Dan Mihalopoulos
Investigative Reporter at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
Investigative reporter on @WBEZ's Government & Politics Team. Encrypted email for your confidential story tips: [email protected]
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1 month ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Dan Mihalopoulos
Already reeling from the pandemic and the work-from-home trend, the office market in downtown Chicago and across the metro area is facing another big hit as the federal government — which leases space in more than 100 buildings in the city and suburbs — has begun to terminate many of those deals.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
news.wttw.com | Dan Mihalopoulos |Olivia Olander |Lynn Sweet
Week in Review: Donald Trump Returns to the White House; Bears Hire New Head Coach President Donald Trump returns to the White House and immediately issues a blizzard of executive orders. Those orders include a blanket pardon for protesters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — including for those who violently assaulted police officers — and an end to birthright citizenship as guaranteed under the 14th Amendment.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Dan Mihalopoulos
Federal authorities have been conducting a long-running criminal investigation of Urban Prep Academies, a charter school operator on the South Side, according to grand jury records obtained by WBEZ and sources with knowledge of the probe. The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago began the investigation in 2022 and has sought a wide range of records — including documents regarding Tim King, Urban Prep’s founder and former chief executive officer.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
wbez.org | Tom Schuba |Frank Main |Chip Mitchell |Dan Mihalopoulos
Chicago has become a hub for cryptocurrency ATMs used to launder drug proceeds and route money to sophisticated scam artists, according to experts and officials. Bitcoin, the most valuable and well-known crypto asset, got widespread attention more than a decade ago as a tool to buy drugs on so-called darknet websites like Silk Road, which was shut down when its owner was arrested by the FBI in 2013. And big issues with cryptocurrency-related crime remain.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
wbez.org | Sarah Karp |Dan Mihalopoulos |Lisa Philip
The Chicago Teachers Union warned Thursday that an arbitrator who will issue recommendations in the ongoing contract battle between the union is limited by law in what he can consider and that it will likely reject his findings, paving the way for a potential strike vote. CTU leaders say the law is “stacked against” the union and has become a perfunctory step. “It is deeply frustrating [to be at this point],” said CTU President Stacy Davis Gates.
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