Alexandra Kukulka
Reporter, Post Tribune at Chicago Tribune
Reporter at Post Tribune
Reporter for @PostTrib. Former @DailySouthtown, @ThePioneerPress and @CSTBreaking / @columbiajourn '15, @ColumbiaChi '14.
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3 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Alexandra Kukulka
State Sen. Mike Bohacek faces charges after allegedly stumbling out of his car after drinking alcohol inside his car at a Michigan City Panda Express in January, but the charges were only recently filed because of legislative immunity. The Indiana Constitution states that legislators are “privileged from arrest” during the legislative session except for treason, felony or breach of the peace. The 2025 legislative session started Jan. 8 and ended April 24, and Bohacek was arrested Jan. 24.
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6 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Alexandra Kukulka
Once a week, a single mother and her two young children sit around a table to play a board game. Between turns, the three of them bite into a candy bar and sip a can of soda. The mother, who is on SNAP, has a job, but has a limited income so she can’t afford to take her children on vacation or to the movie theater, said her friend Stephanie Boys, an associate professor of social work and an adjunct professor of law at Indiana University.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Alexandra Kukulka
Prosecutors would like the court to set a sentencing date for former Portage Mayor James Snyder within the next 90 days for his IRS charge. At sentencing, prosecutors will move to dismiss the remaining bribery count, according to a Thursday court filing. Prosecutors will present evidence of Snyder’s bribery, which was the basis of two previous convictions, but will not ask the court to apply the bribery guideline in determining Snyder’s sentence.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Alexandra Kukulka
About a dozen Lake County Board of Elections and Registration employees helped Voting System Technical Oversight Program officials conduct a post-election audit of the 2025 special election results. The election office volunteered for a post-election audit of its 2025 special school board elections held May 6 for Crown Point and Hobart school referendums, both of which passed. Ultimately, the ballots audited matched the tabulated election results.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Alexandra Kukulka
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder would like to see his bribery charge dismissed with prejudice before sentencing on an IRS charge and for the court to bar prosecutors from re-trying the bribery charge at sentencing.
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