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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

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Brian Burns challenges Mike Quigley in House race

Brita Hunegs February 23, 2020

The fight to represent Chicago’s 5th district in Congress mimics other contests happening at the local and national level. It entails a young, liberal newcomer running against a more moderate incumbent,...

Governor J.B. Pritzker waves to the crowd as he participates in Sundays pride parade.

J.B. Pritzker proposes Illinois to go first in primary

Patsy Newitt, Multimedia Editor February 16, 2020

With Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker, Julián Castro and Andrew Yang dropping out of the Democratic primary, the race has become almost exclusively white; led by Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders...

Bryn Mawr Red Line station.

CTA Red and Purple Line Modernization Project continues

Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor February 16, 2020

Three Red Line stops on the North Side have been closed for the past few weeks because of the CTA’s Red and Purple Line Modernization project. The Bryn Mawr, Thorndale and Granville stops are closed...

Groups push for equal representation in 2020 census

Groups push for equal representation in 2020 census

Brita Hunegs February 16, 2020

Every 10 years, U.S. residents get counted in the Census. But it is not equally easy for all people to be included in the census, and students are among the most underrepresented. From April 1 to July...

Meydi Guzman, right, a Crystal Lake Central High School senior who was in U.S. Immigration and Customs custody for several months, embraces friends as she is welcomed back at the home of school counselor Sara Huser on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Crystal Lake, Ill. Guzamans supporters plan to continue a fight against her deportation to Honduras.

Chicago-area student freed from immigrant detention center

Associated Press February 14, 2020

A suburban Chicago high school student was released from a southern Illinois immigrant detention center with supporters planning to continue a fight against her deportation to Honduras. Meydi Guzman,...

In this March 14, 2019, file photo, Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his hearing in Chicago. Smollett faces new charges for reporting an attack that Chicago authorities contend was staged to garner publicity, according to media reports Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. The charges include disorderly conduct counts, according to the reports that cite unidentified sources.

Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago

Associated Press February 11, 2020

Actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday for a second time on charges of lying to police about a racist and anti-gay attack he allegedly staged on himself in downtown Chicago, renewing a divisive criminal...

Police: 9 homicides in Chicagos deadliest weekend of year

Police: 9 homicides in Chicago’s deadliest weekend of year

Associated Press February 10, 2020

Chicago recorded nine homicides between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, a weekend police said was the deadliest of the year for a city that has seen the number of fatal shootings surge this year after...

In this Nov. 21, 2007, photo, Elizabeth Keathley, a Philippine citizen in the U.S. on a marriage visa, cuts rice noodles as she prepares a traditional Filipino dish for dinner in Bloomington, Ill. She applied for a driver’s license and was sent a voting registration card. She voted in 2006. In processing her green card, immigration authorities discovered she had voted, and she was ordered removed. However, judges determined she did not falsely represent herself, allowing her to stay.

Illinois voter registration error risks deportation for immigrants

Associated Press February 10, 2020

The day Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick applied for an Illinois driver's license upended her life. When a clerk offered to register her to vote in 2005, the Peruvian citizen mistakenly accepted, leading...

Bill Conway, a candidate for Cook County state’s attorney, talks to the press in front of the Cook County Building in Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020.

State’s Attorney candidate Bill Conway talks wealth, corruption and his game plan

Joshua Kaufman February 9, 2020

According to the Federal Election Commision, 91% of the time the better funded campaign wins their election for public office. It is this reality that makes political campaigns dependent upon donations...

 In this March 7, 2018, file photo, Rep. David McSweeney R-Barrington Hills, speaks to reporters at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. McSweeneys plan to restrict the use of red-light enforcement cameras, at the center of a former state senators guilty plea to bribery charges last week in federal court, won House committee approval Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020.

Ban proposed on red-light cameras, heart of bribery scheme

Associated Press February 6, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Red-light enforcement cameras, at the center of an ex-state senator's guilty plea last week on federal bribery charges, would be banned in some suburban Chicago communities under...

Former state Rep. Luis Arroyo walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for arraignment, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

Former Illinois legislator pleads innocent in bribery case

Associated Press February 5, 2020

Former Illinois state Rep. Luis Arroyo on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Arroyo, 65, a Chicago Democrat, resigned his seat Nov. 1, one week after he...

El congresista Jesús García anuncia su intento de reelección a un grupo de simpatizantes en el vecindario de Brighton Park.

Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia launches re-election campaign: ‘We represent diversity’

Hillary Flores, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief February 3, 2020

Jesus “Chuy” Garcia launched his re-election campaign for Congress on Saturday, Feb. 1st in Brighton Park, alongside candidates like State Representative Aaron Ortiz and Eira Corral Sepulveda currently...

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