Marisa Rodriguez
Interactive Producer at WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)
Full-time wife, mommy, interactive producer at @WGNNews and reality TV watcher. It's a hard job...but somebody's got to do it!
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2 days ago |
wgntv.com | Bronagh Tumulty |Marisa Rodriguez
CHICAGO — The clock is ticking for Chicago on whether to continue a decades-old tax on groceries, or further dig itself into a billion dollar budget deficit. The state’s grocery tax will be phased out January 1, but Springfield is pushing the responsibility onto city’s and towns instead. State lawmakers signed off last year on removing a one percent grocery tax as part of the Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2025 budget plan.
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1 week ago |
wgntv.com | Marisa Rodriguez
Posted: May 28, 2025 / 01:11 PM CDT Updated: May 28, 2025 / 01:16 PM CDT CHICAGO — Chicago’s iconic popcorn shop has made it on Yelp’s list of the ‘Most Loved Airport Brands’ in the U.S.For those unfamiliar with Garrett Popcorn, it is home of the original Chicago-style gourmet popcorn — known for their signature cheddar cheese and caramel popcorn mix.
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1 week ago |
wgntv.com | Emmy Victor |Marisa Rodriguez
CHICAGO — A doctor who defrauded insurance companies and Medicaid is scheduled to be sentenced. Dr. Mona Ghosh is facing up to 20 years in prison for federal health care fraud. Sentencing is expected to take two days at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Ghosh was a licensed physician and the owner of Progressive Women’s Healthcare in Hoffman Estates, which is now closed.
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1 week ago |
wgntv.com | Marisa Rodriguez
Posted: May 28, 2025 / 09:34 AM CDT Updated: May 28, 2025 / 09:44 AM CDT CHICAGO — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the death of a 2-month-old baby in the Roseland neighborhood last month. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Kayla Flowers, the baby’s mother, dropped Kayson off at his father’s home on April 19.
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2 weeks ago |
wgntv.com | Gabriel Castillo |Michael Johnson |Marisa Rodriguez
CHICAGO — A day after the city announced it had reached a settlement with Jussie Smollett over its 2019 civil lawsuit, the former “Empire” actor announced that he would be cutting two checks to local charities. On Thursday, the city announced that it had reached a settlement with Smollett, resolving the 2019 lawsuit against the actor, which sought to recoup about $130,000 — the amount of money spent on overtime for CPD investigators who looked into Smollett’s initial attack claim.
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