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Kate Perez

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
32
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Sep 29, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Mendocino Beacon
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Kate Perez

    City Colleges of Chicago faculty and staff to announce strike date (opens the original)

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    After months of stalled negotiations, the union representing faculty and staff at City Colleges of Chicago is planning to strike. The Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 will picket outside Harold Washington College and announce a strike date before City College’s board of trustees meets on Thursday, just over two months after its contract with the schools expired. The union has been negotiating with City Colleges since February and is still “far from reaching an agreement,” according

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Kate Perez

    ‘The nicest situation I could ask for’: Why young adults are opting to live at home (opens the original)

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    Mary Kate Reilly’s after-work routine is familiar and comforting. Her 50-minute commute ends at her childhood home in Tinley Park, Illinois, where her mom is waiting when she walks in; she shares a meal and relaxes with her parents afterward as they watch reality TV. It’s a living situation the 23-year-old did not exactly envision for herself when she graduated with a degree in environmental design last year. Still, it’s one she’s thankful for these days as she navigates early adulthood. Reilly’

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Kate Perez

    Students and parents offer feedback and questions to U of I System leadership amid annual tour (opens the original)

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    Lindblom Math and Science Academy students sat in a semicircle with some of the University of Illinois System’s top officials, notebooks in front of them and pens in hand. The goal — a discussion in which the university establishment listened as prospective pupils asked questions and shared their ideas for improving the path to higher education. Englewood-based Lindblom served as the launch of the University of Illinois System’s annual tour Tuesday, giving students, parents, and school faculty f

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune

    ‘It’s just very special to capture those moments’: Students honor loved ones in Día de los Muertos celebration (opens the original)

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    Luis Alejandro Calvo Velasquez meticulously wrapped silver wire around itself, winding pieces together until a small figurine slowly took shape. What starts as wire in his hands will end as a white calavera, a small skeleton figurine used during the holiday Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, to honor deceased loved ones. His movements were mirrored across the other desks in Pilsen’s Benito Juarez Community Academy’s art room, where students further along in their projects wrapped their

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Kate Perez

    UIC students protest amid canceled Customs and Border Protection appearance at career fair (opens the original)

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    Over three dozen protesters at the University of Illinois Chicago condemned immigration enforcement officials on campus and called on school leadership for stronger student protections Wednesday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection was slated to appear at a career fair earlier in the week. The protest followed an effort by organizations around campus earlier this week calling on the university to remove the government agency from the “Meet the Firms Accounting Career Fair” hosted by UIC Busi

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