Scott Fornek
Editor, Breaking News Desk at Chicago Sun-Times
Former Chicago Sun-Times Breaking News, Political Desks
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Aug 22, 2024 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Scott Fornek
News coverage and analysis of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. When Kamala Harris takes to the Democratic National Convention stage tonight, she will be the first sitting vice president to accept her party’s presidential nomination in Chicago in more than half a century. The last one was Hubert Humphrey in 1968. Of course, we all know how that one worked out.
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Aug 21, 2024 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Scott Fornek
News coverage and analysis of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The last time Bill Clinton spoke at a Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he was selling a bridge. Building one, actually.
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May 6, 2024 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Mary Norkol |Scott Fornek |Kade Heather
The classroom at Keshet school for students with disabilities buzzed with energy — and cicada noises — as four kids learned about the cicada emergence coming this spring. They clapped, screeched and laughed as teachers and staff helped them prepare for what could be a jarring change.
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Apr 27, 2024 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Scott Fornek
I’ll turn 4 years old this year. That’s in cicada years. The appearance of the 17-year cicadas this year will mark the fourth emergence of the red-eyed, orange-veined creatures in my lifetime — thus, my fourth cicada birthday. While much of the focus is typically on the insects’ “deafening din” as we used to call it, I’ve always been most intrigued by their timetable — that internal clock that puts 17 years between each brood.
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Dec 30, 2023 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Scott Fornek
Maria and José were cold, confused and exhausted when they got off the bus. It was a mild December night for Chicago but still quite a bit cooler than their small town In Venezuela. On the ride, the body heat from the scores of other migrants jammed on the bus helped keep them warm — certainly warmer than the treatment they’d experienced in Texas. They were also frightened. Maria was pregnant. And José was still trying to make sense of it all.
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A tight-lipped pol whose reticence belied his title, former House Speaker Mike Madigan paid the price Friday for deciding to speak from the witness stand months ago. "You lied sir,” Judge John Blakey told Madigan. @SeidelContent, Dave McKinney, @dstru312. https://t.co/kjKFMSLOli
His title was “speaker,” yet Mike Madigan was famously tight-lipped. Ironically, his decision to speak to jurors cost him dearly. "You lied sir,” Judge John Blakey told Madigan. “It was a nauseating display." @SeidelContent, Dave McKinney, @dstru312. https://t.co/hAKVZ0SqwQ
Velvet Hammer takes a pounding. Former state House Speaker Mike Madigan slapped with 7 1/2-year prison sentence for corruption. @SeidelContent, Dave McKinney, @dstru312, @Suntimes, @WBEZ with the latest from a historic day at the Dirksen. https://t.co/hAKVZ0SYmo