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Violet Miller

General Assignment Reporter
A demonstrator is arrested Saturday by Chicago police officers as they cleared an encampment set up for several hours by students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to protest the Israel-Hamas war
Education
Pro-Palestinian camps remain at Chicago-area campuses
By Sophie Sherry , Violet Miller , and 1 more
 
State Sen. Ram Villivalam and state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado have introduced the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, which aims to avoid overlap and competition for funds between the RTA, CTA, Pace and Metra.
Environment & Public Health
New legislation would create statewide transit agency, provide additional $1.5 billion for transit
By Violet Miller
 
University of Chicago students, faculty members and their supporters protest and march around the South Side campus.
Education
Hundreds joined pro-Palestinian protests at Chicago universities
By Violet Miller , Isabel Funk , and 1 more
 
Prairie Band Chairman Joseph Rupnick (center) stands with other members of Prairie Band after he signed over the title to 130 acres of land to the federal government, making Prairie Band the first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois Friday, April 19, 2024.
Environment & Public Health
Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois
By Violet Miller
 
Woman speaks at podium
Politics
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73
By Emmanuel Camarillo  and Violet Miller
 
Woman shops at a farmers market in Chicago
Arts & Culture
Green City Market opens 25th season earlier than ever, bringing thousands to Lincoln Park
By Violet Miller
 
A woman hugs a child as migrants load their belongings into a truck outside the migrant shelter at Broadway Armory Park in Edgewater, Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Race, Class & Communities
Migrants begin moving out of five Chicago Park District shelters
By Violet Miller
 
cold weather street scene
Environment & Public Health
More Chicagoans lacked heat in January than any month since 2019 amid historic cold
By Violet Miller , Amy Qin , and 1 more
 
Side by side photo of three candidates running for 7th Congressional District
Politics
Candidates make final pitch to Chicago voters before Tuesday’s primary
By Violet Miller , Mitchell Armentrout , and 2 more
 
University of Chicago professor Shane Dunkle details a Dungeons and Dragons mechanic to students Ruining He and Qixin Lin
Arts & Culture
Learning English through Dungeons and Dragons: How students role play slaying beasts to master a new language
By Violet Miller
 
Chicago Sun-Times
Environment & Public Health
UChicago, Rush hospitals lay off staff, citing financial struggles
By Violet Miller
 
Journalists hold signs in protesting over job benefits
Chicago Tribune reporters, newsroom staff strike for the first time in newspaper’s nearly 180-year history
By Violet Miller
 
The first candle of the Grand Menorah in Daley Plaza will be lit Thursday night.
Arts & Culture
Hanukkah celebrations begin as Chicago area prepares for eight days of lights
By Violet Miller  and Adora Namigadde
 
A woman holds a camera at a booth at the Convention for Palestine in Tinley Park
Arts & Culture
Convention for Palestine brings thousands to Tinley Park amid the Israel-Hamas war
By Violet Miller
 
CTA crash photo
Politics
CTA Yellow Line crash caused by a ‘design issue’ with the braking system, investigators say
By Mohammad Samra  and Violet Miller
 
A person shovels snow on the sidewalk in the Edgewater neighborhood on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
Environment & Public Health
Chicago could see warmer temps and less snow this winter, national weather agency predicts
By Violet Miller
 
A protester carries a Palestinian flag as groups protested an Israeli solidarity event in Skokie on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023.
Shot fired, crowd maced at pro-Palestinian protest outside Israeli solidarity event in Skokie
By Violet Miller
 
Crowd of thousands of people gather in Chicago's Loop to support Palestinians
Politics
Thousands attend downtown rally on Saturday in support of Palestinians
By Violet Miller