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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.
March 8, 2017
The Grammy Award-winning rapper said he told Gov. Bruce Rauner "take our kids off the table" on Friday.
March 7, 2017
On Twitter, Chance called the back-and-forth between the elected officials "embarassing."
The 52-story office building overlooks the confluence of Main, North and South Branches of the river.
March 6, 2017
The proposals floated by the governor were immediately rejected by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
"Take our kids off the table," artist tells Rauner; governor describes "good exchange."
March 3, 2017
Judge Franklin Valderrama set a hearing in the case for April 19.
The Grammy-winning artist said he had planned to "address funding education in Chicago."
The Chicago Catholic church stands with those "parishioners who are deeply troubled" by Trump's actions.
