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Josh is a reporter for The Chicago Reporter. Email him at jmcghee@chicagoreporter.com and follow him on Twitter @TheVoiceofJosh.

Criminal Justice

Lawsuit: Chicago cops pointed guns at children during illegal raids

By Josh McGhee and Adam Mahoney | July 19, 2019

Inspector General Joe Ferguson is launching an investigation on how police execute search warrants, specifically in raids where children are present at the residence.

Settling for Misconduct

Chicago lieutenant among hundreds of cops to post hateful comments on Facebook

By Josh McGhee | June 18, 2019

Reveal found Islamophobic and anti-trangender posts Lt. Richard Moravec made on social media.

Economic Development

Obama Presidential Center can begin construction in Jackson Park, judge rules

By Josh McGhee | June 11, 2019

Protect Our Parks, which had sued to stop construction of the presidential center in Jackson Park, has said it will appeal the ruling.

Economic Development

Everything you need to know about the Obama Presidential Center lawsuit

By Josh McGhee | June 6, 2019

Next week, a judge is expected to decide the fate of a project that could alter the South Side forever in limitless ways.

Chicago Election 2019

Money, money, money: 13 takeaways from Chicago’s historic election

By Matt Kiefer, La Risa Lynch, Josh McGhee and Asraa Mustufa | May 3, 2019

Dollar for dollar, Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot spent less than half as much as Toni Preckwinkle to clinch her landslide victory.

Chicago Election 2019

Heated runoff in Chicago’s most diverse precinct

By Josh McGhee | February 27, 2019

One 25th Ward precinct is the only polling place in the city that provides dual language paper ballots in Spanish, Hindi, and Chinese.

Chicago Election 2019

In Chicago’s 37th Ward, longtime incumbent faces new blood and new ideas

By Josh McGhee | February 22, 2019

Emma Mitts is facing challengers who are seeing support in the West Side ward, slated to become the site of a controversial new police academy.

Government and Politics
Obama library site

Lawsuit challenging the Obama Presidential Center location to move forward

By Josh McGhee | February 20, 2019

A federal judge ruled that Protect Our Parks’ lawsuit against the use of Jackson Park for the center should not be tossed, as the city requested.

Criminal Justice

‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett attack investigated as a hate crime by Chicago police

By Josh McGhee | January 29, 2019

Chicago Police have been criticized for the lack of resources devoted to investigating hate crimes.

Chicago Election 2019

“A first”: Mayoral hopeful Neal Sáles-Griffin on Chicago ballot despite alleged lack of valid signatures

By Josh McGhee | January 24, 2019

How Neal Sáles-Griffin survived a petition challenge to his mayoral bid and Dorothy Brown did not illustrates flaws in Chicago Board of Elections’ system.

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