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Heather Cherone is a reporter/producer covering Chicago's City Hall.
Cherone joined DNAInfo from the Chicago Tribune, where she was part of the team that helped launch TribLocal in the south and west suburbs.
Cherone is also an adjunct professor of journalism at DePaul University.
Born and raised in Edgewater, Cherone graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree.
After college, Cherone moved to California, where she covered politics and local government for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Oakland Tribune.
Cherone and her husband, Michael, are the parents of two girls, Sophia and Julia.
Fun fact: A huge Chicago Bears fan, Cherone knows all the lyrics – and the dance moves – to the 1985 Bears Super Bowl Shuffle.
July 26, 2017
At a rally in Ohio, the president called out Mayor Rahm Emanuel: "Better tell that mayor to get tough."
The first speaker to take advantage of the new public comment period was George Blakemore.
The city failed to give residents enough time to challenge the tickets, according to the lawsuit.
The city will also test the impact of a poison designed to make rodents infertile, official said.
An Obama-era program to find ways to help teens avoid unwanted pregnancies will end two years early.
July 25, 2017
In June, the City Council agreed to pay $1.3 million to the family of a boy killed in a police chase.
The tax is expected to generate $200 million for Cook County in 2018, officials said.
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