Carrie Shepherd @cshepherd
I'm a Chicago reporter for @axios. Before: Lead Producer @CityCastChicago and many things @WBEZ. Love this beautiful damn city. https://t.co/deEcZbXYBH axios.com/signup/chicago Chicago Joined May 2008-
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I’m curious—why is ICE using a vehicle adorned with Mexican flags during operations across Chicago? The flags are displayed on the hood, back, and side windows of the truck.
The USTA calling on ESPN to censor the crowd reaction when Donald Trump is announced Sunday is outrageous. No broadcaster or media member should ever agree to such a thing. It’s not like there won’t be thousands of social media posts showing the video anyway.
#PopeLeo news! Chicago's Phil Stefani and Art Smith to run only restaurant at a former papal retreat outside Rome: axios.com/local/chicago/…
👋 Hello! I am a disability reporter for The New York Times. I'm relatively new to the beat, and I want to know what stories our readers want told. What is our disability coverage missing? Do you have a story that you want to share? Let me know here: nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/…
Thanks to @streetsblogchi for mentioning my article on e-moto/e-bikes which @activetrans is raising awareness around. Here's the link! axios.com/local/chicago/…
Thanks to @streetsblogchi for mentioning my article on e-moto/e-bikes which @activetrans is raising awareness around. Here's the link! axios.com/local/chicago/…
Yes, high-speed e-motos, popular with delivery workers need regulation, shouldn't be used on bikeways. But great quote from Ride Illinois about why cities shouldn't throw out the baby with the bath water by banning *all* e-bikes from trails. axios.com/local/chicago/… @cshepherd
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in a statement this morning also says arrest warrants for Texas Democrats have no legal weight in Illinois #twill
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in a statement this morning also says arrest warrants for Texas Democrats have no legal weight in Illinois #twill https://t.co/i46JHfXxYE
I was laid off today by the Chicago Tribune as were several talented colleagues. I was able to report several dream stories during my year or so there, but partially, I had that freedom because “leadership” is completely absentee unless it affects their bottom line.
I was laid off today by the Chicago Tribune as were several talented colleagues. I was able to report several dream stories during my year or so there, but partially, I had that freedom because “leadership” is completely absentee unless it affects their bottom line.
Federal agents descend on a Chicago museum, Mayor Johnson calls the Big Beautiful Bill “unholy”, & West Siders get hit with more massive storms & flooding—that & more with @SSKedreporter @rufuswilliamsjr @nellbsalzman & @cshepherd on the Week in Review, 7p or streaming on @wttw!
Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: “For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press…
Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: “For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press…
Here are the rural hospitals in Illinois (9) and Missouri (4) at greatest risk of being forced to close if the Senate cuts Medicaid, according to research from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina.
The former #signatureroom will not be a new restaurant but 3-floor observation tower and private event space with design by @SOM_Design original architects of the Hancock
.@WindyCityTimes has been essential as long as I've lived and worked in Chicago and was for decades before and needs to be for decades more: windy-city-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/?campai…
I'm looking at you @LeighGiangreco Get that $ ready: axios.com/local/chicago/…
This is my favorite job announcement ever. What a fulfilling switch! (I’m also emotional after seeing our vet this am who literally saved our dog’s life and I tell him every time he should wake up in the morning thinking of the lives he changed🐶😍)
This is my favorite job announcement ever. What a fulfilling switch! (I’m also emotional after seeing our vet this am who literally saved our dog’s life and I tell him every time he should wake up in the morning thinking of the lives he changed🐶😍)
Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You…
When your @axios readers are awesome and send you this photo of you and @JakeSheridan_ on @wttw last week
This is unreal.
I wrote about #PopeLeoXIV at the start of the week when an American pope seemed very unlikely: axios.com/local/chicago/… @axios

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