Hank Sanders – Page 25

"Show me your poses," says Jennifer Lane while taking photos of her daughter Madeline in Seneca Park on April 8, 2023, in Chicago.

High school student spurred state legislation aimed at ensuring child stars of lucrative vlogs are fairly compensated

April 17, 2023 at 6:37 a.m.

Shreya Nallamothu was scrolling through TikTok the summer before her freshman year of high school when she started to notice how much content featured children performing in professionally produced family...

First Lady M.K. Pritzker greets lawmakers before Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered his annual budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Feb. 15, 2023 at the Illinois State Capitol.

Illinois first lady M.K. Pritzker appointed to committee charged with the preservation of the White House

April 15, 2023 at 5:33 p.m.

Just days after President Joe Biden selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, his administration said Friday that Illinois' first lady M.K Pritzker has been appointed to serve...

Jesse Sharkey, at right, then Chicago Teachers Union president, walks with SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer, left, after the strikes by both unions were resolved in 2019.

How Black labor leaders propelled Brandon Johnson to the Chicago mayor’s office

April 14, 2023 at 6:54 p.m.

One warm evening last July, SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer got a call out of the blue from Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, who wanted to meet. The two...

Supporters celebrate after it was reported that Brandon Johnson had taken a lead against Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff election during a Johnson election night gathering at Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel on April 4, 2023.

Mayor rivals Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas campaign down to the wire in ‘most important election in a generation’

April 3, 2023 at 7:35 a.m.

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas ended the final weekend of the race by fanning out across the city, from a Dungeons and Dragons-themed bar in Avondale to...

With his running mate Paul Vallas, left, at his side, Gov. Pat Quinn does not concede defeat on election night in Chicago, Nov. 4, 2014, although challenger Bruce Rauner had collected more votes by 11:25pm.

Paul Vallas on the campaign trail: ‘Wonkish’ spiels, boundless anecdotes — and a laser focus on crime

April 3, 2023 at 11:29 p.m.

Paul Vallas glanced around the room at an LGBTQ community event in Lakeview as he proudly played up his early support for same-sex marriage. But soon, the focus turned to...

Chicago mayor race: On the campaign trails with Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas

April 2, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Political campaigns are more than TV ads, endorsement press conferences and debates. Since Feb. 28, the baiduhai has sent reporters and photographers around the city to follow mayoral candidates...

Angela Clay, left, and Kim Walz are in a runoff for Chicago's 46th Ward.

Runoffs signal the changing City Council makeup for three North Side lakefront wards

April 3, 2023 at 11:37 a.m.

Three key North Side lakefront wards stand on the precipice of change following last year's exits of a trio of Chicago City Council members representing the Gold Coast north through...

Mayoral candidate and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson greets people while accepting an endorsement from Polish community leaders, March 20, 2023, at Kosciuszko Park in Logan Square.

Brandon Johnson on the campaign trail: Banter, invocations of Black forebears — and promises of a Chicago brimming in ‘vibrancy’

April 3, 2023 at 11:17 p.m.

Diane Thunderbird eagerly waited in the community room at her Auburn Gresham senior home as a stream of supporters inching toward Brandon Johnson gradually thinned with each handshake and side...

Alderman candidate Cornell Dantzler, left, talks to Abdalla Turner about voting at Joy Auto Service on March 28, 2023, in Washington Heights.

South Side pastors compete for 6th Ward seat, Pritzker-backed organizer battles retired firefighter in 21st

April 1, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In a pair of South Side aldermanic runoff races, voters in the 6th Ward will choose between two ministers while those in the 21st are deciding between a community organizer...

Bernie Sanders rallies thousands of Brandon Johnson supporters: ‘Which side are you on?’

March 30, 2023 at 10:35 p.m.

Thousands of Brandon Johnson supporters packed an arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago Thursday night where longtime Sen. Bernie Sanders, the darling of the political left, cast Tuesday's...

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