Part of Chicago Tribune team that won 2026 local reporting Pulitzer. Lifetime Achievement Award/Chicago Headline Club-SPJ. Tweets are mine. Trolls get blocked.
Joined May 2008
- Tweets 29,673
- Following 1,476
- Followers 12,206
- Likes 10,264
572 Photos and videos
Rick Pearson retweeted
Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that ‘disparaged’ US chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
2
3
9
2,173
Hillary Clinton urges grassroots movement at Rainbow PUSH, warns of 'revolution to turn the clock back' @rap30 @petrellareports chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
2
442
Jun 12
Our story:
Hillary Clinton urges grassroots movement at Rainbow PUSH, warns of ‘revolution to turn the clock back’ chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
411
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 12
///BREAKING/// Another case bites the dust in the wake of the “Broadview Six” scandal, as prosecutors move to dismiss charges with prejudice against two defendants in a COVID-19 fraud scandal tied to former Loretto Hospital exec Anosh Ahmed
7
66
137
35,371
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 10
Okay, stop worrying! Yes, Dave Jemilo has sold the Green Mill, one of the greatest nightclubs on Earth, but it's staying "all in the family." You can meet the new owners in this story. They will, Marc Smith says, "keep the dive the beloved dive it is.” chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
1
8
18
1,787
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 10
What a gifted columnist, must-read for so many years. Sports journalism's loss.
Jun 9
My 36-year run at the Sun-Sentinel is over. Laid off for the first time since I lost my job as an ice-rink skate guard at 17. Cost-cutting move then, they said, too. I'm a month from 65, so please keep any sympathy for my newspaper friends who didn’t make it to the finish line like I have. I’m looking forward to doing some things I want to do so before the hall narrows and the light dims so you might not be completely done with me yet. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun run.
4
1
28
18,262
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 9
"I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of s--- then and I still think it is”
Broadview Six grand jury transcriptsshow rancor, alleged misconduct by prosecutors in controversial indictment of Midway Blitz protesters
UPDATE:
chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
2
12
33
3,262
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 8
JUST IN: 111 former federal prosecutors have signed on to a letter saying actions taken by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and others have "tarnished the reputation of the United States Attorney’s Office."
The letter does not call for Boutros to resign
7
27
77
4,395
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 8
My story. #pritzker
Jun 8
Gov JB Pritzker’s controversial plan to encourage more multifamily housing construction by forcing communities to ease residential zoning rules stalled in the final days of the legislative session. dailyherald.com/20260607/rea…
2
1,036
Rick Pearson retweeted
Senate President Don Harmon, of Oak Park, told reporters that “the question I don’t think is ‘How this came together last night?’ but that we did anything at all” about the Bears. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
6
2
8
7,450
Rick Pearson retweeted
Stacey King, the longtime Chicago Bulls broadcaster and a member of the team’s first “Three Peat” championship wins in the early ‘90s, dies at 59, from @byjuliapoe. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
4
2
629
Jun 6
A fun chat with @JoeDonlonTV and @MaryAnnAhernNBC on Bears, politics and predictions.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
1
167
Rick Pearson retweeted
Chicago Bears’ stadium tactics over years of negotiations leave some Illinois leaders frustrated chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
11
5
5
2,913
Rick Pearson retweeted
Jun 5
Calls for Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign have continued to grow in Democratic circles, but acting AG Todd Blanche is standing by him so far.
Here is Boutros' full statement/response to Blanche yesterday.
Jun 4
Attorneys for the “Broadview Six” are seeking any communications potentially showing the White House put pressure on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to indict the controversial case, including from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and a top deputy.
UPDATE: chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
1
19
34
5,500
Rick Pearson retweeted
The details of Illinois' budget raising social media, crypto and fantasy sports taxes and pausing gas tax hike chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
4
2
863
Jun 3
Our story: Illinois GOP governor nominee Darren Bailey seeks to block independent from Nov. 3 ballot chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
1
336