Ray Long@RayLong

Retired Chicago Tribune reporter, 45 years govt/pols/scoops: 2x Pulitzer Finalist, 7 govs, City Hall, Obama, Burke, book on Madigan

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Joined September 2008
AD Quig rocks WTTW-TV @ad_quig
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It’s not just crowd size…
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Always something to photograph on the city
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The fall moon
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Getting Christmas lights up already… at Northwestern
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Moon over Lake Michigan
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Doug Whitley takes on Trump in letter getting traction around social media. Whitley is the former head of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the letter was recently published in the
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Dems praise this letter
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Go Bears! Rooftop Rooters! Condo showing Bears game on big wall on deck 43 floors up! Bears lead 27-14
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John Kelly for Mayor promo
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David Jackson received the high honor of placing his byline on the wall at the Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago’s Journalism Hall of Fame
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David Jackson, one of Chicago’s greatest ever journalists, retires
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Cheers for the Chicago Marathon stragglers for persevering
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Chicago Marathon runners roar past Alexander Hamilton statue on beautiful Sunday morning.
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Bread and Butter Band with Peter Cunningham at Hungry Brain
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Peter Cunningham and the Bread and Butter Band at Hungry Brain
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Big Week on WTTW: Dan McGrath and Rick Pearson
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Antonacci base hit. 2 on, nobody out!
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Vargas crushes one in 9th!
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When your team allows 6 runs and the inning is not over…
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Sox Train
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Sox coming home to win it all
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All The President’s Men is on TCM right now
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Baseball or Politics? The 43rd Ward alderman address the police council in 19th District on Tuesday night
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One of the best things about working as a journalist is getting to know and work with the Super Great Reporter Chuck Neubauer, a Pulitzer investigative reporter with Sun-Times, Tribune, LA Times and other outlets. Wonderful catching up!
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WBEZ’s Mike Puente on WTTW-TV
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PCA 40-40!!
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Why does no one take care of this statue of Gov Peter Altgeld?
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MSNOW points to James Madison
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Another day at the DMV
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Pritzker calls for federal action to rein in AI piped.video/watch?v=jMKgMX24…

Pritzker CALLS OUT Congress: Get Back to Work and REIN IN AI

Illinois was the first in the nation to require mandatory annual in...

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The Front Page By Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur With Hildy, Molly, the Sheriff et al Northlight Theatre Evanston
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Rep Edgar Gonzalez Jr stopped by the University of Illinois Press (Tent E at Lit Fest) and picked up a copy of The House That Madigan Built @illinoispress
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Swing by U of I Press tent at Lit Fest today and grab your copy of The House That Madigan Built, the story of the rise and fall of the longest serving speaker in American history
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Erika Slife, lead editor on Operation Midway Blitz, explains the @chicagotribune full team effort to cover Operation Midway Blitz: They ran towards the fire
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@chicagotribune reporter @LAURA_N_ROD tells how she connected the dots and worked sources to tell Operation Midway Blitz at Printers Row Lit Fest
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@royalpratt explains the memorable moments of Operation Midway Blitz at Printers Row Lit Fest
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@chicagotribune journalists among the Pulitzer-winning team at Printers Row Lit Fest!
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Lit Fest Chicago featured Pulitzer-winning journalists from Chicago Tribune who exposed Operation Midway Blitz
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I pity da fool!
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Sox need this guy to hit again!
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Sox v Pirates! Play Ball!
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11th Ward Anger
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Party with The Brandon Pope CONGRATS ON FOX 32 GIG!
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Pix by Jeremy Lipschultz
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‘That's taxpayer money’ chicagotribune.com/2026/08/3… @joemahr @Lschencker
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Jill Wine-Banks
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Rep Kelly Cassidy throws out first pitch at woman’s professional baseball game in Springfield while wearing a T-shirt that says: Don’t get mad. Get Elected.
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Lunar Eclipse
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