Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with @IllinoisAnswers/@bettergov Former: @kcbeacon Tips/questions: [email protected]
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Madison Hopkins retweeted
“That building will have a memory. The neighborhood will have a memory.”
The Tribune showing how it's done: a forceful story about abuse of power
In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government has provided no public accounting of how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children who were living in the building before the blitz.
chicagotribune.com/2025/10/1…
Madison Hopkins retweeted
Hi everyone! During the end of Election Week, I learned that @IllinoisAnswers @BetterGov was terminating the education beat due to editorial changes. I was laid off immediately. 🧵
Madison Hopkins retweeted
Today is @jayohday’s birthday. She’d like you to send the data she requested, in the format she requested, by the deadline she requested, along with a tray of loaded nachos and a frozen boozy drink. This is not a difficult wish, so please don’t F it up.
Madison Hopkins retweeted
I noticed a familiar face in the crowd behind Senator JD Vance at his rally last night in Derry, N.H.: The woman with short hair and a red hooded shirt is Kirstyn A. Niemela of Hudson, N.H., who was convicted for joining the crowd that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.🧵
Madison Hopkins retweeted
Thank you to all the journalists covering Election Day! IRE stands with you. We know it’s often a tough job, but your work is the bedrock of a strong democracy.
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For months, we've been investigating how Illinois county jails use restraint chairs. Our 1st story featured a man restrained for days in Franklin County Jail. Now, a watchdog group has found the jail restrained him for 68h and violated state/county rules. illinoisanswers.org/2024/10/…
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If you live in Chicago, you must support @Suntimes, because its reporters support you.
The stories may be free online, but this nonprofit newsroom needs your help, @jennkho explains:
chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
Madison Hopkins retweeted
So grateful to @BlockClubCHI for publishing our investigation!
@injusticewatch offers nonpartisan, fact-checked research on each of the 77 Cook County judges how running for retention ...
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Madison Hopkins retweeted
The last time the Tribune collaborated on a story with @_MJHopkins we won a Pulitzer Prize, so I was very glad to be working with her and @IllinoisAnswers and @joemahr to expose the shortcomings of the Chicago police's surveillance camera network: chicagotribune.com/2024/09/2…
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You know those bubble cameras atop poles across Chicago? The ones that used to be big boxes with🚨 blue lights then got (a bit) more covert? Criminals were supposed to fear them - or be caught by them. But after 2+ decades, 4K+ cams and $$$$ … (1/10) trib.al/XEqZP68
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@_MJHopkins @joemahr with latest on questionable results from Chicago Police cameras.
Many cameras. Little focus. Blurry results. trib.al/XEqZP68
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When people learn what I do for a living, among the first questions I'm asked is: "Why is Illinois so corrupt?" In the coming weeks and months the @chicagotribune is going to explore that question and try to offer some answers. A🧵...1/14
Madison Hopkins retweeted
The DNC starts today. Here's a good primer from @ad_quig about what's happening, stories the @chicagotribune is doing and what's expected tonight, including speakers (Mayor Johnson, President Biden and others). chicagotribune.com/2024/08/1…
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Buried in our reporting: havoc wreaked by @AssessorCook's unprecedented 2020 decision to redo assessments mid-year with a "COVID adjustment." Here's what Rob Ross, Kaegi's Chief Data Officer from 2019-22, said about it in his Feb '22 resignation letter:
illinoisanswers.org/2024/08/…
Madison Hopkins retweeted
You know what an eviction is. But how about an illegal lockout — where a landlord shuts off utilities, changes locks? They happen outside the legal process and, mostly, out of public view. I spent over a year trying to track them in several US cities.
businessinsider.com/illegal-…
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One of the scariest stories I've read in a long time, and maddening that police say there's nothing they can do to protect this woman & her children. Their dad is using social media to stalk them -- and paying strangers to help, via @StacyStClair @joemahr: tinyurl.com/5aemf82n
Madison Hopkins retweeted
For so many reasons, I am grateful and honored to have had this moment.
Thank you @nhannahjones for joining us yesterday for a great conversation about democracy and journalism! And thank you @_MJHopkins for crafting this discussion with me. Such an affirming convo and day!
Madison Hopkins retweeted
A standing ovation to Chicago journalists for two Pulitzers!
for chicagomissingpersons.com/ by @sarahanneconway of @city_bureau & @invinst Data Director Trina Reynolds-Tyler,
for invisible.institute/ydsnpodc… by formerly-incarcerated journalist Yohance Lacour
Madison Hopkins retweeted
I just submitted a Healthy Homes complaint against my landlord. My building's hallway was 26°F on Sunday night. Boo!!!
Anyway, it might a good time to check out this story I wrote for @kcbeacon last fall about how to report your landlord :-) kcbeacon.org/stories/2022/12…
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A bus driver shortage is forcing school districts to think differently about transportation. Chicago Public Schools has had early conversations with HopSkipDrive, a ride-share company for students. My latest, explores how practical these solutions are. illinoisanswers.org/2024/01/…
