
Claire Malon
Content Editor and Data Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Data, graphics & audience @ChicagoTribune | Proud @DePaulJOUR alum, St. Louis native & @CTGuild member | Formerly: @14EastMag
Articles
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6 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Claire Malon |Grace Miserocchi
Summer temperatures are officially here, Chicago. A heat wave is moving across the region this weekend, with potentially record-breaking temperatures and dangerously high humidity. Luckily, the city’s pools reopened just in time. For the first time since the pandemic, Chicago’s outdoor public pools will be open seven days a week this summer. What else happened this week? Let’s jump in.
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1 week ago |
marshallnewsmessenger.com | Claire Malon
President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ground beef and electricity surging to all-time highs, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index. Major U.S. retailers have announced price hikes as a result of tariffs, and the cost of a handful of everyday goods and services has increased by 5% to 10% since Trump took office. But not all consumer products are trending up.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Grace Miserocchi |Claire Malon
This tumultuous week ended with Illinois political giant Michael Madigan getting 7 1/2 years in prison for corruption. The historic sentencing is the latest chapter in the long story of corruption in Illinois politics. Unrelated to Madigan, Senate President Don Harmon faces more than $9.8 million in fines for allegedly breaking an Illinois election law. Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
hanfordsentinel.com | Claire Malon
President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ground beef and electricity surging to all-time highs, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index. Major U.S. retailers have announced price hikes as a result of tariffs, and the cost of a handful of everyday goods and services has increased by 5% to 10% since Trump took office. But not all consumer products are trending up.
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2 weeks ago |
thebrunswicknews.com | Claire Malon
By Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune President Donald Trump's trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ground beef and electricity surging to all-time highs, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index. Major U.S. retailers have announced price hikes as a result of tariffs, and the cost of a handful of everyday goods and services has increased by 5% to 10% since Trump took office.
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