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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.
October 20, 2017
Enrollment in CPS has dropped by 5.3 percent over the last two years, data shows.
The city has raised phone taxes twice in the last three years.
The city got just $5 million from a new bag tax — after expecting the tax to generate $9.2 million.
October 19, 2017
It is still not clear how the Discovery Partners Institute, which could open by 2022, will be funded.
"The days of fiscal smoke and mirrors are behind us," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
October 18, 2017
Civic Federation President Laurence Msall praised the budget, but said concerns remain.
The city is set to tack on another 15 cents to each ride this year, and another 5 cents in 2019.
Here's the full text of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speech on the 2018 budget.
