend, and turn out to the polls. Chicagoans, we're fending off a whole slew of attempts by billionaires to buy the CPS School Board, and we've gotta make sure their candidates fail.

It was a beauty of a weekend.

Paris Mayor Craig Smith: “It’s kind of a unique place where 75% vote for Trump, but probably 75% really care about their fellow citizen. Doesn’t quite compute sometimes.”

“When it happened to Jose.” For my latest story, I went to Paris Illinois to talk with residents about the Main Street Cafe’s owner being taken by ICE and the pain that brought to town. Please give it a read. @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/18/p...

You should read this.

The Uptown Theatre. Uptown Chicago. Designed by Architects Rapp & Rapp for the Balaban & Katz movie chain in 1925. The largest freestanding theatre in North America. Closed since 1981. Diamond in the rough

Came across two Italians biketouring their way across the continent yesterday! They said they started in D.C., were headed to Panama, and were embarking today on Route 66 from Chicago. Wishing good roads to Mattia Santoro and Sasha Galli! 🌎 🚴‍♂️ 🇮🇹

🚨🚨🚨 Meta just took down the No Kings instagram page with 3000 events happening around the country today

today is Sunday, October 18: - TODAY is the last day for online voter registration in IL at ova.elections.il.gov. you can register in person up to and including on Election Day (November 3) - TOMORROW: early voting locations open in all 50 wards! Chicago* voters can register & vote at any of these